Elephant Sanctuary - Hartebeestpoort

The Elephant Sanctuary provides a safe haven for our elephants and offers a unique platform for guest education and interaction.

All our programs are guest and elephant driven, which means the most important part of our operation is to ensure happy elephants and satisfied guests. The close encounter with elephants you experience at The Elephant Sanctuary truly is one of a kind.

All our elephants are African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana) whose trust we’ve gained through our unique reward based training. We believe in forming bonds between humans and elephants. To this end, all our elephants are exercised and stimulated daily, which provides a firm foundation for trust.

The Elephant Sanctuary is a family orientated operation catering for both young and old. We focus on education through interaction, so you will not only learn a lot about elephants, but also get to touch, feel, feed, walk trunk-in-hand and even ride these magnificent animals. Elephants are highly intelligent and delightful – when meeting them you will discover that each one has a different character, personality and temperament.

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National Park of the Month - Bontebok National Park

Bontebok National Park is a species-specific national park in South Africa. It was established in 1961 to ensure the preservation of the bontebok. It is the smallest of South Africa's national parks, covering an area of 27.86 km² The park is part of the Cape Floristic Region, which is a World Heritage Site. The park is located 6 km south of Swellendam, in the foothills of the Langeberg Mountains. It is bordered to the south by the Breede River.

Other conservation at the park includes the protection of the endangered fynbos veld type and the coastal renosterveld, one of the largest remaining "renosterveld islands", which contains several plant species that are found nowhere else in the world. In total, the park has nearly 500 grasses and other plant species. Other indigenous species at the park include the clawless otter, Stanley's bustard and the blue crane. Rheboks, Cape Grysboks, duikers, red hartebeests and mountain zebras can also be found there. There are over 200 bird species.

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City of the month - Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa. The city the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape, as well as the legislative capital of South Africa, where the National Parliament and many government offices are located. The city is famous for its harbour as well as its natural setting in the Cape floral kingdom, including such well-known landmarks as Table Mountain and Cape Point. Cape Town is also Africa's most popular tourist destination.

Located on the shore of Table Bay, Cape Town was originally developed by the Dutch East India Company as a victualling station for Dutch ships sailing to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East. Jan van Riebeeck's arrival on 6 April 1652 established the first permanent European settlement in South Africa. Cape Town quickly outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. Until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the development of Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest city in South Africa.

Today it is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, reflecting its role as a major destination for immigrants and expatriates to South Africa.

Highlights in Cape Town include:
The V&A Waterfront
Table Mountain
Robben Island
Cape Town Castle
Company Gardens
Signal Hill
Camps Bay
Number of fine beaches

Cape Town is within a forty minute drive from:
Houtbay
Chapman's Peak
Cape Point
Cape Peninsula National Park
Simons Town and Boulders Beach
The Cape Winelands

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My favourite top 5 places that I have visited in Southern Africa

Southern Africa has so much to offer visitors to South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia. My favourite top 5 places that I have visited in Southern Africa include:

5 – Natures Valley, South Africa

Natures Valley is a small holiday town. Well, you can not really call it a town, but it at least has a café and restaurant. With a three kilometre white sandy beach and the Tsitstikamma Forest as a back drop it is a very special holiday destination in South Africa. One can spent the morning relaxing on the beach, while exploring the forest on foot during the afternoon.


4 – Victoria Falls, Zambia

With the majestic Victoria Falls as the main attraction, this is a stop within Southern Africa one has to make. The area offers a great variety in adventure activities from quad biking, to bungee jumping, white river rafting, walks with lion or rhino and safaris on elephant. For the less adventurous there is the Flight of Angels, game drives in a number of game reserves or just relaxing at the pool.

3 – Kalahari Transfrontier Park, Botswana & South Africa

Having had the opportunity to visit the Kalahari for the first time last year October I just realised why Southern Africa is such a great area to visit. From the busy city of Pretoria, travelling through the grassy highveld one reaches the semi desert of the southern Kalahari and then the desert of the Kalahari – all these changes in a days drive. The Kalahari is an area where only the strongest will survive. It is also a great photographic destination due to the concentration of animals around the few water holes.

2 – Savuti, Botswana

During a visit to Savuti I quickly realised what “wild” Africa might have been a few hundred years ago. After setting up our tent we were received open arms – or must I say open “trunks” by an elephant bull. I think he checking in to make sure everybody is settled in for the evening. The area is known for a very special pride of lions that has the ability to hunting down young elephants when general food is limited during very bad drought seasons. With the thought of this pride walking through camp and the initial welcome by the elephant bull, I surely had a restful nights’ sleep.

1 – The Kruger National Park, South Africa

The favourite destinations for many South African who grew up with visits to the Kruger National Park during the winter school holidays. An area that offers a great diversity in wild- and birdlife, you never know what you will find around the next turn in the road. Visitors have the option of the most basic camping to the some of the most luxurious lodges in the world. Offering people of all walks of life the opportunity to experience one of the greatest places on earth.

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New Travel Blog

Hello to all travelers out there.

This is a new blog focusing on providing information on Southern Africa. We will gladly answer any questions you may have on the area and will gladly assist in making your dream holiday to Africa come true. The focus on South Africa Tours , South Africa Safaris, Photographic Safaris and Golf Tours South Africa in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

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