Recently married we traveled to Capetown for 3 weeks for our honeymoon. We stayed in Capetown with some family for a week then drove to Port Elizabeth which is about 500 miles stopping over in Mosel Bai in The Avenues guest house, beautiful accommodation but the breakfast in the morning requires the hosts to be less "stingy" - we asked for bacon only and my husband got bacon and eggs - I was given a huge dinner place with tomato and lots of dried herbs over the plate with one rasher..... I wouldnt even give that to a child!!!! we left here and traveled on to the Addo Elephant sanctury which is fab!! Not only elephants, lions, rhino,warthogs,kudo, zebra all animals that belong to that area, Also while up there we visited a reserve and rescue centre for lions tigers crocodiles and some other animals and cats that have been rescued. We lived at Valleyview Guest House which is a short distance from the sanctuary - [--] which is highly recomended great self contained apartment/bedsit very reasonable (B&B) and the owner will book you into the near by restaurant - I think its the only one about! On our way back we stoped off at an ostrich farm which was pot luck but was fantastic and the hosts were wonderful and welcomed us into their home for an evening meal - this is itemised seperately from the room at a small additional cost but the food was superb!!! Skeiding Guest Farm well worth a visit. We also went on the wine route where we visted Fairview view yard - sweet red wine is a must its like a port but also has a distinct flavor of rhubard and KWV which has a wonderful shop the champagne is to die for........ their are lots of wonderful places to visit and before leaving capetown remember to go up table mountain cable car and to go to Table View and if you like fish visit the Blowfish restaurant and go to the fish counter and pick your fish 3 of us went and it cost £50 including all the drinks and I think we ate half the ocean!!! Anyone looking for more information or places to visit do not hesitate to contact me - KLM flight was great logs of leg room and cabin staff were great.

As a city Cape Town is a mash-up of cultures - combining the colonial flavour of it's European past, with the vibrant emergence of a young, trendy black culture and the old-world charm of it's Muslim inhabitants. It's an accepting, inviting city that caters to all types, from it's trendy gay & lesbian underground, to the Flashy Camps Bay elite. You're sure to find something here to thrill, excite and capture your imagination.

We could not ask for a better experience of how local people live it was quite emotional , and we visited vicky's bed and breakfast and the welcome we got was amazing, we also went to a shabeen and meet the locals. also drank the local kaffa beer which I would have to say would but you off drinking . I would recommend a trip to the langa township,

If anyone has any questions or needs advice on where to go, where to stay, please feel free to ask.

We started in Cape Town for several days, stayed at the Cape Grace. Since there was a group of us we stayed in the three bedroom suite on the uppermost floor. Unbelieveable suite, fabulous accomodations and service!

On our first full day we went Shark Diving with White Shark Ecoventures tours....what an amazing day! We were picked up very early (4:30am) for the two hour drive to Gaansbi and the drive was actually not unpleasant. Beautiful towns and scenery kept us busy on the way, and a very pleasant driver named Robb kept us entertained.

Within 15 minutes of getting onto the boat, putting on wetsuits, we were told to get in the cage. There was already a HUGE great white shark approaching the boat. Several of us took the chance to plunge into the shark cage and when we were told to "GO DOWN" we went under and got some beautiful views of the most majestic, sleek animals I'd ever seen. We spent a full 6 hours on the boat going in and out of the cage, though some of the best viewing was from the top of the boat where you could see the sharks coming, and breaching the top of the water. I'd highly recommend it to anyone. It was not even the least scary, was very well run and at the end, you receive a video of your trip. Worth every second of it!

In Cape Town, we hired a driver through the hotel who gave us a complete driving tour of the Cape, stories of every town along the way. If you love to see a little bit of everything, this is a must.
We also went to Robben Island for the prison tour, which was quite informative.

We hired a heliopter to see the overall view of the Cape, went to the Cape of Good Hope and stayed there many hours to see the beautiful scenery and waves crashing against the southern most point of South Africa.

On to Safari: We started at Singita Lebombo....I cant recommend it highly enough. Within the first hour of the first game drive we saw all of the "big five" and every drive, morning or night, got better and better. The accomodations were top notch, the service and food were unbelieveable!

Next stop was Singita Ebony and Singita Boulders. Both are vastly different in decor but are in Sabi Sands Park rather than Kruger (which is where Lebombo is). The animals are more used to people and we got within 3 feet of most animals. It took slightly longer to see the "big five" in this area but the animals got so close to you that you could literally touch them (though it was requested that we NOT do that). Again, the accomodations and food were outstanding.

In all Singita locations, the service is something I've never experienced. If your battery on a camera went dead, they'd get you a new one, they'd take your camera memory sticks and convert the stick onto disc, you were never without a beverage, food, sunscreen, or someone smiling and asking if there was anything to be done to make your stay more enjoyable. Each meal was more delicious than the prior and if you wanted something that wasnt on the menu, all you had to do was ask. We were even given recipes for the foods we loved the most, and will use them at home quite often.

Each night when we came back, someone had miraculously drawn a bath in my suite with flowers floating, champagne on ice and the whole room was filled with candles.
Everyone in our group enjoyed the trip, words cannot describe it.
We used an agent located in Johanessburg to arrange our flights within SA, and our accomodations. No one missed a beat, at each airport, someone had a sign with our names on it, the car was waiting and we were given cool refresher towels to use once we landed. It couldnt have gone more smoothly.
If anyone wants pictures of accomodations, please feel free to let me know. I'd be happy to send them.

All in all, it was the best vacation adventure of our lives and we are planning on going back as soon as possible.

Happy Travels!!!!!!!!!!!!!