There’s a SAN Park on my Stoep

The Zoo is too tame and I’m tired of the National Geographic channel deciding where I must ‘visit’ next…Once again I find myself writing about the wilderness and what South Africa has to offer (can you blame me?), and this time I’ve pulled out the big guns. Ye, that’s right, the National Parks. South Africa’s [...]

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South African Minister of Tourism Talks Green

Mathinus Van Schalkwyk spoke green words of wisdom on Monday at the SA Association for the Conference Industry in Durban: “Rather than waiting for government to regulate its carbon footprint, its recycling practices or its commitment to the environmentally responsible practices, I encourage the industry to initiate its own processes”.  Will tourism take the big [...]

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It’s open gates for SANPark!

Regardless of your beliefs of the beginning you cannot argue that once upon a time we (well, our ancestors) lived in a place called ‘The Wild’. And just how far have we gone from it? We swapped our caves for houses (fair trade) and our skins for suits (that’s fine), but I wouldn’t swap the [...]

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