Your Stay at Martinique Self-Catering Beachfront Villa

...Three of the bedrooms are located on the ground level and the fourth bedroom is upstairs...
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Modjadji Nature Reserve

...The area, which unfolds along the foothills of the Wolksberg and Drakensberg ranges, forms a natural gateway to the province’s premier destination, the Kruger National Park...
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White Rhino Behaviour

...This may take the form of curling up the tail, a nervous bouncy gait around the same spot, turning side on to the disturbance or rubbing the horn on the ground. Cows with young are especially protective...
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Stellenbosch Wine Route

...©Roger de la HarpeBuy a map from the information centre in Stellenbosch and plan a route through the history of South African wine making – allow days rather than hours to do it justice...
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Simple, Small and Intimate

...Then, once night falls, campfire dinners offer an opportunity to stargaze as the sound of the cicadas fills the air...
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Poultry Climate Control - Temperature

...The production area can be reduced by halving the production area with a curtain when the birds are small...
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Fig Farming in South Africa

...Figs are picked very early in the morning to avoid the midday heat, as this can cause damage of the figs - the fig stalks detach from the fruit and stay on the tree. Optimal harvesting is a few days before optimal ripening, about 70% ripeness...
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Experience Magic

...Incredible wildlife sightings occur in the morning and late in the evening on guided safari game drives but the surrounding bush can be also explored on foot...
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Weekend in Greyton

...Don't leave without having a cappuccino at the Post House, hiring a mountain bike and riding around town or going for a walk in the mountains...
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Pilanesberg Boasts

...There are only two other alkaline volcanoes in the world (in Russia and Greenland), but Pilanesberg is the most clearly defined. In more recent history the area was home to the Tswana until the 1970s, when the park was founded...
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Persimmon Varieties

...The most commonly produced persimmons, Kaki Fruit are astringent persimmons. The fruit requires a post-harvest gas exposure process in order to remove the astringency from the fruit before the fruit is edible and marketed...
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Ephraim 'Cups 'n Saucer' Nkanuka

...He was a patient teacher and mentor to many of the musicians who made up the big bands of the 1950’s: The Young Rhythm Chordettes, The Twelve Disciples of Jazz and The Modern Choppers...
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Port Edward

....❮❯Meander down south through the coastal greenery of KwaZulu-Natal and, just before the Eastern Cape border, you will find Port Edward situated snugly between the muddy roil of the Mtamvuna River and the aquamarine Indian Ocean...
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Fort Beaufort

...Fort BeaufortFort BeaufortThe historic Victoria Bridge in Fort Beaufort crosses the Kat River.Fort Beaufort, a small town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, is located near the convergence of the Kat and Brak Rivers, crossed by the historic Victoria..
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Rhino Poaching and the Kruger Park

...Rhino Poaching and the Kruger ParkRhino Poaching and the Kruger ParkA Misguided MarketBy far the most tragic issue facing the Kruger (and many other conservation areas across Africa) is the dramatic increase in rhino poaching over the last few years...
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What is Farm Management?

...The cultivation skills of the farmer are more physical, but the management of the farm is about planning, decision-making and the implementation of plans and decisions...
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Makhanda Artefacts

...Many Old Andreans served in the British Army, the Navy and the Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force...
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Robben Island: A World Heritage Site

...Then, in the 20th century, Robert Sobukwe, the founder of the Pan Africanist Congress, spent so many years alone in a little house on the island that his speech became impaired...
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Harvesting Aloe Ferox

...These cut leaves are carefully arranged in a circle with the cut part facing the centre of the circle...
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Buffalo Thorn

...The Zulu people use the branch of the buffalo tree to bring the spirit of the deceased from the person’s place of death to their burial site. When travelling in a vehicle, the branch will have its own seat...
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Bushveld Paradise

...The tents at Shindzela Safari Camp are informal and authentic with the main focus on the little patio overlooking the waterhole where guests can enjoy a cold beer in the lowveld heat...
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Kamieskroon

...©Roger de la HarpeNamaqualand daisies in Kamieskroon.After the harshness of the Knersvlakte and minimalist plains to the north of the Cederberg, the rugged outcrops rucking up along the N7 approach into the town of Kamieskroon, is a pleasure to behold..
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Mapungubwe National Park Activities

...Guided walks can also be organised to rock art sites, the Mapungubwe heritage site, dinosaur footprints or the biggest baobab.Go Drive©Jacques MaraisAbout 35km of the roads inside the Mapungubwe National Park are suitable for normal sedan vehicles..
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Birds of South Africa

...The Cape weavers are the most manic of all the weaverbirds...
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Diseases in Rabbits

...Pasteurella manifests in the same way as a cold but the rabbit will sneeze hard and thick mucus will be stuck to its nose. The inside of the front feet will be coated with mucus from wiping the face to clear the nostrils...
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