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Like America, South Africa has a West Coast and an East Coast, with a lot of stunning country in between! East coast radio, or ECR as it's known, streams to the internet, so wherever you are you can listen to it to get a feel for what's going on in South Africa. (Remember local web sites are .co.za, not.com)
But this article is about scenery, and places to see that are really worth the trip. There's the Sani Pass, Table Mountain in Cape Town, The Namib desert, The Tugela valley, The Drakensberg mountains, the Tsitsikama forests in the Cape, Storms river bridge bungee site, ancient bushman paintings, Dungeons big wave venue, Botanical gardens in every city, and the wide, wide open spaces of the Northern Cape, where you don't even get radio coverage.
Yes, South Africa has a bit of everything. Places where it snows, places where it never snows. Places where it rains all the time, and places where it almost never rains. We have first world cities, and wild areas where the people are still almost unchanged over centuries. We have long, beautiful beaches, rocky coasts, caves and waterfalls falling directly into the sea. We have an area called the "Wild Coast" which is really wild. But we also have five star and seven star lodges where luxury is the word.
With the current exchange rate, it really pays to visit South Africa. A four star hotel on the Durban beachfront will cost you about 900 rand a night, which in US$ is about $200 a night. Self catering 3 bedroom apartments right on the beach at Balitto on the East Coast can be hired for as little as 700 rand a day, or US$90 a day. If you're not fussy, lower prices can be had for less salubrious lodgings.
And the weather, the glorious weather. It's not too hot, and not too cold. We have some low temperatures at night inland, like at Johannesburg, and we have the odd few days when cold fronts come over, but most of the days are sunny and warm. Durban can get quite hot in December to February, but then the sea is right there to cool off in, and you never need a jersey in Durban! Well, almost never!
Is it worth the trip? You bet!
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