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
53 episodes
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
The N10 Highway - Part 2 - from Hanover to Addo
Middelburg, Cradock, Cookhouse and through Slagtersnek - some really evocative and emotional spots on this route. The story of the "Chair Monument", and the site of what is considered to be the first resistance to British rule that ended rather...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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43:05
The N10 Highway - Part 1 - From the Namibian border to Hanover - and eventually to the Indian Ocean in the Eastern Cape
This highway traverses the Kalahari through to Upington - where you have to visit Scotty Smith, the Donkey Memorial, and the Camel Statue - follow the Gariep river through Prieska, Britstown, and De Aar, to eventually intersect the N1 at Hanove...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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35:26
Some recent visits to the Kruger National Park
Some reflections on our visits to the Kruger Park this year. We have visited a wide variety of the camps in the Central / Northern section and give some feedback on our experiences there.
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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39:35
Some safety tips when you travel and visit South Africa
There have been some criminal incidents perpetrated against tourists visiting South Africa. An awful lot of risk can be mitigated by following some common sense rules.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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34:27
The N11 - Ladysmith to the Botswana Border - Centre of "The Battlefields" area, Voortrekkers, ABW 1, ABW 2, Anglo-Zulu War - so much on this route
Ladysmith is right at the centre of what we call "The Battlefields" region. So much of our history played out here - the Voortrekkers and their conflicts with the Zulu, the British and their battles with the Zulu, and then this area was pivotal...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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1:01:32
The N9 Highway - Colesburg to George - The Great Karoo, the Little Karoo, ancient fossils, Voortrekkers, 1820 settlers, and the 5th and final town founded by the VOC.
The N9 branches off the N1 in Colesburg and takes you south. It takes you over beautiful Karoo landscapes through Noupoort, Middelburg, and with a short detour you can visit Nieu-Bethesda - one of the quintessential "Karoo-dorpies". The VOC inf...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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51:51
The N8 Highway - Lesotho to Upington - Spitfires, traitors, battles and diamonds.
No. 72 (Basutoland) Squadron is commemorated in Maseru and remembered forever in the design one the most popular blankets sold in Lesotho. The N8 then actually starts at the border with South Africa - it skirts Ladybrand where Robey Leibbrandt ...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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55:59
The N7 Highway - The West Coast from Cape Town to Vioolsdrif - Wine, wheat, fruit and flowers
Winelands transform to fruit and wheatfields - the West Coast is booming. A beautiful drive through undulating hills and passing towns like Malmesbury, Moorreesburg, Citrusdal, and Clanwilliam. Each and every one is worth a short detour and you...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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57:26
The N6 Highway - From Bloemfontein to East London - Voortrekkers, German Settlers and some forgotten heroes of WW2
The N6 heads straight South from Bloemfontein and skirts the Southern border of Lesotho. Little towns like Reddersburg, Smithfield, Aliwal North and Jamestown all have some history of the conflicts with the Basotho, as well as many stories of V...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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1:04:32
The N5 Highway - From Winburg to Harrismith - the beautiful Eastern Free State
This highway traverses the Eastern Free State just to the north of Lesotho. The history of the Voortrekkers and the Basotho runs deep in this land. Lots of history to explore, and some surprising statues and memorials - and lots of fossils as w...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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48:01
Kruger National Park - More Historical Sites in the Southern Section (Part 2)
Episode 8 of a series on the Kruger National Park.We cover the area north of The Voortrekker Road, explore a bit of Pretoriuskop, take a look at Skukuza, and chat about the memorials to the Game Rangers and conservation staff.Wa...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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31:43
Kruger National Park - Historical Sites in the Southern Section (Part 1)
Episode 7 of a series on the Kruger National ParkThe story of Harry Wolhuter and how he survived a lion attack, the old "Voortrekker Road", remnants of the Voortrekkers, early traders, and gold prospectors. Many dramas played out in thi...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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32:52
Kruger National Park - Historical Sites from Shingwedzi to Letaba and Orpen
Episode 6 of a series on the Kruger National ParkGold prospectors, illegal immigrants, and we leave Tropical Africa as we cross the Tropic of Capricorn. We explore Masorini, the Letaba area, we meet Piet Grobler, and say thank you to Ei...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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26:27
Kruger National Park - Historical Sites of the Far Northern Region
Episode 5 of a series on he Kruger National ParkThe far north of the park has some really interesting history to explore. Archaeological sites such as Thulamela, fun history like Crooks corner - the haunt of "Bvekenya", as well as the r...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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26:20
The N4 Highway - Part 2 - From Pretoria to Botswana. Bushveld and the Groot Marico.
The founders of the South African Air Force, traitors and rebels, battlefields and graves, heroes and villains, churches and statues - this road encompasses them all. There's even a memorial to the animals of the 2nd Anglo-Boer War.
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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43:17
The N4 Highway - Part 1 - From Maputo to Pretoria. So many elements of our history!
This is a unique route to travel. It is special because so many elements of our history can be explored while driving this highway. It stretches from Maputo - actually Komatipoort which is the South African border - right through to the border ...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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59:32
South Africa's First Big Post-Covid Coach Tour - Part 2
Our first big-group coach-tour and safari post-covid. Clients from a USA-based tour operator eventually made it to South Africa - many of them originally booked for 2020!Part 1 we covered the journey and impressions from Cape Town to St...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:00:38
South Africa's First Big Post-Covid Coach Tour - Part 1
Our first big-group coach-tour and safari post-covid. Clients from a USA-based tour operator eventually made it to South Africa - many of them originally booked for 2020!Some of the stories and challenges we faced being the first big gr...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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55:58
A 9-day Tour - Cape Town, Sharks in Gansbaai, and the Kruger Park
Our first tour and safari post-covid. Clients from the USA wanted to see Cape Town, go shark-cage-diving in Gansbaai, and see wildlife. We put together a 9-day itinerary for them.All the spots mentioned in this podcast are listed on the...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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56:54
The N3 Highway - Part 2 - Howick and Pietermaritzburg - and into Durban
The last piece of the N3 highway into Durban. Howick - the capture site of Nelson Mandela and home of Inkamyamba, the legendary snake of the Howick waterfall. Pietermaritzburg is steeped in Voortrekker history, and has quite a few other surpris...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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53:32
The N3 Highway - Part 1 - Johannesburg to Howick - Aeroplanes, Jockeys, "Hendsoppers & Joiners" - and we get to the "Natal Battlefields"
The N3 of 589km connects Johannesburg and Durban - respectively South Africa's largest and third largest cities, and probably our busiest highway. Leaving the busy Witwatersrand behind you, the first town is Heidelberg - once proudly a ...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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54:27
Building the Road Trip SA App - Part 2 - the PitStops app and how we started the Road Trip SA app. This time in English!
"The Battle of Ellis Park' and "The Battle of Fordsburg" - long forgotten incidents in Johannesburg - but who knows about them? Some stories of what we do to build the Road Trip SA app - and some of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:04:09
Building the PitStops App and finding cheaper diesel - Part 1 - the PitStops app and how we started the Road Trip SA app. This time in English!
Driving in South Africa is getting to be expensive - but you can save on diesel because garages charge different prices. The PitStops app shows you the local prices - so you save every time you fill up.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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52:48