Send us a text Road Tripping in South Africa. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth The Road Trip SA mobile app is partnered with PitStops - how to find the cheapest diesel while you driving around in South Africa. Road Trip SA - the most comprehensive database of monuments, museums, statues and thousands of POI's - all on your phone. This episode is an intro to the app, and fun with some iconic South African music and spots to visit. This episode is mostly in Afri...
Send us a text Driving in South Africa is getting to be expensive - but you can save on diesel because garages charge different prices. The PitStops app shows you the local prices - so you save every time you fill up. Partnered with PitStops is Road Trip SA - a fun app with thousands of monuments, memorials, statues, museums and general POI's listed - to make your travelling more fun. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do yo...
Send us a text "The Battle of Ellis Park' and "The Battle of Fordsburg" - long forgotten incidents in Johannesburg - but who knows about them? Some stories of what we do to build the Road Trip SA app - and some of the fun we have doing it! Some fun stories of building the app - and just some memories of touring with groups around this great country! This is a recording of a radio show - Radio EcoHealth The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and explore Sou...
Send us a text Our first tour and safari post-covid. Clients from the USA wanted to see Cape Town, go shark-cage-diving in Gansbaai, and see wildlife. We put together a 9-day itinerary for them. All the spots mentioned in this podcast are listed on the Road Trip SA app. Do you want to explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris is an inbound tour operator, and we designed as well as guided this holiday. This is a recording of a weekly radio show - Radio EcoHealth The Road Trip SA app is avai...
Send us a text Our first big-group coach-tour and safari post-covid. Clients from a USA-based tour operator eventually made it to South Africa - many of them originally booked for 2020! Some of the stories and challenges we faced being the first big group - 80 pax / 2 coaches - in the post-Covid South African tourist landscape. All the spots mentioned in this podcast are listed on the Road Trip SA app. Do you want to explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris is an inbound tour operator, an...
Send us a text Our first big-group coach-tour and safari post-covid. Clients from a USA-based tour operator eventually made it to South Africa - many of them originally booked for 2020! Part 1 we covered the journey and impressions from Cape Town to St. Lucia - this episode we go through eSwatini, Kruger and get to the Victoria Falls. Some of the stories and challenges we faced being the first big group - 80 pax / 2 coaches - in the post-Covid South African tourist landscape. All the spots...
Send us a text There have been some criminal incidents perpetrated against tourists visiting South Africa. An awful lot of risk can be mitigated by following some common sense rules. The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris
Send us a text The origins and spread of Afrikaans - what a wonderful language! 11 language monuments dotted around South Africa. 1652 - Jan van Riebeeck arrives in the Cape, and the Portuguese explore around the coast finally finding the route to the East. The podcast is spoken in a mix of English and Afrikaans. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth The Road Trip SA app is available for download The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and exp...
Send us a text We ended last time in Durban - and Durban is a fascinating city - a heady mix of British, Portuguese, Indian and Zulu cultures. We chat about the British history, the Voortrekkers, and the Indian culture and the Victoria Street market. And we talk about the muthi (traditional medicine) market at the Central Station in Durban. This episode is in English. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth The Road Trip SA app is available for download The Road Trip SA ap...
Send us a text South Africans love animals. Jock of the Bushveld, Just Nuisance, rhinos, horses, owls, the café cat and more - we have statues honouring our animals dotted right around South Africa. Episode in English. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth - www.ecohealthradio.co.za The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris
Send us a text An introduction to Cape Town - the early days of the VOC and the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck. A short exploration of the history in Cape Town from the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in 1652, and the subsequent expansion of the settlement until bankruptcy in 1795. Episode in English. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth The Road Trip SA app is available for download The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and explore South Afri...
Send us a text The drive from Cape Town to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope along the Atlantic seaboard, and then the return via Simon's Town, is one of the most scenic drives in the world. The route takes you through Hout Bay and then over Chapman's Peak drive - rated as one of the top marine drives in the world! Episode in English. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth - www.ecohealthradio.co.za The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and e...
Send us a text The Voortrekkers and the Great Trek form an iconic and monumental part of South Africa's history. And we explore two "bucket list" monuments and museums - The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, and the Boer War Museum / Vrouemonument in Bloemfontein. Episode in English. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth The Road Trip SA app is available for download The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa...
Send us a text Matjiesfontein - a real Karoo "Hidden Gem". A bit about the N1 from Cape Town to get there - and then we concentrate on the town of Matjiesfontein. The history, some of the characters, the buildings and the attractions. 100 reasons to spend a night or two at The Lord Milner Hotel. Episode in English. This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth The Road Trip SA app is available for download The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and ex...
Send us a text Cape Town to Johannesburg is a 1600km drive. The N1 is the highway that can take you all the way to the border with Zimbabwe - but you stick to the tar. There are alternatives. A little bit of effort, a journey of almost the same distance, and you can discover a multitude of hidden gems along the road. Leeuw Gamka, to Fraserburg, Carnarvon to Prieska and Kimberley - lots of dirt road? Leeuw Gamka to Beaufort West, Three Sisters, Britstown, Hopetown and Kimberley - our he...
Send us a text The area stretching from Trompsburg to Griekwastad to Kimberley and beyond encompasses the South African diamond fields - the Gariep (Orange) River is joined by the Vaal River, and is an area incredibly rich in history. Diamonds are discovered in Hopetown, Adam Kok treks away, major battles are fought between Brit and Boer, and Kimberley is developed. And of course there is Orania.......... The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to explore South Africa? To...
Send us a text Departing Cape Town on the N7 heading North is a very rewarding drive. You leave the busy city of Cape Town and within a few kilometres you are travelling through beautiful wheat fields and rolling hills. Slowly the scenery changes to citrus fruit plantations, and later into a much drier landscape. Not much further we cut across and head East - headed for Loeriesfontein. Through Vanrhynsdorp, headed for Nieuwoudville you drive over the spectacular Vanryhnspass - a truly memora...
Send us a text The central areas of Zululand stretching from Ulundi to the Drakensberg Mountains really is the crucible and the "Battle Field" of South Africa. Conflicts between Zulu and Voortrekker, Voortrekker and British, the British and the Zulus, the Boers and the British - all came into conflict for various reasons in this area. In this episode we explore the formation of the Zulu nation, as well as the culmination of the conflict between the Zulus and the Voortrekkers resulting in the...
Send us a text Frequently asked questions: what are the top spots to see, or visit? Difficult to answer, so we have broken it down into several categories. In this episode we cover: The Top 5 Natural Wonders South Africa's Top 10 Museums The Top 5 Monuments South Africa is an incredible destination, and in these episodes we will cover the "Top Spots" according to Road Trip, and according to Diederik who has owned and operated Touch Africa Safaris for over 30 years. The list is by no means ...
Send us a text The struggle against Apartheid lasted many years - and there are many sites around South Africa that commemorate this part of our history. There are however a few that stand out as really worthwhile places to visit in order to understand this period of our history. In this episode we chat about those - and then we move on to some just plain interesting, different, or plain fun sites. The Road Trip SA app is available for download Do you want to visit and explore South Africa...