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Daily Escape: Singita Lebombo Lodge
Today’s Daily Escape is from Kruger National Park, South Africa. Learn more » Photograph by Singita Game Reserves
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Leap Year 2012: Top Travel Destinations to Take the Leap
by Amanda DiGiondomenico To celebrate that extra day we’ve been granted this leap year, many travel destinations — from Orlando to South Africa – are trying to make those extra 24 hours worth your while. Instead of wasting away your leap day, let these 5 …
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Food in South Africa: Springbok or Bunny Chow?
by Matthew Karsten, ExpertVagabond.com There are a wide variety of foods available in South Africa, from indigenous Khoisan, Xhosa and Zulu foods, to spicy Indian cuisine brought over with thousands of Indian workers in the 19th century, to plenty of colonial Afrikaans dishes, too. …
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Get Your Fortune Told by a Sangoma
by Matthew Karsten, ExpertVagabond.com I’m one really lucky guy. At least that’s what my sangoma tells me. What is a sangoma, you might ask? A traditional Nguni healer, seer, counselor and shaman. The native peoples of South Africa have been practicing the profession for thousands of …
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Exploring South Africa’s Wine Country
by Matthew Karsten, ExpertVagabond.com When you think of great wine, does South Africa come to mind? I’m certainly no wine expert. But a recent visit to the winelands around Franschhoek and Stellenbosch outside of Cape Town gave me a renewed respect for this age-old …
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Reason to Travel to South Africa: Penguins!
by Matthew Karsten, ExpertVagabond.com South Africa has a serious problem that’s spiraling out of control. Fluffy, lovable, tuxedo-wearing balls of feather are on the loose. Think you’re immune from the charms of an African Penguin? So did I. But after strolling along the bright turquoise-blue …








