Chalk & Cheese Travels
Meet the boulders beach penguins As part of a tour around the Western Cape one of the main parts of this trip and one we were looking forward to the most was a visit to Boulders Beach Cape Town which has one of South Africa and Africa’s largest penguin colonies. The breed of penguin is […]
Here is a guide to some best Zimbabwe travel advice and general information, worth having on hand for any Zimbabwe trip or even for pre planning. This is designed as an attachment to our 12 day South Africa and Zimbabwe trip South Africa Itinerary 12 Day Tour Capital The Capital city of Zimbabwe is Harare, […]
Introduction Our most popular trip to date has been our trip to South Africa, and a couple of days in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. We spent a long time making and researching a South Africa Itinerary A few people have asked for this South Africa itinerary or advice, so after delving through some paper work […]
Here is a guide to some best South Africa travel advice and general information, worth having on hand for any South African trip or even for pre planning. Capital A little confusing so Cape Town is the official legislative capital, with the administrative capital being Pretoria and Judicial capital being Bloemfontein Population The population of […]
Sabi Sands Game Reserve A Brief History The Sabi Sands game reserve consists of a private group of game reserves and lodges (our stop being Savanna Private Game Reserve). The Sabi Sands runs adjacent to the Kruger National Park. and is its own reserve. Its a 65000 hectare reserve created by local landowners in the […]
You must do a helicopter ride We had just finished our walking tour of the falls and got back to the hotel we sat back at the bar with a coffee still full of excitement from seeing this wonder of the world. We started chatting away about the best bits. All of a sudden we […]
Going on this great walk We decided to do the walk along the Victoria Falls. Our hotel ilala lodge was only situate down the road, and we were going to walk but we decided to book a tour and guide just because we love to soak up as much info as possible, and locals to […]
Franschoek Country House & Villas We had the pleasure of staying in this unbelievable Hotel whilst on our honeymoon in 2018, situated a short 2km outside the center of town and access to the wine trams. The Franschhoek Country House is also perfectly situated with pristine mountain view setting. So the setting is beautiful, the […]
Safari Sabi Sands Introduction Years of watching The Lion King and dreaming about a safari trip, could not have prepared me for the experience we were about to encounter on the safari Sabi Sands. This part of our trip was beyond our expectations and I just hope I can do it justice in this post. […]
Franschhoek Wine District I can safely say this was the most luxurious stop on our African trip so far. The wine district is an unreal experience and even comes with it’s own Franschhoek wine tram tour. Could you possibly ask for anymore. The Franschhoek Area This area of Cape Town was without doubt, the most […]
