Harrow Hill farm Howick KZN

Martraveller, the grand tour

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January 21st 2008
Hi, how you doing ? welcome to the grand tour of South Africa as undertaken by mar and mrstraveller. So how do we (a pair of old wrinklies) plan the holiday of a lifetime ? Yes we've done South Africa before, yes we've got inside information, we have family living there ! But we need more than that, we need specialised knowledge, we need local opinions, we need to see the not so touristy part ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more