Offbeat South Africa. The Travel Guide to the Whacky and Wonderful

Authors: Richard George; Denise Slabbert; Kim Wildman
Struik Publishers
Cape Town, 2006
ISBN: 9781770071902
Paperback, 13x20 cm, 144 pages, througout colour photos

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Description:

Offbeat South Africa is both a guide and tribute to the strange and surreal people, places and things that make this country great.

It is an off-the-radar directory of idiosyncratic attractions for all those who have dreamt of jumping in their car and following the road less travelled.

Readers will marvel at the world’s largest pineapple and a four-legged ostrich, meet a rapping granny, explore a bizarre hobbit-like house and the quirkiest town in South Africa, go for a pint inside the world’s first tree pub, and frolic with frogs at a festival.

Magnificent, amusing, or just plain kitsch, all are celebrations of the distinctive South African psyche.

About the Author:

British-born Richard George holds a Masters in Tourism and Social Responsibility from Exeter University. He currently lectures in the School of Management at the University of Cape Town, where he obtained a PhD in Marketing. He is the author of various books, among them Marketing South African Tourism and Hospitality.

Australian Kim Wildman enjoys the wandering life-style of a guidebook author for Lonely Planet Publications, where she has contributed to eight guidebooks, including South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland and West Africa.

After moving to Cape Town in 2003, she started writing regular southern African travel updates for Northstar Travel Media and completed a Masters of Philosophy in Public Culture at the University of Cape Town. Kim is currently back on the tourist trail researching the impacts of backpacker culture on Sydney, Australia.

South African writer and television producer Denise Slabbert has been writing about fabulous and fascinating places for the past 15 years. She travelled the world as editor of Sawubona and then moved on to making documentaries for television.

She continues to write about fascinating (and offbeat) places and is a regular contributor to Sawubona, the Mail & Guardian, Longevity, Business in Africa, Femina, the RCI Holidays magazine as well as the South African Tourism website. She recently won an international award for a documentary about the Hare Krishna community in Ghana.

Media Reviews:

South African Country Life (Cindy May Wang):
„This is not just an interesting guidebook but fun reading, even if you never get to Calvinia to see the world’s biggest postbox for yourself.“

Content:

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Odd Attractions
Bizarre Museums & Quirky Collections
Peculiar Places to Sleep
Fun Festivals
Unusual Tours &Wild Rides
Wacky Races & Weird Activities
Strange Safaris and Spiritual Spaces
Index
Glossary
Photo Credits
Offbeat List

Examples:

Flying high on ‘Tante Ju':

For an experience you won't soon forget, take to the skies of Gauteng in ‘Tante Ju', one of only six fully restored Junker JU-52s in the world. A 30-minute pleasure flight aboard ‘Tante Ju'- very much the Great Old Aunt of South Africa's skyways - will have you dreaming of an era of stylish elegance, when flying was purely a luxury, not a necessity.

Some of the plane's more famous passengers have included Queen Margaret of Denmark, King Gustaf of Sweden, actor John Travolta and, not to be outdone, the king of pop himself, Michael Jackson. So as the plane soars up over Johannesburg you can relax knowing that you are in the company of greats.

What most people don't know is that the Junker JLJ-52 is closely linked to the early aviation history of South Africa. Not long after South African Airways (SAA) was founded in 1934, the airline purchased three Junker JU-52s.

By the mid-1930s with the success of SAA, an order for 19 of the new, bigger-engined aircraft was placed. Ironically, with the outbreak of WW II in 1939, SAA was never to receive this order - the aircraft were eventually al commandeered by the South African Airforce!

It wasn't until 1983 that SAA again purchased a Junker JU-52, this time from a private collector in England. Over a period of seven months she was skilfully restored, painted in her livery of the 1930s and finally returned to the skies on 16 January 1984. Although officially renamed the Jan van Riebeeck, this giant of the sky has retained her fond nickname, 'Tante Ju'.

Operated by South African Historic Flight, a specialist vintage charter organisation, 'Tante Ju' is available for charter and pleasure flights. The old plane carries 16 passengers on pleasure flights and 12 on charter flights - so go on and invite your friends.

Getting There:

'Tante Ju'can be found in Hangar 7 West in the SAA Technical Area of Johannesburg International Airport.

Fon: 012651 0200
Johannesburg international Airport, Gauteng
www.historicflight.co.za

Ghostly tours:

If you want to make contact with the afterlife, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape is a great place to start. According to Rose Trehaven, who spends her nights leading haunted walks through the city's streets, ghosts abound in old buildings and places redolent of the city's early settlement.

Nicknamed the 'Friendly City; Port Elizabeth was founded in 1820 by Sir Rufane Donkin, the acting governor of the then Cape Colony - he named it after his late wife, Elizabeth. More infamously, however, the city is renowned as the site of a concentration camp built by the British during the Anglo-Boer Warto house Boer women and children.

Today, it is the ghostly residents that provide the city with its infamy. As Rose says, 'There are many tales to tell of visitors and apparitions, mysterious happenings and strange hauntings that have been experienced by people for many years in Port Elizabeth - some of which still appear today.'

Inspired by a holiday to the United Kingdom, Rose, a curator at the No 7 Castle Hill Museum, began leading the walks in 1994. 'I had just returned from a visit to the UK where I had gone on a walk of this type in York. It was a wonderful and fascinating experience,'she recalls.

