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Planning to visit the Mother City this summer? Three of Cape Town's top attractions have teamed up to offer a discount card that will save you cash and keep you out of the queue.
City Sightseeing Open-Top Tour, Table Mountain Cableway and Two Oceans Aquarium have joined forces to launch the Go Cape Town Card, an all-inclusive ticket for the three popular tourism attractions. The card will be available from Tuesday December 1, 2009.
Visitors pay only R360 per card, which includes a return trip on the Table Mountain Cableway, a visit to the Two Oceans Aquarium and a ride on an open-top City Sightseeing Bus. Children under 18 years pay R180 per card.
The Go Cape Town card can be purchased at any of the three attractions, the Cape Town Tourism offices or online at www.webtickets.co.za. The cards are valid for three months from date of purchase. |
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Fri 04 Dec 2009 |
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Click click. Checked in... |
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Flying from South Africa on Qatar Airways? You can now check-in online up to 36 hours before your flight and simply collect your boarding pass at the 'fast bag drop' counter. Head over to www.qatarairways.com/za.
In many of the cities that Qatar Airways flies from passengers can print their own boarding passes at home or have them downloaded to their cellular phones, and the airline says it is hoping to have this service available in South Africa in 2010 |
OK, here’s a quick quiz. It’s only one question in fact… where do you think the picture alongside was taken? I snapped it of my hiking guide after we’d just spent the day exploring two separate trails.
The first wound through wonderful dense forest where Indian Rubber trees towered above us and White-breasted Sea-eagles soared on the thermals below. The second trail followed a deserted ridgeline where we only saw one other soul in our three-hour walk. The views to the west were of a lovely deep water bay where pleasure yachts were moored, while to the east is a beach resort and a popular surfing break.
Stumped?
Well, this was snapped on my recent trip to Hong Kong… a city better known for its crowded pavements and bright lights than hiking trails and outdoor activities. But yes, apart from stuffing myself with dim sum and noodles I spent a wonderful day exploring the city-state’s hiking trails, and you’d be amazed how easy it is to leave the urban jungle for the great outdoors.
You can read more about it in Shape magazine next year, or click through to www.discoverhongkong.com.
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Tue 24 Nov 2009 |
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Thumbs up for Cape Town airport |
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Just flown through Cape Town's new airport terminal en route to Hong Kong and I am mostly very impressed. Having spent a fair bit of time in airports around the globe this year (including HK's glorious Chek Lap Kok, designed by architect-extraordinaire Norman Foster) it compares very favourably with the best the world has to offer.
Following the international trend of a central terminal - so there are no 'dead resources' - there's plenty of natural light and lots of space in and around the 120 check-in desks. I flew out early on a Sunday, so not the busiest time of the week, but there were few queues and everything seemed to work like clockwork.
There is a good range of food outlets on the third level, all of which have great views over the runway. And let's face it… which kid doesn't like to watch the planes land and take off?!
if there's a gripe, it's that there is only one place to get something to eat/drink in the Domestic Departures area, but perhaps this is set to change as more areas of the new terminal are unveiled. At present only the central Departures area is open, with Arrivals set to be opened in March 2010.
So far, well done ACSA. At least we're seeing some improvements from those hefty airport tariffs.
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Sun 22 Nov 2009 |
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Airfares skyrocket for 2010 World Cup |
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Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Forty Rand.
I'll say it again. R7240.
That's how much it will cost you to fly from Johannesburg to Cape Town on SAA in June next year.
With my grubby paws on three tickets for Match 56, R16 - 1H v 2G on 29 June, I have Joburg family flying down to enjoy a game at Cape Town's striking new stadium. But browsing around for airfares the other day I discovered that it's not only the stadium for the beautiful game that is breathtaking.
SAA is often not the cheapest option, so I merrily clicked over to kulula.com. R4298. Close on half the price, but still three times what you'll pay for a flight outside of World Cup season. BA/Comair split the difference with a return fare of R5248. Ouch.
Now, obviously, issues of supply and demand are going to affect availability (and therefore fares) when the World Cup circus comes to town, but with all the warnings for the travel and hospitality industries not to fleece tourists and locals perhaps the airlines didn't get the memo?
Want to know more? You can read the full story on http://travel.iafrica.com over here… |
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Or just a sign of commercialism heading south? Refuse to shop at Melissa's nowadays: overpriced and average
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