KwaZulu Natal Travel Articles

Gourmet Travels in the Natal Midlands

September 2008

After a decadent 6-course dinner, and entertaining chat with award-winning chef Richard Poynton, Sandra Mallinson came away from the Natal Midlands with a renewed enthusiasm for cooking - and the recipe for 'the best chocolate cake in the world'.

By Sandra Mallinson

Read about what you can look forward to at Cleopatra Farmhouse

A Guide to South Africa Safaris

July 2008

Keen on a South African Safari but have no idea where to start? Here's a short, comprehensive guide to choosing the perfect place for a South African safari .

By Marco Monteiro-Silva

Laying History to Rest

May 2008

You might think that history is, well, history, but Dominic Chadbon, took a tour around KwaZulu Natal's evocative 19th century battlefields and found that although the smell of gunpowder has long dispersed, the sites resonate with imagery and emotion - and for some, the battles continue.

By Dominic Chadbon

KZN: A Self-drive Safari Adventure

April 2008

Once you've been on safari, two things happen: One, you become addicted to the bush, and two, you start looking for that 'extra something special' from your next safari. Seasoned in exploring South Africa's wilderness areas, Marco Monteiro-Silva set off to South Africa's very own 'wild wild west' looking for that little something extra from a self-drive safari.

By Marco Monteiro-Silva

A Secret Safari in South Africa

March 2008

Four days, seven ecosystems, 22 000 pure, uncut hectares of wilderness and a ranger with a heart as big as a buffalo...these set the stage for our Phinda experience: a non-stop KwaZulu Natal Safari of such incredible wildlife and luxury that it catapulted the word 'awesome' back into this boy's safari mumbo jumbo.

By Marco Monteiro-Silva

Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park

September 2007

The Drakensberg mountain range is a place of rugged beauty made up of plateaus, peaks, cliffs and deep valleys. It used to be a spiritual home for the San people, whose rock paintings adorn many of the caves and cliff faces. Today a large section of the range has been proclaimed a conservation area and a World Heritage Site.

By Leigh Kemp

Find out more about the Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park

Time Travel in the Battlefields

April 2007

A daughter of the modern world, Alison Westwood was startled and then thrilled by the power of the past when she visited the KwaZulu Natal Battlefields. Here she found that history shouts its stories from the stones, and that people still live their lives the way they have done for centuries. In fact, she believes that a South Africa Battlefields holiday is the closest you can get to time travel.

By Alison Westwood

Read about Alison's visit to the KwaZulu Natal Battlefields

A Bush & Beach Holiday in KZN

July 2006

Winter was getting grey; I had to find somewhere warm and sunny to escape to. So when I was offered a bush and beach holiday at Phinda Game Reserve and Rocktail Bay, I simply couldn't refuse.

By Alison Westwood

Read about Alison's bush and beach holiday in KZN

Family Holidays in South Africa

January 2006

A family holiday is not a thing to be undertaken lightly. It requires planning, strategy and cunning. If you get the recipe right, the memories will last a lifetime.

By Alison Westwood

Get ideas for great family holidays in South Africa