Rose's walks follow various routes through the historical heart of the city, taking in sites around Market Square and up on Central Hill. On the two-hour tour you'll hear tales of many resident ghosts as you thread your way through the streets.

A ghostly favourite is' Alfie; an Anglo-Boer War soldier, who seemingly bears a great affection for Drill Hill, home of the local regiment, Prince Alfred's Guard.

Another phantom regular is the celebrated commander Captain Francis Evatt who is buried outside the walls of Fort Frederick. Dubbed 'The Father of Port Elizabeth; the Captain is said to have returned periodically to the Fort to keep an eye on local events.

Port Elizabeth was originally known as Fort Frederick, which is the name of the oldest stone building In the Eastern Cape and the earliest permanent structure still in existence.

Getting There:

Rose and her ghostly friends can be found in Port Elizabeth, 260km from Knysna and around 800km from Cape Town. Tours by appointment only.

Tel. 041 583 2584
108 Kruger Gardens,
Admiralty Way,
Summerstrand 6001
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

Big Wave Insanity:

For those who have adrenalin glands where they should have grey matter, the Red Bull Big Wave Challenge is a highlight on the annual calendar. During June the Atlantic coast of the Cape becomes the playground for surfers whose focus is on 'Dungeons; one of the most difficult surfing spots of the world's five premier big wave destinations.

The Big Wave Africa event brings together a select group of South Africans and the world's best big wave chargers to challenge Dungeons; the biggest and most radical surf break on the African continent.

Dungeons is an open water reef located below the Sentinel Mountain at the mouth of Hout Bay. The combination of open ocean swells plus a deep water channel outside the break, followed by the shallow reef, produces super powerful waves. s if this is not intimidating enough, Dungeons features strong currents, cold water, kelp, seals and abundant other marine life.

With big wave surfing, wave selection is paramount, and Dungeons has a line-up that is difficult to work out. The wave stands up unbelievably quickly when it hits the ledge and breaks hard and heavy.

Dungeons was given its name by a local surfer who was trapped underwater for two consecutive 7,6m (25-foot) waves. Dungeons begins to break when the surf hits 3m (10 feet), but doesn't come into form until 5,5m (18 feet), and can hold waves up to 12m (40 feet) or bigger. Dungeons was first conquered in 1984 by Cape Town surfers Pierre de Villiers and Peter Button.

Getting There:

Hout Bay is about 20km from Cape Town. You can take either the coastal route through Hout Bay or the green and motorway route via Kirstenbosch.

Index:

