Seriously the Best Hand-Picked Travel Info, Tours, Safaris, Day Trips and Places to Go & Stay for Africa
After 13 years in the travel & backpacking industry in South Africa, we’ve built a reputation for providing honest, value-for-money service. So we thought we’d share our expertise with you … and compile a selection of hand-picked places& products that we’re prepared to stake our word on. Read More
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This week back in Africa
(see Forum for more)Cape Town International Convention Centre
Good Food & Wine Show: 15 - 18 May 2008
SA's finest & favourite good food & wine show is back, and promises to bring Cape Townians to their knees this year ... with a sensational line-up of top celebrity and BBC chefs, state-of-the-art kitchen theatres and a host of specialty shows ...
Franschhoek, Western Cape
Franschhoek Literary Festival: 16 - 18 May 2008
This is the time for over 2000 avid readers, writers, publishers, media and book club people to get together and enjoy all matters bookish! Meet 30 writers, publishers, enjoy literary discussions, enjoy poetry and classical music events ...
Franschhoek, Western Cape
Franschhoek Autumn Classical Music Festival: 16 - 18 May 2008
Now in its 4th year, this festival is held in conjunction with the Literary fest (see above) - and features a host of excellent classical virtuosos - Christopher Duigan, Blue Velvet Strings, James Grace ...
North Beach, Durban
Lizzard Nandos Surf Pro: 15 - 18 May 2008
Get amp't and get down to North Beach where all the action is happening. Now in its 6th year, this event is a 1* WQS and Grade 1 Junior international surf event, featuring our top surf stars ...
City Hall, Johannesburg
MIAGI Festival 2008 : 17 May @ 20h00
For this year's Festival, MIAGI has commissioned composer, arranger and pianist Isak Roux to compose a full jazz gospel cantata. Featuring sterling performances by Sibongile Khumalo, Robert Brookes and many talented musicians ...
Theatre on the Square, Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton
Ancestral Grooves: 19 - 24 May 2008
Proudly presented by the Mzantsi Traditional Orchestra ... a funky fusion of modern & traditional sounds & instruments - from Mozart to Marimbas ...
Johannesburg
Walking tour of 10 buildings
Take a walking tour with the Parktown & Westcliff Heritage Trust and learn about the province's plan to demolish 10 inner city buildings to make way for an expanded Beyers Naude Square. Read more.
See here for more Johannesburg highlights
Discover small-town South Africa
South Africa is known for its gold and diamonds, but if you want to discover its real gems, head for the small towns and villages that lie just off the beaten the track - the country's heartland...More 
and don't forget. . .
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
[“Borrowed” from a wise person].
