Off the Beaten Track

Near but ‘far’ – 7 off the beaten track places close to Cape Town

By kate | Published February 14, 2014

We all love the tantalising notion of getting ‘off the beaten track’, exploring places that make you feel that you are only ones around, that you’ve stripped off the scales of life’s trials and tribulations and emerged revitalized and invigorated – able to see for miles and miles, literally and figuratively. But then reality sets [...]

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Zimbabwe Safaris – 10 reasons why you should visit…

By kate | Published December 3, 2013

One in a series of blog posts where we attempt to identify the distinguishing characteristics of a particular country in terms of its appeal to visitors and the major reasons why you should visit. Here are my top ten (highly subjective) reasons in favour of Zimbabwe safaris… 1)    Victoria Falls year round The Victoria Falls [...]

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Johannesburg day tours – Off the Beaten Track

By kate | Published December 3, 2013

We offer the full gamut of Johannesburg day tours in the city  including Soweto, downtown Johannesburg, the Apartheid Museum and the Constitutional Court. Other clients like to see the neighbouring city of Pretoria, even adding in a visit to the nearby Cullinan Diamond Mine. But we also have a number of off the beaten track Johannesburg city [...]

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Cape Town day tours – Off the Beaten track

By kate | Published November 20, 2013

As well as all the common-or-garden Cape Town day tours such as city and Table Mountain tours, winelands tours and tours of the Cape Peninsula, we also try to cater for a variety of interests. (If you have a very specific interest, discuss your needs with us and we will source a specialist guide for [...]

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Gorilla Tracking in Rwanda or Uganda

By kate | Published November 12, 2013

There can be few more moving experiences than meeting the brown-eyed gaze of the hugely endangered mountain gorilla whilst gorilla tracking in Africa. You must be prepared to trek for up to 6-7 arduous hours for the reward of an encounter with a 220kg ‘silverback’ but the anticipation is matched only by the euphoria after [...]

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Cape Town day tours – Off the Beaten track

By kate | Published February 20, 2013

As well as all the common-or-garden Cape Town day tours such as city and Table Mountain tours, winelands tours and tours of the Cape Peninsula, we also try to cater for a variety of interests. (If you have a very specific interest, discuss your needs with us and we will source a specialist guide for [...]

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Kate Bergh is co-founder of Cedarberg African Travel, a specialist tour operator for Southern and East Africa.

She heads up the South African office, having lived in South Africa since 1993. Her home looks up to the Cedarberg Mountains, where she enjoys hiking and cycling, when she’s not out discovering new places to visit, with her three children in tow. Kate has travelled extensively throughout the region to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe as well as most areas of South Africa. She also loves history, meeting people and a good thriller...

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