53 episodes
Road Trip's Podcast - Travel, Touring and Holidays in South Africa using the Road Trip mobile app Road Trip
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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Tourism to South Africa: South Africa is a world-class tourist destination. These podcasts are a way to create interest in South Africa as a holiday and travel destination. We highlight interesting and cool history, explain monuments and memorials, put the history into context, and we hope to make your road trip through South Africa more interesting! Road Trip SA is a mobile app to help tourists find monuments, museums, statues and thousands of POI's. All the listings on the app have a photo, a brief description and some history of that spot. We hope to encourage downloads so clients can explore our history and culture. The narrator of the podcast has a tour and safari company called "Touch Africa Safaris"- http:///www.touch-africa-safaris.com
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Blockhouses of the Anglo-Boer War with Simon Green
We have a chat with Simon Green - "The Blockhouse Guy". Simon has authored two books on the blockhouses of the Anglo-Boer War - a very handy field guide, as well as a more in-depth analysis of the engineering behind these 9000+ structures the British Military left behind in South Africa.
We have digitised the field guide - so if you are looking to visit a Blockhouse - the Road Trip app will get you there.
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris -
Frontier Land. We explore the Eastern Cape with Dr. Dean Allen.
We talk with Dr. Dean Allen - renowned Author, Historian, Lecturer, and Media Presenter. Dean has authored several books, two of which are are titled "Frontier Land - Exploring the Eastern Cape."
So much of our history played out in this area - and it really is a fascinating part of South Africa. We have digitised these two books and all the spots Dean discusses and describes are on the Road Trip RSA app.
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris -
The Panorama Route - The "Transvaal Drakensberg" Escarpment and the N4 corridor
The "Panorama Route" of Mpumalanga is an essential part of any road trip to the Eastern region of South Africa. There is magnificent scenery, some fascinating history, and fantastic geology to explore. The worlds' oldest rocks, the very earliest life-forms, gold rush towns, a multitude of waterfalls, as well as breathtaking mountain roads await you here - if you are prepared to explore.
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris
This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris -
The N2 Highway - Part 1 - We cover Cape Town to the Great Brak River
This episode covers the first part of the N2, which is South Africa's longest numbered road. The N2 is 2255km long, and stretches from Cape Town to Ermelo.
It starts in Mowbray near the historic Mostert's Mill, skirts the southern end of Cape Town International and then heads over Sir Lowry's Pass into the Overberg Region.
The Overberg - wheat fields, bright yellow canola flowers and hectares of fruit - apples, pears, and peaches. Small towns en-route include the historical Swellendam which is South Africa's third oldest town.
Some interesting spots to see includes an Apple Museum in Elgin, and a unique spot in Hartenbos - a Washing Machine, Iron and Laundry museum!
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris
This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris -
The N2 Highway - Part 2 - The Garden Route - George to Tsitsikamma
The "Garden Route" encompasses the area between George and Port Elizabeth. It is a natural wonderland of high mountain peaks, deep forested ravines, and incredible coastal scenery.
The area has a rich history of gold miners, woodcutters, British adventurers, and colourful characters. It is worth getting off the N2 and taking some time to really explore this area. The person who takes some time to really meander through this area will be very richly rewarded.
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris
This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris -
The N2 Highway - Part 3 - Tsitsikamma to East London
You leave the deeply forested and mountainous areas, and head into "Frontier" or "Settler" country. Port Elizabeth saw the arrival of the 1820 settlers, and the area between there and East London has a rich history of settlers - 5000 British immigrants arrived to settle and stabilise the area - torn by 100 years of unrest and warfare.
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris
This is a recording of a radio show - Radio Ecohealth
The Road Trip SA app is available for download
Do you want to visit and explore South Africa? Touch Africa Safaris