Used for everything from livestock fodder to intoxicating tequila, the Agave, or sisal plant, that thrives in the dryland areas of South Africa has massive potential. And when flowering in early summer, they’re simply gorgeous.

If you want to understand your past, then visit a never-seen-before priceless exhibition of fossils currently on display at Maropeng, the visitor centre of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.

The Company’s Garden is a provincial heritage site featuring stunning gardens and a variety of birdlife.

Where else in the world do you get to meander through flowers and along a glorious coastline to see whales for free? But the shoreline at Hermanus offers even more.

Discover what timelessness means as you indulge all of your senses at The Gorge Private Game Lodge & Spa in KwaZulu-Natal.

There are many places to breakfast, lunch and dine in the naval village of Simon’s Town, 1 of the prime spots along the Cape Point Route down to the tip of the peninsula.

The roadside attractions out in the deep Kalahari are many and meaningful. And if you ever need to make a phone call on the road between Van Zylsrus and Askham, then look out for the Phoning Dune.

The Van Zylsrus Hotel is a must-do on anyone’s Kalahari Bucket List. Its off-the-wall decor and sense of humour just add to the lustre of this far-flung country establishment.

The protea is a flower that is more wood than petal; that recruits ants, mice and even fire to its cause; that grows best in poor acid soils, yet drips with sweet nectar. How appropriate that the king protea is South Africa’s national flower.