80° Adventures 81
A
Aberdeen 27, 94,109
Men's Club 109
Accommodation 48-61
Aladdin's Secret Castle 56
Amakhosi Safari Lodge 121
Bakkrans Cave 60, 60
Bottle Tree House 58
Castle, The 56,56
Celtis Lodge Country Retreat
11,1;
Crystal Kloof Farm 50,50
Daddy Long Legs Hotel 57, 57
Djuma Bush Lodge 119
Fantasy House 58
Forest Lodge cabins 124
Grindstone Cave 61
Houseboats 55,55
Kleinskrij Desert Lodge 120
Lighthouses
Cape Columbine 51
CapeSt,Blaize51
Danger Point 51
Great Fish Point 51
North Sand Bluff 51
Lindsay Castle B&B 56
Lord Milner Hotel 16, 17
Lower Injisuthi Cave 61
Madiba's Tide Country House
Hotel 75
Malagas Hotel 55
Marble Baths Cave 61
Marine Hotel 118
Milking Parlour, The 54, 54
Mooifontein 18
Mountainvlew Guesthouse 117
Namaqualand Country
Lodge 44
Nan Hua Guesthouse 128
Noetzie castles 56
Old Jail 59, 59
Oribi Gorge Hotel 93
Outpost Luxury Lodge 119
Pollsmoor Prison 59
Royal MadikweGame
Lodge 119
SaniTop Chalet 61
Santos Express 52,52
Sun Eden Resort 103
Sunnyside Hotel 87
Sycamore Avenue 58
Tarentaalkraal campsite 103
Tartaruga Luxury Camp 131
Tenigua Treetops 58, 58
Thora Boloka cottage 124
Tree House, The 58
Twelve Apostles Hotel 122
Upper Injisuthi Cave 61
WitmoskloofOxwagon
Camp 53
Zebra Country Lodge 120
Zeederberg Cottage
and Backpackers 50
Adams, Magrieta see
Rapping Granny
Adventure sports
Bungyjumping 92
Cage diving
Crocodile 108
Great white sharks 131
Gorge swing 93
Karkloof Canopy Tours 82
Quad hiking 90
Red Bull Big Wave
Challenge 104
Sandboarding 95
Aeroplanes 88, 89
African Buddhist Seminary 128
African Sweat Hut 19
Afrikaner Renaissance 72
Agava12-13,12
Agave Distillers 12
Alabama 71
Aladdin's Secret Castle 56
Albatros Travel and
Safaris 101
Alex Township of Rhythms
Route 84
Amakhosi Safari Lodge 121
Amatola Mountains 24
Amos, Larry 70
Angling Museum 47
Anglo-Boer War 16, 73, 86
Animal sanctuaries
Knysna Elephant 15
Magaliesberg Elephant 15
TsitsikammaWolf15
Animal workshops 130
Annual Evergreens Chilli
Carnival 67
Apollo Film Festival 20
Arangieskop Mountain 90
Astronomy Africa 120
Attractions 8-31
Big Hole 28,28
Big Pineapple 31.3;
Big Red Postbox 30
Big Tree 30, 30
Camel Yard 37
Nelson Mandela Yard 84
Font River Ferry 55
St Hubert Catholic Church
Heritage Site 84
Stanley's Light 25
Tswaing Meteorite Crater 81
Avontuur Wine Estate 116
Backsberg Estate 116
Bakkrans Cave 60, 60
Baleni, Zolile 21 seeaiso
Whale Crier of Hermanus
BaoBAR 29,29
Barkley Pam 27
Barnard, Or Chris 34
Barnato, Barney 28
Barr, Ann 125
Barry, De Wet 42,43
Bars and Pubs
BaoBAR 29,29
Bosvarkie Pub 66
Joe's Shebeen 84
Pound and Penny Pub 87
SaniTop Chalet 61
Bathurst31
Battle sites
Blood River 73
Colenso 73
Isandlwana 73
Ladismith Majuba 73
Rorke's Drift 73
Talana 73
Battlefields Route 73
Baviaanskloof60
Beachy Head, Mike 89
BEN Bicycle Workshop 85
Bergh.Zirk20
Bester, Verity 121
Bhanga Nek 83
Big Hole 28,28
BigPineapple31,J)
Big Tree 30, 30
Bill Harrop's Original Balloon
Safaris 93
Bitter, Willem 59
Bitterfontein 117
Bloukrans River Bungy 92
BIyde River Canyon 31,115
Bodhi Khaya Country
Retreat 123,123
Bokpoort Horse Safaris 107
Boksburg 95
Boondocks Mountain Lodge 125
Bosvarkie Pub 66
Botha, Piet 14, 18
Botha, Steffan 57
Bottle Tree House 58
Braamfontein Cemetery 87
Breede River 55, 90
Brenton Williams' South
Coast Surfing School 39
Bridgman, Norma 34
Brier, Theuns 42
Bruton,Mike47
Bruton, Peter 46
Buddhist retreats
Buddhist Retreat Centre 129
Nan Hua Temple 128
Bungy jumping 92
Burger, Neil 90
Burnett, Margot 11
Burnett, Mike 11
Bushman's River 54
Butterflies for Africa 22
Button, Peter 104
c
Calitzdorp 98
Port Festival 66
Calvinia30,44
Museum 40
VIeisvees 68
Cango Crocodile Farm 108
Cango Wildlife Ranch 108
canyon, BIyde River 31
Cape Care Route 85
Cape Fold Mountains 89
Cape Minstrel Carnival 71,71
Cape of Good Hope Castle 81
Cape Town 47, 57, 64, 69, 71, 74,
80,81,89,100, 104
International Airport 89
International Convention
Centre 69
Cape Town's Brandy Foundation 116
Cargo Hold Restaurant 54
Carstens, Arno 14
Castle, The 56, 56
Castle of Good Hope 74
Castle, Glen 100
Cathkin Peak 61
Caves
Bakkrans 60
Grindstone 61
Injisuthi 61
Lower Injisuthi 61
Marble Baths 61
Mphomeng 115
Sudwala 60
Upper Injisuthi 61
Cederberg Mountains 126
Celtis Lodge Country
Retreat 11,11
Chameleon, Chris 70
Champagne Castle 61
Chaney, Benjamin 26
Cherry Capital of South
Africa see Ficksburg
Cherry Festival 65
Chrissiesmeer77,121
Churchill, Sir Randolph 16
Churchill, SirWinston 16
City of Cape Town 85
Clarens56,107
Coca-Cola Museum 46
Coetzer, Pierre 45
Colesberg Kopje 28
Collections
Clothes pegs 47, 47
Coca-Cola 46, 46
John Scott Ivan McGregor
'Kiplingiana'47
Nail clippers 45
Rugby 42-43, 42, 43
Sports Ties 45,45
Traut'sTies44
Competitions
Biltong Kampioen 68
Bokdrol spitting 109
Chilli Eating 67
Dual and Dirt
Jumping 103
Freerlde Challenge 103
Gold Panning 111, II!
Kanna Awards 72
King of the Track 105
Miss Cherry Blossom 65
Mr and Miss Cuyler Manor 64
Mr Cherry Pip 65
Queen of Clubs 75
South Africa's Wackiest Racer
105
Trophy Race 103
Cookhouse 53
Coon Carnival see Cape Minstrel
Carnival
Cosmetic surgery 118
Cowl Fork River 61
Cox, Tony 70
Craighall Park 123
Crocker,Val50
Crystal Kloof Farm 50,50
Cullinan 14
Cuyler Manor Museum 64
Cybele Forest Lodge and Spa 127
D
D'Oliveira, Basil 46
Daddy Long Legs
Hotel 57,57
Dam, Cullinan 14
Dannhausen,Toy43
De Boer, Ben 124
De Jager, Marie 22
De Melker, Daisy 87
DeVilliers, Pierre 104
De Wit, Stanley 25
Deer Park 81
Department of Agriculture 64
Devil's Peak 100
Devon Valley 99
Dick Heysteck's Game Farm 38, 38
DieHel 18, 18,98
Dinokeng region 14
Dinosaur Park 60
Dirtopia Mountain Bike Festival 103
DjumaBushLodge119
Dolphin spotting 83
Donkin, Sir Rufane 86
Drakensberg 61
Driekoppen Farm 22
Drive-in bioscope 43
Dundee Die Hard team 73
Durban 39, 54, 105
Film Festival 20
During, Harry 59
Dutch Reformed Church 94
East London 46
Eastern Cape
Aberdeen 27,94, 109
Bathurst31
Baviaanskloof 60
Cookhouse 5 3
East London 46
Grahamstown 72
Hogsback 24
Kenton-on-Sea 54
Nieu-Bethesda 37,106
Port Elizabeth 64, 86
Somerset East 68
Storms River 92
Tsitsikamma 15
National Park 30
Uitenhage 64
Eco-shrine 24,24
Edith Stephens Wetland Park 85
Elandsberg Mountain 25
Elgin Apple Museum 34, 34
Elgin Valley Tourism Bureau 34
Entabeni Private Game Reserve
101,120
Erikksen, Andrew 108
Erikksen.Glen 108
Eureka diamond 28
Evatt, Captain Francis 86
Events
Diggers'Pub Crawl 111
Sardine Run 110
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife 83
Face Adrenalin 92
Faerie Forest 125
Fantasy House treehouse 58
Ferraz, Peter 70
Festivals 62-77
Annual Evergreens Chilli
Carnival 67
Calitzdorp Port 66
CalviniaVleisvees68
Cape Minstrel Carnival 71, 71
Cherry 65
Dirtopia Mountain Bike 103
Fringe 72
Frog 77,121
Game 109
Gathering ofthe
Grandmothers 19
Great Biltong 68
Herman Charles Bosman
13,73
History in Action 73
Klein Karoo Nasionale
Kunstefees 20, 72
Lambert's Bay Crayfish 76
Makana Freedom 72
Mother City Queer Project
74,74
National Arts 72
One World 19
Oppikoppi 70
PhilippolisWitblits71
PinkLoerie75
Prickly Pear 64
Riebeek Kasteel
Olive 65
Soweto Beer 69, 69
Splashy Fen 70, 70
Tonteldoos Peach 64
Whale 76
Whisky 69
Whoosh 66, 66
Ficksburg 19,65
Film festivals
Apollo 20
Durban 20
Korea 20
Findhorn Foundation 125
Florida Lake 105
Fokkens, Bart 70
Footprints Environmental
Centre 85
Ford Little Theatre 86
Fort Frederick 86
Fossil hunting 108
Fouriesburg 19
FredTurner Windmill
Museum 40
Free State
Clarens56, 107
Ficksburg 19,65
Parys45
Philippolis59,71
Rustlers Valley 19, 19
Fouriesburg 19
Fringe Festival 72
Frog Atlas Project 77
Frog Festival 77,121
G
Gaisford,Jeff83
Game Festival 109
Game reserves
Entabeni 101,120
Malolotja 121
Mkhuze121
Gamka River Gorge 18
Gamkaskloofl8, 18,98
Nature Reserve 18
Gansbaai50,131
Garden Route 56,82, 91
Garies20,117
Garonga Safari Camp 127
Gateway to the Universe
see Sutherland
Gathering ofthe Grandmothers 19
Gauteng
Boksburg 95
Craighall Park 123
Cullinan 14
Johannesburg 87, 88, 95,
101,102
Pretoria 43,67
Soweto 69
Gay May see Pink Loerie
Festival
Geldenhuys, Nico45
Geldenhuys, Odette 20
George 91
Gerber, Hendrik43
Giant's Castle 61
Gifberg Nature Reserve 117
Goblin's Cove Fantasy
Restaurant 41
God's Window 115
Goegap Nature Reserve 117
Gold Reef City 95
Golden's Tin Flowers 23, 23, 85
Gorge swing 93
Gotthard, Charles 41
Goukamma 91
Gouritz River bungy 92
Gourmet Motorcycle Tours 80
Graaff-Reinet 27
Grabouw34
Graham, Diana 24
Grahamstown 72, 87
Grant, Richard E. 17
Great Biltong Festival 68
Great Karoo 37,126
Greatest Shoal on Earth see
Sardine Run
Green, Henry 17
Green, Lindsay31
Green, Louisa Margaret 17
Groot Biltongfees see Great
Biltong Festival
Groot Marico 13,73,109
Groote Schuur Hospital 34
Guinness Book of Records 66, 92
Gunston 500 39
H
Haarhoff, Prof Dorian 124
Haines, Martin 106
HaloGaia 131
Halo Gaia Tours 115
Hanover District 22,42
Hantam Karoo Region 68
Hare Krishna Shri Shri
Radha-Radhanath Temple
of Understanding 129
Harmony Nature Farm 119
Harrie.Phil 109
Harrison, George 95
Harrop, Bill 93
Hartley, Don 100
Hartman, Danie 18
Hastings, Gavin 43
Haunted Walks 86
Headlines Restaurant 45
Herman Charles Bosman
Festival 13
Society 73
Weekend 73
Hermanus 50
Hibiscus Coast Tourism 110
Highgate Ostrich Show Farm 107
History in Action Festival 73
HMS Nepfune 26
Hobbit houses see Crystal
Kloof Farm
Hobbit, The 24
Hofrneyer, Steve 72
Hogsback24
njisuthi Cave 61
Injisuthi River 61
Injisuthi Valley 61
International Dragonboat
Festival 105
Ixopo 129
J
Jan Harmsgat se Agterplaas 14,14
Jansevan Rensburg,
Retief94
Jensen, Stuart 125
Jesser Point 51
Jessup, Jessie 123
Joe's Shebeen 84
Johannesburg 87, 88, 95,
101,102
Hotel 100
International Airport 88
Jonker, Gabriel 66
Joubert, Annetjie 18
Jubilee Square 26
Junkyard Picasso see Nongawuza,
Golden (Sonwabo)
Just Ginger 70
Just Nuisance 26,26
K
Kaaiman's River 91
Kaapse Klopse see Cape
Minstrel Carniva
Kalahari Oranje Museum 27
Kalk Bay harbour 85
Kalkfontein 85
Kammieskroon 117
Kariega Park 54
Kariega Valley 54
Karkloof Canopy Tours 82
Karkloof Forest 82
Karoo Oscars see Competitions,
Kanna Awards
Kaur.Ravi 115
Kennedy, Billy 122
Kensington Castle 87
Kenton-on-Sea 54
Kgalagadi Transfrontier
Park 120
Khayelitsha23,85
Kimberley 28
Mine 28
Museum 28
Kipling, Rudyard 47
Kitchen, Syd 70
Klein Karoo 10,18, 25, 66,107,130
Gamkaskloofl8,18
Matjiesfontein 16-1 7
Nasionale Kunstefees 20, 72
Klein Karoo National Arts
Festival see Festivals, Klein Karoo
Nasionale Kunstefees
Klein Swartberg mountain
range 25
Kleinschmidt.Gail 131
Kleinskrij Desert Lodge 120
Knysna47,56,58,75,84,91
Elephant Sanctuary 15
Korea Film Festival 20
Kosi Bay 83
Krige, Come 43
Kruger National Park 38, 101,
120,121
Kuils River 36
Kumi's Mystical Centre 123
Kurisa Moya Nature Lodge 124, 124
KwaZulu-Natal
Bhanga Nek 83
Drakensberg61
Dundee 73
Durban 39, 54,105
Giant's Castle 61
Ixopo129
Jesser Point 51
Karkloof Forest 82
Kosi Bay 83
St Lucia 83
Underberg 70
Labyrinths 125
Cacti 11
Horse 11,11
Ladismith 25
Lakes
Chrissie77
Florida 105
Fundudzi 114
St Lucia 121
Zoo 87
Lambert's Bay 117
Crayfish Festival 76
Latsky Radio Museum 35
Latsky, George 35
Leaning Tower of Aberdeen see
Dutch Reformed Church
Leisure activities
Bill Harrop's Original
Balloon Safaris 93
Breede River Rare Wine
and Brandy
Auction 66
Dinosaur Park 60
Drive-in Bioscope 43
Fossil hunting 108
Gay Bay cruise 75
Meditation 123
Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe
91,9)
Quad hiking 90
Tante Ju 88, 88
Tarantula Ride 94
Thunder City 89
Tractor-trailer rides 90, 90
Lekker Ou-Jan seMalO
Lerm.Juan 75
Lesotho 61
Lewis, Patricia 72
Lighthouses 51
Limpopo
Modjadjiskloof29
Tzaneen 29
Lindsay Castle B&B 56
Lion Heart Project 131
Lion's Head 100
Loeriesfontein 40
Publicity Association 40
Logan, Emma 36
Logan, James Douglas 16,36
Lombard, Minky 117
Long Tom Pass 38
Lord Milner Hotel 16,17
Louw, Hottie 43
Louw, Jethro 85
Lower Orange River
Valley 27
Ludwick, Andre 45
Lwandle Migrant Labour
Museum 85
