Helderberg Country Life

This year Oudtshoorn celebrates its 16th Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees. But should you tire of the buzz...

A two-day hike up the West Coast is becoming quite the annual pilgrimage. I was doing research on roadside plants for my...

Who'd have thought that one of the most revolutionary slow cookers would be as simple as an African-print beanbag...

In northern Zululand, uMkhuze Game Reserve's ongoing war against poaching has been long and hard, but against all odds it has ...

In the Lowveld between the towns of Sabie and Hazyview, the R536 hides more than just the Sabie River. The 14km Matumi Walking ...

It doesn't take long for a kayak adventure on Langebaan's smooth lagoon to banish Marianne Heron's dread of the deep. Thanks to...

There's nothing to beat escaping to the bush and being surrounded by nature, game and birdlife. Here's our selection of ten bush..

On a mountain bike you can travel at just the right pace to fully appreciate the African bush, as Fiona McIntosh discovers in ...

A pocket of the arid Northern Cape opens into a generous smile along the Orange River, where more than a hundred islands are ...

Always keen on a good cup of coffee, Sue Adams discovers the real deal in Sabie Valley, where the distance from bean to cup en...

Shaen Adey discovers an irresistible combination - cycling the Richtersveld by the light of the fall moon. I'd been invited to ...

If you do just one hike this year, the archeologist-led tour of Pinnacle Point Caves in Mossel Bay should be it.

Dale Morris swallows his fear (and a handful of seasickness tablets) and visits Mossel Bay, where a remarkable team of marine ...

The Western Cape is blessed with many historic and interesting mountain passes. Mike Copeland tackles five of them, in a day, ...

Make no mistake, the five-day Port St Johns to Coffee Bay Hiking Trail is tough but it’s one of the finest coastal walks in ...

Superb specials await in the Southern Cape, at the world’s only Big Five fynbos reserve. It was a welcome break for my wife and...

If you are heading out on the N4 East, try to slow down once you hit Machadodorp and enjoy two fascinating routes down the ...

A sense of adventure is a must on the seven-day Bushman's Cycling Tour through uKhahlamba- Drakensberg Park. We arrived at the ...

But while some destination dorps can be summed up in a phrase like 'food or wine capital', it's not that easy to define Paarl...

In this Overberg village, a nature reserve, dam,. lagoon, river and fynbos offer abundant birdlife. And then, nearby, there are ..

This three-day workshop is of interest to business entrepeneurs, as well as farmers and beekeepers in residential areas.

Most Cape reserves are owned by CapeNature so dogs are verboten. But with a bit of scratching around you can find some ...

Friends of Howick are the guardians of the natural assets of this quaint town in the Kwazulu-Natal Midlands.

Save a fortune by building your own mortage-free, eco-friendly log home. Building your own log cabin sounds like the pinnacle ...

A day in the country learning to make pasta can be just the tonic for city boredom. Jaco Brand was feeling pretty low. Three ...

It’s a special breed of flyfisherman who takes on the trout in the high reaches of uKhahlamba’s streams.

It’s an easy and beautiful drive through the Overberg countryside to Greyton Nature Reserve, the third-largest reserve in the ...

In Camdeboo, flyfishingman Edward Truter and his buddies seize the day (and the carp). Flyfishing for carp seem as unlikely a ...

Upcoming Country Life Workshops - May Diary.

Few of us realise the extent to which Cape Town was influenced by the Saints of Islam, each buried throughout the Peninsula in ...