South Africa
While all eyes were on South Africa for the World Cup over the last few months, seeing soccer fans in the various stadiums all bundled up against the cold was a constant reminder that the months of June, July, and August aren’t exactly warm in South Africa. It’s easy to forget that “summer” isn’t a specific few months, but a season – and one that’s going to cover different months depending on which hemisphere you’re in.
The BootsnAll staff members who
Mango Airlines is one of South Africa’s low-cost internal carriers. It serves Cape Town, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
Direct routes include: Johannesburg to Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth or Durban (and returns) Durban to Port Elizabeth (one way only) Cape Town to Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth or Durban (and returns)
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A round trip flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Mango will run about 2000 Rand. Infants pay R50 fixed fare plus 14% vat & safety charge. For non-South Africans, tickets can
A week ago when two of my coworkers set off for South Africa to see the World Cup, I was simultaneously envious of and excited for them. Back when they first started organizing their trip, it was so far from the start of the tournament that it seemed too early. But that’s before I was paying as close attention to the football world as I am now – at that point, I didn’t know about the whole lottery for World
With only two weeks to go until the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, there’s still time to book your vacation. Sure, it will probably burn bigger wholes in the pockets, unless you find some excellent last minute deals.
There are plenty of World Cup travel tips we can give you, but just remember some of the most important ones:
cheap airfare can be found if you are flexible, plan to fly when it’s cheapest and check out all the
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is the first football dedicated stadium in the city or surrounding areas of Port Elizabeth. It was newly built for the 2010 World Cup and was completed one year prior to the game. Prior to the construction of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, international football matches were played at the EPRU – Eastern Province Rugby – stadium nearby.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium will host eight matches, including the match for third place,
There’s no getting around it. South Africa suffers from an alarmingly high crime rate and while it’s easy to forget based on a look around at the modern cities and fancy restaurants, at second glance you’ll see that the country is still developing. You’ll need to be buzzed in to most hotels and shops, and the yards and patios of most guesthouses and hostels are surrounded with high fences and razor wire. Visiting cities in South Africa just isn’t the
Cape Town – visting tips for the World Cup
Of all the towns and cities in South Africa Cape Town is perhaps the one with the most to offer a casual visitor.
The city of Cape Town is one of the oldest established municipalities in southern Africa. Only the earliest administrative settlements in Mozambique such as Ille de Moçambique, Inhambane and Maputo predate the [Read more]
Getting Around in South Africa
There is a striking dichotomy in South Africa that never fails to impress first time visitors, and indeed regular visitors, who find the extraordinary First World development evident everywhere strangely incompatible with the grinding Third World poverty that is equally ubiquitous.
The result of this, among many others, is a nation of extraordinary functionality and sophistication [Read more]
South Africa World Cup Host Cities
Cape Town This is one of the world’s most celebrated cities, home to the rich and famous, and of course the cream of South African society. It is also the Parliamentary capital of the nation, and as the oldest metropolitan center, it is steeped in a fusion of European cultures. Cape Town is also the [Read more]
FIFA World Cup Soccer South Africa 2010
Countdown to Kickoff!
After endless controversy, countless predictions of failure and many of the usual hiccups and hurdles, the countdown to the FIFA World Cup 2010 Soccer Tournament is on.
Welcome to the BootsnAll 2010 How To Get Around South Africa Page for those contemplating a trip to the tournament and a bit of travel afterwards.
Official Match [Read more]
Surgery & Safari in South Africa
Doctors, nurses and other professional medical staff from South Africa have for years been migrating north to hospitals in the west, but lately the migration has experienced a bizarre reverse with many prospective patients, particularly those looking for elective surgery, coming to South Africa to take advantage of much cheaper rates offered for complex surgical [Read more]
Gansbaai, South Africa’s Shark Alley
From Cape Town to the Wild Coast, the Cape Coast is punctuated by idyllic towns and villages, each offering a variation on Cape hospitality, and each with a peculiar angle on marine sports or venture activity. None, however, can stake a claim to adrenalin fame quite like Gansbaai, a tiny fishing hamlet situated about 2 [Read more]
Top Ten South African Beaches
From Cape Town to Maptaland the range of beach and ocean-side destinations in South Africa is quite bewildering. From the potential for on-road/off-road and self-drive touring to dive, golf, whale watching, shark diving, beachside spa and wellness, big, small and medium game fishing, and if nothing else the great food and wine culture of the [Read more]
Tours In South Africa
Rarely does a country suffer and enjoy such striking contrasts as South Africa. On the surface it is barely recognizable as a developing country, with such iconic international cities as Cape Town, and with the mighty economic machine of Johannesburg and Gauteng. At the same time South Africa is burdened with poverty and underdevelopment on [Read more]
Violence, Crime and the 2010 World Cup
There was something a little ironic this week about the erstwhile doyen of the African National Congress, Winnie Maikizela Mandela, trumpeting her dismay at the wave of xenophobic violence that has, and continues to sweep through South Africa. Considering that her immortal contribution to the catalogue of English language quotes was …with our boxes [Read more]
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Welcome To WhyGo South Africa, your South Africa Travel Guide!
South Africa may be known as Africa for beginners, but this does not mean that the rich and varied landscape of this the most southerly country in Africa is tame. It is simply that South Africa has the most diverse and sophisticated tourist industry on the continent. From the tropical wilds of Maputaland to the dusty Big Five country of Limpopo, and from the metropolitan heartland of Gauteng to the elegant sophistication and beauty of the Cape Winelands, there is no single country in Africa with as much to offer the discerning international traveler as South Africa.
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