Lydenburg 38
Museum 38
Lynz, Petronella 27
Macintyre, Amber 123
Maclear's Beacon 100
Madiba's Tide Country
House Hotel 75
Magaliesberg 11,41,93,
102,119
Elephant Sanctuary 15
Magoebaskloofl 24
Mahlasela, Vusi 70
Makalali Conservancy 127
Makana Freedom Festival 72
Makeba, Miriam 21
Malagas Hotel 55
Malolotja Game Reserve 121
Maluti Mountains 19,56
Mampoer 13
Margate 110
Marie Rawdon Museum 36
Marine Hotel 118
Market, Tshwane 67
Martins, Helen 37,38
Martus.Lisa 124
Marvel's Museum of Russian Art
and Culture 36
Masekela.Hugh 21
massage 127
Matjiesfontein 16-17,36
Matotoland 77
Mautloa, Godfrey 69
Mazes
Butterfly 11
Horse labyrinth 11
SoekershofKlaasVoogds 11
McGregor 122
Mcllrath, Grant 130
McLachlan, Keith 12
McLachlan,Roy12
MCQP see Mother City
Queer Project
Medical Tourism 118
Meerkat Man see
Mcllrath, Grant
Melville, Lorraine 118
Memorial Cemetery 16
Milking Parlour, The 54,54
Mines
Dumps 95
Kimberley28
No 14 Shaft 95
Mkhuze Game Reserve 121
Modjadjiskloof29
Monk's Cowl 61
Montagu 11, 90
Montebello Design Centre 85
Monuments and Statues
Cat 2 7, 27
Just Nuisance 26
Mooifontein 18
MosselBay52,107
Mother City Queer Project
(MCQP) 74.74
Mount Mayhem 95
Mount MerrickChakra
Garden 125
Mountains
Amatola 24
Arangieskop 90
Cape Fold 89
CathkinPeak61
Cederberg 126
Champagne Castle 61
Devil's Peak 100
Elandsberg 25
Klein Swartberg 25
Lion's Head 100
Maluti 19,56
Monk's Cowl 61
Outeniqua 91
Pinnacles 25
Sentinel 104
Swartberg 18
Table Mountain 100
Towerkop 25
Waterberg 101
Mountainview Guesthouse 117
Mphomeng Caves 115
Mpumalanga
BIyde River Canyon 31
Chrissiesmeer77, 121
Lydenburg 38
Matotoland 77
Nelspruit 125
Ohrigstad 38
Pilgrim's Rest 111
MTNScienCentre47
Museums and
Collections 32-47
Museums
Angling 47
Calvinia 40
Coca-Cola 46
Cuyler Manor 64
Dick Heysteck's Game
Farm 38, 38
Elgin Apple 34, 34
Fred Turner Windmill 40
Kalahari Oranje27
Kimberley Mine 28
Latsky Radio 35
Lwandle Migrant Labour 85
Lydenburg 38
Marie Rawdon 36
Marvol's Museum of
Russian Art and
Culture 36
Natural History (London) 47
No 7 Castle Hill 86
No 14 Shaft 95
Owl House, The 37, 37
Steam Train 91
Timewarp Surfing 39, 39
Toy and Miniature 35
Transplant 34
Musicians
Amos, Larry 70
Bergh,Zirk20
Botha.Piet 14
Carstens, Arno 14
Chameleon, Chris 70
Cox, Tony 70
Fokofpolisiekar70
Hofmeyer, Steve 72
Just Ginger 70
Kitchen, Syd 70
Lewis, Patricia 72
Mahlasela.Vusi 70
Makeba, Miriam 21
Masekela, Hugh 21
Nataniel 76
Prime Circle 70
Silver Creek Mountain
Band 70
Springbok Nude Girls 70
Strydom, Amanda 14, 76
Swart, Valiant 14
Wonderboom 70
Zoid, Karen 76
Myburgh.Johan 75
Myburgh, Kitty 119
Myburgh,Piet119
Mystery Ghost Bus Tour 87
N
Namakwa National Park 117
Namagualand 117
Country Lodge 44
Nash, Henry 87
Nataniel 76
National Arts Festival 72, 87
National Botanical
Institute 85
National Film Archives 43
National Parks
Kgalagadi Transfrontier
Park 120
Kruger38,101,120,
121
Namakwa 11 7
Richtersveld 117
Tsitsikamma 30
uKhahlamba Drakensberg 61
West Coast 117
National Ports Authority
(NPA)51
Natural History Museum (
London)47
Nature Reserves
Gamkaskloof 18
Gifberg 117
Goegap 117
Oribi Gorge 93
Postberg 117
Skilpad 117
Naude, Barry 42
Naurratel, Rhynhardt 119
Nelson Mandela Yard 84
Nelspruit 125
Nieu-Bethesda 37.106
No 7 Castle Hill Museum 86
No 14 Shaft Mine
Museum 95
Nongawuza, Golden (Sonwabo)
23,23
North Eastern Cape (NEC) rugby
union 43
North West
GrootMarico 13,73,109
Magaliesberg 11,41,93, 119
Northern Cape
Calvinia 30
Garies 20
Hanover District 22,42
Kimberley 28
Loeriesfontein 40
Namaqualand 117
Springbok 117
Upington 27
Northern Cape Tourism
Authority 117
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O'Carroll, Colleen 15
Ohrigstad 38
Old Jail 59, 59
One World Festival 19
Opera House 86
Oppikoppi Music Festival 70
Oribi Gorge Hotel 93
Oribi Gorge Nature
Reserve 93
Oribi Wild Gorge Swing 93
Origins Centre 38
Ostrich capital of the world see
Oudtshoorn
OudeMolen Village 85
Oudtshoorn 45, 72, 98,107, 108,
130
Rugby Club 45
Our Way Travel and Safaris 119
