Day: July 14, 2026

After a flight to Durban and three-hour drive, we arrived at Thanda Game Reserve, a private reserve owned by the founder of IKEA for a three-day safari.  We expected to be in a safari tent, but were taken to a three-coned structure instead.  We had been upgraded to a Villa. The villas…

Stellenbosch is a beautiful university town in the midst of wine country northeast of Cape Town.  It was established on the banks of the Eerste River in 1679, making it the second-oldest formal settlement in South Africa. It is surrounded by the Stellenbosch Mountains.  It is called the “Village of Oaks” with…

A trip to Cape Town requires a trip down the Cape Peninsula to Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point.  We headed out of town along the water, seeing the World Cup Stadium and beautiful beaches and communities along the way. Looking across the water you can see the Twelve-Apostle Mountains…

There is so much to see here and digest.  The diversity is so striking. Today we started at the Victoria and Alfred (V&A) Waterfront.  It is named for the Victoria Basin and the Alfred Basin located within the harbor, which is the oldest working harbor in the Southern Hemisphere.  All along the waterfront…

Cape Town is South Africa’s second-largest city after Johannesburg and the legislative capital of the country.  Located on the shore of Table Bay in the Atlantic Ocean at the northern end of Cape Peninsula, the central business district is the oldest urban area in the Western Cape.  Because it was the site…