South Africa
A destination with cosmopolitan cities and stunning unforgettable scenery
South Africa with its’ cosmopolitan cities, stunning natural panorama, picturesque garden route of the western cape and extraordinary wildlife in the National Parks, is an alluring destination for anyone travelling to this continent. A South Africa tour offers abundant unforgettable scenery and game viewing that rivals any other African destination.
South Africa attracts the most travellers in sub-Saharan Africa. Tour South Africa and experience fantastic wildlife-watching in Kruger National Park and vibrant cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town. Cape Town’s many blessings include the inspirational landscape, sugary sand beaches, centuries old vineyards, the colonial mansions, plus a host of adrenaline-pumping outdoor activities.
A vibrant culture makes travelling to South Africa appealing to almost every taste and budget. A South Africa tour is an experience with diverse exotic landscapes, beautiful natural scenery, diverse history and a mix of first world and third world cultures.
South Africa through its varied cultural subdivisions also offers diverse arts, music, dance and cuisine throughout the nation. From the famous Durban curry to Cape Dutch seafood, and from the Kaapse Klopse to the International Cape Town Jazz Festival, the astonishing variety of South African life and nature is there to be experienced on a South Africa tour.
Concierge Traveller offers a range of South Africa vacations from Safaris tours, the Garden Route of the Western Coast through to food and wine experience.
Johannesburg
A city of astonishing contrasts, a huge metropolis where opulent wealth and desperate poverty live side by side, travel to Johannesburg one experiences the intriguing, dynamic heart of this turbulent country. If you want to see the real South Africa - and try to understand it - Johannesburg has to be on your travel itinerary.
Johannesburg is a youthful city, in just over a hundred years it blossomed to the huge metropolis it is today. Despite its problems and contradictions, it is experiencing a marked inner-city revival. As the country prepares to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Johannesburg is committed to demonstrating its capacity for change and renewal, making it an exciting travel destination. Besides burgeoning property development in the CBD, a multibillion-rand Metro rail scheme -- known as the Gautrain -- is finally being put in place.
Johannesburg or 'the city of gold' is by far the largest city in South Africa. It’s a destination that’s brash, fast-growing but it has got wealth, energy and a beautiful climate. If you take reasonable precautions and listen to the locals, you can enjoy your Johannesburg travel safely.
WHEN TO TRAVEL to Johannesburg
Winters (June- August) can get chilly, with freezing temperatures not unknown. Summer can be very hot but with often a fresh breeze. Early summer (September-October) and autumn (March-April) offer the best weather for a visit.
Cape Town
Cape Town, the oldest city in southern Africa, is regularly heralded as one of the most beautiful attractions on earth. Travel Cape Town and wonder at the massive sandstone bulk of Table Mountain, often draped in a flowing "tablecloth" of clouds which forms an imposing backdrop, while minutes away, pristine sandy beaches line the cliff-hugging coast.
Situated in the country's far south-western corner, Cape Town is physically separated from the rest of the continent by a barrier of mountains, and it feels and is very different from the rest of Africa. The hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters are Mediterranean. It is by far the most cosmopolitan city in Southern Africa, and you're as likely to hear locals speak German and French as you are Afrikaans and English. Another Cape Town attraction which is unique is its architectural heritage -- Cape Dutch homesteads, neo-Gothic churches, Muslim minarets, and English-inspired Georgian and Victorian buildings speak of the influences of a multifaceted colonial past.
Many who travel Cape Town choose to stay at the Cape Winelands in some of the best-preserved examples of Cape Dutch architecture and sample award-winning wines, a renowned Cape Town attraction. This is a great area in which to base yourself when travelling to Cape Town, if you're looking for a relaxing, rural escape, with the bright lights of the city a mere 60-minute drive away.
WHEN TO TRAVEL to Cape Town
Travel in March and April which signal idyllic weather, autumn casts its brightly coloured mantle over the vineyards, generating red, burnished vistas. Overall, the Western Cape climate is typically Mediterranean, with warm, dry summers and mild, moist winters and low summer rainfall.
