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
Episodes
76 episodes
Hunting in South Africa
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
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 8 - Hot Take 003 - The Elephant Dilemma
The Greater Kruger National Park currently has an elephant population of over 31,000 animals. This is just not sustainable.There are no easy or "warm & fuzzy" answers to this. This podcast lays out a bit of the history of the "elepha...
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Season 9
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Episode 8
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36:09
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 7 - Hot Take 002 - Fires and the Burning Regime
Fire is a conservation tool used for the management of grazing area and plant communities. Visitors to the Kruger Park - especially in the winter months, and in early spring - often drive through burned areas - it's dusty, smo...
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Season 9
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Episode 7
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29:03
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 6 - Hot Take 001 - Open vehicles and congestion
During peak season the park can seem very crowded - and some "Road Rage" and "Sighting Fighting" can occur.We explore some of the reasons for this, some takes (from our perspective) on the "crowding" - and how to deal with it.
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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24:44
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 5 - Some basic manners, rules & regulations.
The Kruger National Park is a wonderful and special destination. It is a "World Class" wildlife park - but there are a few basic rules and regulations that need to be followed in order to have a great visit. We give a few tips on ho...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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37:53
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 4 - Kruger is more than just driving around.
Most people go to the Kruger National Park for "Game Drives" - this is obviously the main aim of the visit - but there are variations available - and there a definitely different ways to do it!There are also a variety of "other activitie...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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40:37
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 3 - Basic checklists
We chat about what you need to make for an unforgettable visit to the Kruger National Park. Basic stuff to take with you: some essentials in the suitcase, some good tips for what to take in the car, how to have a comfortable stay.&n...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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39:02
Tips for visiting the Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 2 - Answering questions from Australia
In this podcast we answer some questions from a listener in Australia - how to arrive in SA, how to get to Kruger, car hire, some advice on camps and distances, where to spend the most time.......We help to plan a 10 to 14 day Kruger iti...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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45:47
Tips for visiting The Kruger National Park - "How to Kruger" Part 1 - How to start planning your trip
Some tips for your visit to the Kruger National Park. How to get there, how to get into the park, where to stay, what type of accommodation is available, the different types of camps.Kruger is a huge park - 19,623 sq km. And ...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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42:12
The annual eSwatini Reed Dance - a cultural event like no other.
Every year in spring there is a cultural event that takes place in eSwatini (Swaziland) that is like no other. 40,000 young girls pay tribute to the Queen Mother - the Ndlovukazi. It is an 8-day event, and is open to the public for ...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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44:30
16 Day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 12. The ghost of Rhodes and the city of Kimberley.
Kimberley - a dusty, grown-up mining town. A bit of a derelict veneer, once scratched open reveals a stunning, complex, historical, and fascinating city. The ghost of Cecil John Rhodes permeates the entire town - from the mines, to the relics o...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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51:19
16 Day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 11. The iconic & haunted battlefield of Magersfontein.
This is truly an iconic visit - it rates along with Rorke's Drift, Blood River / Ncome, and Isandlwana. For any student of military history, it is a "must do". To walk the fields where the Highland Brigade advanced - it's goosebump territory.
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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46:09
16 Day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 10. Our newest National Park - Mokala - "Where endangered species roam"
Mokala National Park, proclaimed in June 2007, is South Africa’s newest park, located 80km southwest of Kimberley. Named after the Setswana word for Camelthorn tree (Acacia erioloba), the park features striking, twisted specimens ranging from s...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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19:03
16 Day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 9. A very cool visit to the Karoo National Park.
The Karoo National Park lies a few short kilometres South of Beaufort West. Spectacular scenery, both easy and challenging 4x4 routes, really nice and well situated accommodation, and we got to see the Lions! A night or two here changes Beaufor...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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31:49
16 Day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 8. Beaufort West - A little oasis in the heart of the Karoo
Beaufort West lies astride the N1, the main highway that stretches from Cape Town to Beit Bridge. Travellers on the route often use it as a very convenient overnight stop, and there are many really good accommodation options in the area - Lodge...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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27:16
16 Day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 7. Camdeboo National Park - the park with a town in the middle of it!
The Camdeboo National Park surrounds the town of Graaff-Reinet. The iconic "sundowners" spot of The Valley of Desolation is a "must-do". Plan a late afternoon drive to the viewpoint, with an appropriately filled cooler box - and just enjoy the ...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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22:38
16 Day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 6. The very interesting town of Graaff-Reinet. The last town founded by the VOC in South Africa.
When it comes to history, particularly Afrikaans history, not many towns in South Africa can rival Graaff-Reinet. Founded in 1786 by the Dutch East India Company, it is the fifth-oldest town in South Africa. Today, Graaff-Reinet is home to more...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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24:05
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 5. Nieu-Bethesda. An absolute "must-do" when in the Karoo.
The little village of Nieu-Bethesda - an absolute gem of a visit - Dinosaurs, fossils, San culture, and the famous "Owl House". This is at least a two-day stop.
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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29:41
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 4. The beautiful Mountain Zebra National Park.
This episode is about the mountain Zebra National Park - created to preserve "Donkeys in Football Jerseys"! A real hidden gem of our National Parks system - and the accommodation is spectacular.
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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26:57
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 3. Zastron to Cradock. Through the Eastern Free State into the Eastern Cape
Zulus and Voortrekker survivors, influences of the Sikh War, concentration camps and memorials. Blockhouses, a "two-headed" Language Monument - the start of "Black Week", VC's and MC's, "The Story of an African Farm", and resistance to Aparthei...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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50:54
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 2. Clarence to Zastron - through the Eastern Free State
This episode has so much! Voortrekkers, Basotho and Zulu Wars, Rebellions and Nazi spies and paratroopers, war heroes and Spitfires, Anglo-Boer War and the concentration camps. Truly a mix of our history - and a fun episode tying it all t...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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50:49
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 1. Johannesburg to Clarence and the Golden Gate Highlands National Park
The Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Really beautiful scenery, highlighted by the "Brandwag Buttress" - an incredible sandstone formation. This park also has a wealth of dinosaur fossils, and some great displays.=====================...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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35:27
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...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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36:24
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 B...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:01:25