Nine Days in South Africa (20 to 28 February 2020)

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

May 20, 2020, 1:47 am

#16

GregWTravels

Join Date: May 2005

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Programs: Marriott (Lifetime Titantium), whatever other programs as benefits make sense.

Posts: 1,920

Quote:

Originally Posted by chongsss

Thanks GregWTravels. I enjoyed your recent trip report to USGP as well. Have you ever visited Singapore during GP?

Yes, in fact. I went in 2015 to see the Grand Prix, and then visit friends in KL. Great time. I'd love to go back to Singapore for another visit sometime.

May 20, 2020, 11:11 am

#17

kalderlake

Join Date: Feb 2015

Posts: 1,629

Thanks for the excellent report and pics.

The lionesses at the water hole being my favourite.

I visited SA in 2018 as well, and really enjoyed it. Went to Victoria Falls/Botswana as a side trip: I can recommend the latter for it's incredible number of elephants.

May 21, 2020, 1:51 am

#18

bigbadjoe

Join Date: Feb 2018

Location: SE U.K.

Posts: 123

Thank you for a great TR and the lovely pictures. Showed it to the Mrs who got a little emotional remembering our visits and hoping the the upcoming one to Cape town and Knysna this November will go ahead.

May 21, 2020, 10:20 am

#19

mattp1987

Join Date: May 2013

Location: RMS

Programs: DL Plat, UA Gold, Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Credit Card Diamond

Posts: 8,788

Thank you for this report. I was supposed to visit SA for the first time in April. We've now rescheduled for Oct-Nov which I hope will work out. I'll definitely be looking more into some of your recommendations, particularly in the wine country and along the coast.

May 22, 2020, 11:03 am

#20

T8191

FlyerTalk Evangelist

Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: JER

Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!

Posts: 32,144

A great report on a wonderful trip to our favourite country! Thank you for your efforts in posting!

May 23, 2020, 3:51 am

#21

kosy91

Join Date: Sep 2014

Location: London, UK

Programs: Virtuoso, FSPP, Hyatt Prive, Hilton Impressario, Marriott Stars/Luminous, Roswood Elite, MO Fan Club

Posts: 560

What a fantastic trip report. We're due to travel there this christmas for our honeymoon, but now not sure if that is happening.

May 24, 2020, 11:45 pm

#22

DanielW

Join Date: Jul 2013

Location: Dubai

Posts: 3,301

A great trip to South Africa, [b]chongsss[/b[

May 25, 2020, 10:16 pm

#23

chongsss

Original Poster

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: SIN

Programs: Singapore Airlines Krisflyer

Posts: 184

Quote:

Originally Posted by GregWTravels

Yes, in fact. I went in 2015 to see the Grand Prix, and then visit friends in KL. Great time. I'd love to go back to Singapore for another visit sometime.

That's great to hear. It seems that Singapore GP is totally off the F1 calendar (if it resumes) this year though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalderlake

Thanks kalderlake. Botswana is definitely a place that we are keen to visit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbadjoe

Thanks bigbadjoe. Fingers crossed for your November trip.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattp1987

Thanks mattp1987. Fingers crossed for your trip as well. You all will enjoy South Africa.

Quote:

Originally Posted by T8191

A great report on a wonderful trip to our favourite country! Thank you for your efforts in posting!

Thanks T8191. It's not difficult to see why South Africa is the favourite country for so many people. Your trip reports are excellent too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kosy91

What a fantastic trip report. We're due to travel there this christmas for our honeymoon, but now not sure if that is happening.

Thanks kosy91. Hope that you all are able to travel to South Africa this Christmas. You all will enjoy it regardless of time of visit.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanielW

A great trip to South Africa, chongsss

Thanks DanielW. We really enjoyed our time in South Africa. Originally I was planning to re-create your trip with visit to both Eswatini and Lesotho but in the end, Phinda's offer was too good to refuse.