SA COUNTRY LIFE has its sights set on accommodation and things to do in the southern African countryside. We travel far and wide to bring you the best places to visit from Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg to the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, the Karoo, the Northern Cape and everywhere in between.
OBIE OBERHOLZER celebrates the main roads, the back roads, and most of all the country roads that make up this unbelievable country.
DALE MORRIS and his son set off for Sodwana on a mission to find the white-spotted pufferfish. Easier said than done. First they need to learn how to SCUBA dive.
No three words ring louder for Obie Oberholzer. Up. The. Pass. The Grootrivier Pass. From his home in Nature’s Valley, up it leads through ancient yellowwoods to the plateau at the top, where many things happen.
Following droughts the Gariep dam’s wall and its thundering rivers became a tourist attraction when the drought finally broke in April 2018.
At 68 kilometres, Prince Alfred’s Pass between Knysna and Uniondale is the longest in the country and a boon for anyone wanting an adventure.
Pass chasers can score some of the country’s best highs in the magnificent Eastern Cape Highlands.
Once notorious as a crime hotspot in Joburg, The Wilds has been transformed by the energy of one man.
Mier on the border of the Kgalagadi, Namibia and Botswana is a harsh, tough place but look closely and you will find true humanity and love.
The Voortrekker Monument found itself increasingly adrift when South Africa switched political course in the 1990s, but since 2000 has been fighting to find its place in modern society.
As OBIE OBERHOLZER leaves the Orange River and joins the Helskloof Pass of the dry land, out tumbles his affection for the Richtersveld, and for an ouma who once lived in Eksteenfontein.
In the Namib Desert, at the spot where the mighty Orange flows into the sea, Namibia’s Town of the Year opens its doors.
The Eastern Cape has been a crucible of black leadership for generations, and the Steve Biko Heritage Trail is dedicated to an extraordinary visionary.
Just a hop from Johannesburg and Pretoria lies the blissful and busy town of Hartbeespoort Dam.
A stone storybook from five million years ago, the West Coast Fossil Park has fascinating tales, is one of the richest fossil fields on the planet and home to an ancient Big Five, marine animals and Africa’s only bear.
The humble Cussonia or cabbage tree is an all-in-one traditional cure for the most vicious killer diseases on the continent.
Underberg in the Southern Berg is one of those towns where everybody knows your name.
The working life of a platteland magistrate in Tarkastad is a fine combination of a dash of law, some old-fashioned common sense, and a dollop of humanity.
OBIE OBERHOLZER hums his way through the Overberg and gives a happy sigh at finding the tiny town of Herbertsdale with no pretence to being a boutique village.