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Welcome to the Bigtrip Wiki

Time to head south. Well not yet, but soon...ish.

General Travel Advice

Things To Sort Out

Things we need to sort out before we go:

• Accomodation (Confirming / paying)

• Money (for info, you can type 'xx ZAR in GBP' into Google to find out how much things cost in £s)

• Travel to Heathrow (car, bus, train?)
• Visa Information - No Visa as long as you have 3 blank pages in your passport
• Insurance - Check specifics for activities we might do (surfing, etc)
• Practice accent

Things To Do / