South Africa - recommendations?

CassieCA

We are going to South Africa for our honeymoon in the first half of Oct.  We're planning to go to Kruger national park, Capetown (and wineries around there), and Victoria Falls.  Anyone been and have other suggestions?

Thanks!!

msaputra

We went to South Africa in March and had a wonderful time.

Here's a link to my blog from our planning and the summary of our trip:
http://darcela.blogspot.com/2012/04/planning-our-south-africa-trip.html
http://darcela.blogspot.com/2012/05/trip-summary.html

Cape Town is beautiful. You MUST eat at the Test Kitchen, our best meal in S. Africa.
Franschhoek is SO gorgeous, definitely spend 2-3 days in the winelands. We loved Bread & Wine for lunch.

Let me know if you have any questions!

joklein7

I went to South Africa Jan-March of 2009 and had the BEST time! I went to Cape Town for the last week of the trip. We went to Robben Island to visit Nelson Mandela's cell. We hiked up Table Mountain which took 2 hours (when you get to the top there are restaurants and shops). You could also take a Cable Car up there if you don't want to do the climb. If you do climb (which I would do again) just understand it is tiring! It is made for tourists to get up safely but it's like walking up a never ending staircase. We went to Camp Bay Beach which was beautiful with mountains in the background. We stayed at a hostel on Long Street (which for a honeymoon I doubt you are doing) but the night life there is fun. I also had other friends stay at the Hyde Hotel, which was so beautiful. Make sure you have dinner on the waterfront, it is beautiful. There were also daily craft shows near Long Street where I bought some souveniers from. There are so many options for you in Cape Town- there is the Cape Tour or you could go cage diving with sharks.

We went on Safari (although it was not in Kruger as we were in a different part of the country) which was amazing.

Have a fabulous time!