For a desert experience like no other, take a guided walk deep into the Kalahari desert with the San Bushmen

The Cederberg has winding mountain roads. At the end of one particularly trying route, you drop down into the remarkable little village of Wupperthal, a Rhenish mission settlement begun in 1830.

The Cederberg mountain region of the Western Cape was once home to a group of San people who left their precious artwork on the walls of caves and overhangs - we visit some of the Bushmans Kloof sites.

Cooking with love at Cape Malay cooking safari

It is getting colder and the days are getting shorter. Before the brown days of winter sets in Mother Nature has painted the country in a palette of yellows and reds.

The battlefields at Isandlwana and at Magersfontein are today evocative of 2 hard battles in harsh terrain from 2 different South African wars. Visit them to feel the past come back to life.

Seven soldiers in an armoured hut with a tin roof - no fun in the Free State sun. Dotted around the South African landscape, you’ll see blockhouses from the South African War, fought between Boers and Britons from 1899-1902.

Visit a fascinating Kimberley landmark, rich with the stories of diamonds and colonial times, and infused with a gentlemanly quiet reflecting another time.

A peep into the lives of South Africans’ far-travelling forebears, the Voortrekkers … with some romance and campfires thrown in.