OuteniquaChoo-Tjoe91.9f
Outenigua mountain range 91
Outpost Luxury Lodge 119
Overberg 103
Owl House. The 37, 37
Oxford University's Dangerous
Sports Club 92
Ozinsky, Cheryl 74
p
Paarl 126
Parks
Deer 81
Edith Stephens Wetland 85
Tembe Elephant 131
Parys 45
Passes
Long Tom 38
Seweweekspoort 98
Storms River 80
Swartberg 18,98
Patterson, Alee
'Wheelbarrow' 111
Peace of Eden 130
Peters, Dipuo 21
Philippolis59,71
Witblits Festival 71
Pienaar, Gysie 42
Pilgrim's Rest 111
Pineapple Capital of South Africa
see Bathurst
Pink Loerie Festival 75
Pink Route 73
Pinnacles 25
Piprek, Eckhart 120
Fitter, Geoffrey 100
Platteklip Gorge 100
Pollsmoor Prison 59
a la Carte Restaurant 59
Port Elizabeth 64, 86
PortNolloth51
Post, Annelise 34
Postberg Nature Reserve 117
Pound and Penny Pub 87
Power Park 69
Pretoria 43,67
Prickly Pear Capital of South
Africa see Uitenhage
Prickly Pear Festival 64
Prime Circle 70
Prince Albert 23, 98
Purdon. Charles 31
Pure Rush industries 95
Q
quad biking90
R
Races and Sports 96-111
Big Five Marathon 101, 101
Box Cart racing 105,105
Brenton Williams'South Coast
Surfing School 39
Chicken Run Fun Run 66
Comrades Marathon 98,101
Devon Valley Run 99, 99
Dirtopia 103, 103
Donkey Cart Derby
106, 106
Dragon Boat Racing 105
Gunston50039
Karoo golf 109, 109
Midnight Hell Run 98
Naked Bike Ride 103
Ostrich Races 107
Samsung Steam
Challenge 102
Three Peaks Challenge 100
Two Oceans Marathon 100
Whale Festival Classic Charity
Golf Event 76
Whale Half Marathon 76
Whoosh Derby 66
Wheelbarrow Race 111
Rapping Granny 20-21,
20,2;
Rapunzel's Tower see
Castle, The
Rastafarian Township
Tour 84, 84
Ratanga Junction 74
Rawdon, David 16,36
Rensch, Bernard 30
Restaurants
Cargo Hold 54
Goblin's Cove Fantasy
Restaurant 41
Headlines 45
Jan Harmsgatse
Agterplaas 14,14
Pollsmoor Prison 59
Wagon House 53
Retief, Pietman 116
Retreats
Bodhi Khaya 123, 123
Boondocks Mountain
Lodge 125
Bushmanskloof Wilderness
and Retreat 126
Enchanted Forests and
Castles 124
Helderberg Writing
Escape Summer
Writing School 124
Inner-fire 123
Kurisa Moya Nature
Lodge 124, 124
Rustlers Valley 19
Sante Winelands Hotel and
Wellness Centre 126
Stanford Lake Lodge 125
Temenos 122, 122
Writing in the Wilderness 124
Zen Pen 124
Rhodes, Cecil John 16,28
Richards, Mark 39
Richtersveld National
Park 117
Riebeek Kasteel Olive
Festival 65
Rink, Jeffrey 114,114
Rivers
Breede 55, 90
Bushman's 54
Cowl Fork 61
Injisuthi 61
Kaaiman's 91
Umkomaas 129
Zambezi 92
Rock art 126
Ronald, Frank 10,10
Ronnie's Sex Shop 10,10
Rose-Christie, Mark 87
Roussouw, Chris 43
Route 62 10,66
Routes and Tours
Alex Township Rhythms
Route 84
Battlefields Route 73
Cape Care Route 85
Dolphin spotting 83
Gourmet Motorcycle
Tours 80
Haunted walks 86
Karkloof Canopy Tours 82
Mystery Ghost Bus
Tour 87
Pink Route 73
Rastafarian Township
Tour 84, 84
Route 62 10, 66
Brandy Route 116
Self-help Manenberg 85
Tale of Two Cities
Route 85
Turtle tours 83
Underground Drain Tour
81,8;
Western Cape Brandy
Route 116
Woodcutters Journey 80
RovosRail 118
Royal Madikwe Game
Lodge 119
Rustlers Valley 19,19
Sabie River Valley 90
Safaris 112-127
Bill Harrop's Original
Balloon 93
Birding 121
Bokpoort Horse 107
Brandy 115
Cosmetic surgery 118
Flower 117
Lion, Elephant and
Dolphin 131
Naked 119
Shrink-on-114
Soul 127
Stargazing 120
Yoga 115
Salakusana.Wilson 21
see 0/50 Whale Crier
ofHermanus
SALT 120
Sanctuaries
Butterfly 22
Sulina Faerie 41,41
Sandboarding 95
Sani Top Chalet 61
Santos Express 52, 52
Sardine Run 110
Schneeberger.Carl
Wilhelm 100
Schoeman, Outa Lappies 23
Schreiner, Olive 16
Sedgefield 58, 91
Self-help Mannenberg 85
Sentinel Mountain 104
Seweweekspoort Pass 98
Shrines
Eco 24,24
Main 128
Shrink-on-Safari 114
Silver Creek Mountain
Band 70
Simon's Town 26
Skilpad Nature Reserve 117
Smith, Bernie 127
Snell.Gavin 100
Snyman, Stefan 56
Somerset East 68
South African Airways
(SAA)88
South African Gold Panning
Association 111
South African Historic
Flight 88
South African Natural Heritage
site 126
South African War 86
Soweto 69
Beer Festival 69,69
Tourism Association 69
Spas
Forest Health 127
Sanctuary 122
Zau 14
Spider Lady of Middelburg
seeDeJager, Marie
Spiders
Brown button 22
Six-eyed crab 22
Tarantula 22
Velvet 22
Spies, Innes 44
Spies, Nelia 131
Spiritual Retreats 112-127
Splashy Fen 70, 70
Sports see Races and Sports
Springbok 117
Springbok Nude Girls 70
St Hubert Catholic Church
Heritage Site 84
St John's College 87
St Lucia 83
St Mary's Cathedral 86
Stander, Baron 39
Stanford 50,123
Spookhuis 17
Stanley's Light 25
Steam Train Museum 91
Stellenbosch35,99
Storms River 92
Storms River Adventures 80
Storms River Pass 80
Story of an African Farm, The 17
Strydom, Amanda 14, 76
Strydom, Steve 43
Sudwala Caves 60
Sulin, lan 41
Sulin, Minky41
Sulina Faerie Sanctuary41,4f
Summerhill Estate 31
Sun City 119
Sun Eden Resort 103
Sunland Nursery 29
Sunnyside Hotel 87
Surgeon and Safari 118
Sutherland 120
Swanepoel, Petrus 18
Swart, Valiant 14
Swartberg Mountains 18
Swartberg Pass 18,98
Swartland65
Swellendam 41
Sycamore Avenue
treehouses 58
Table Mountain 100
Tale of Two Cities Route 85
Tante Ju 88, 88Tarantula Ride 94
Tarentaalkraal campsite 103
Tartaruga Luxury Camp 131
Tembe Elephant Park 131
Temenos Retreat Centre
122, f22
Teniqua Treetops 58,58
Thabazimbi 109
Thunder City 89
77me magazine 118
Timewarp Surfing
Museum 39, 39
Tolkien 24
Tonteldoos Peach
Festival 64
tours and rides 78-95
Towerkop Mountain 25
Toy and Miniature Museum 35
Tractor-trailer rides 90, 90
Trains 91
Transplant Museum 34
Transvaal Children's Memorial
Hospital 87
Traut, Cecil 44
Tree House, The 58
Trehaven, Rose 86
Trimble, Sandy 100
Tshwane Market 67
Tsitsikamma 15
Forest 82
National Park 30
Wolf Sanctuary 15, 15
Tswaing Meteorite Crater 81
Tulbagh 109
Turtle tours 83
Twelve Apostles Hotel 122
Tycoon ofCalvinia see
Traut, Cecil
Tyu me Valley 24
Tzaneen 29
uShaka's Marine World 54
Uyaphi.com 121
v
u
Uitenhage64
uKhahlamba Drakensberg
Park 61
Umkomaas River 129
Underberg 70
Underground Drain
Tour 81,81
United Services Institute 26
University of Cape Town 77
Rare Books and Special
Collections 47
University of the Witwatersrand 77
Upington 27
Valleys
Devon 99
Injisuthi 61
Kariega 54
Lower Orange River 27
Sabie River 90
Tyume 24
Van Bart, Egbert 13
Van Belle, Jean-Paul 98
Van Garies, Grieta see
Rapping Granny
Van Heerden, Doug 29
Van Heerden, Heather 29
Van Loon,Louis
Van Rhyn Brandy Distillery 116
Van Schalkwyk, Manie 56
VanZyl,Koos18
Van Zyl, Ryno 66
Vanrhynsdorp 35,44
Victoria Bay 91
Victoria Falls bungy92
Voortrekkers 53
Vorser.Jan Harms 14
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Wagon House Restaurant 53
Walker Bay 76
Wall Street Journal, The 29,118
Waterberg 50
Waterberg mountain range 101
Wentzel, Alwyn 121
West Coast National Park 117
Western Cape
Calitzdorp 98
Cape Town 47, 57,64,
69,71,74,80,81,89,
100, 104
DieHel 18,98
Gamkaskloofl8, 18,98
Gansbaai50,131
George 91
Goukamma 91
Grabouw34
Hermanus 50
Kalk Bay harbour 85
Kalkfontein 85
Khayelitsha23,85
Klein Karoo 10,18
Knysna 56, 58, 75, 84, 91
Kuils River 36
Ladismith 25
Matjiesfontein 16-17,36
McGregor 122
Montagu 11,90
Mossel Bay 52
Oudtshoorn45,72,98,
107,108,130
Overberg 103
Paarl 126
Port Nol loth 51
Prince Albert 23, 98
Sedgefield58,91
Simon's Town 26
Stanford 50,123
Stellenbosch35,99
Swartland65
Swellendam 41
Vanrhynsdorp35,44
Victoria Bay 91
Walker Bay 76
Wilderness 91
Worcester 66
Yzerfontein 117
Whale Crier of Hermanus 21, 76
Whale Festival 76
Whisky Festival 69
Whoosh Festival 66, 66
Wilderness 91
Wilmot.Alison 54
Wilmot, Peter 54
WitmoskloofOxwagon Camp 53
Wits University 38
Wonderboom 70
Woodcutters Journey 80
Worcester 66
World Heritage Site 81,121
World Summit on Sustainable
Development (2002) 85
Y
Yiza Africa Safaris 117
Yoga Safaris 115
Young, Mandy130
Yzerfontein 117
Zambezi River 92
Zau Spa 14
Zebra Country Lodge 120
Zeederberg Cottage
and Backpackers 50
Zen Pen 124
Zezamele Enterprise 85
Zoid, Karen 76
Zoo Lake 87
Zulu huts 50