Road Trip's Podcast - Travel, Touring and Holidays in South Africa using the Road Trip mobile app
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
Podcasting since 2021 • 79 episodes
Road Trip's Podcast - Travel, Touring and Holidays in South Africa using the Road Trip mobile app
Latest Episodes
December 16th Part 2: Blood River
The events of 6th February 1838 culminated in an iconic and pivotal moment in South African history. The murder of Piet Retief and his small group of Voortrekkers by Dingaan culminated in an epic showdown on the banks of the Ncome River in Zulu...
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Season 11
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Episode 2
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56:21
December 16th Part 1: The Voortrekker Monument
December 16th is an important day in South Africa. It is a public holiday - it was first "Dingaan's Day", then it was "Day of the Vow", and now it is "Day of Reconciliation".We start at the Voortrekker Monument - a "must visit" on any So...
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Season 11
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Episode 1
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54:53
Rhinos and the poaching crisis in South Africa
Rhino poaching had reached epidemic levels. The Square-lipped Rhinoceros (White Rhino) - once a huge conservation success story and taken off the "Endangered List" - is now again under very serious threat.We discuss a few issues around t...
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Season 10
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Episode 2
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44:40
Hunting in South Africa - the mostly good - the bad - and some is downright disgusting!
An emotive issue - Hunting and Trophy Hunting. As you drive through South Africa - particularly in Northern KZN, Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo, and now the Eastern Cape as well - you pass kilometres of high electrified fencing.These ar...
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Season 10
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Episode 1
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57:24
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 9 - Hot Take 004 - Shutting down the water supply? Breaching dams and derelict boreholes?
In the mid 1900's over 300 boreholes were installed, and 50 dams built in the Kruger National Park to supply water for the wildlife. Many of the wind-pumps are now derelict, and dams have been breached - leaving many visitors confused as to why...
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Season 9
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Episode 9
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32:32