South African winter escape – plans and events
How an impromptu escape plan to find the winter sun brings more than was bargained for – for our guest writer Stuart Tizzard and his wife Tessa. Having decided to leave the wet and miserable UK for some winter sun, it was proving incredibly difficult to get any travel agent to provide ideas and solutions at the right price. We wanted Business Class flights to the sun for a couple of weeks and were getting frustrated by the lack of...
Johannesburg – so much more than a quick transit.
Johannesburg is worth so much more than a transit lounge wait at the airport, in order to make a quick getaway to your safari lodge, or onward journey to the Garden Route. Although the city has seen its fair share of turmoil and unrest, not least of which during the days of Apartheid, it’s making a steady and determined recovery in order to warrant more than a cursory look when you next visit South Africa. There are an...
Fly Southern Africa as if its in your own plane
Join your favourite locations in Southern Africa with Skypass for the ultimate personalised itinerary. We’ll help you create your own perfect Southern Africa itinerary by putting together the locations and stays you’ve always wanted to visit – for the amount of time you’d like – all linked together by a smart commuter executive aircraft – flying to set routes and schedules that you just hop on and...
Exploring South Africa’s Eastern Cape –
Culture, carved landscapes, craggy coastlines, the Karoo and the Kwandwe Rhinos all in one tour 10 Night Eastern Cape Self-Drive Johannesburg – (flight) – Port Elizabeth – Graaff Reinet – Samara – Kwandwe – Haga Haga N.B. This itinerary is a guide only. You can add time and places to this and upgrade, reduce, or change travel and accommodation with us to make this a truly personal journey. Just...
Pick the Peech to enjoy the fruits of Jo’burg
This boutique haven in the leafy centre of Johannesburg belies the city’s bad-boy reputation and is the perfect base to explore Jo’burg’s history. For us, Johannesburg historically, has meant little more than a cosy airport lounge as we transit between more attractive destinations. Its bad-boy image for crime and unrest has held little appeal. More recently great things are happening In Johannesburg in terms of...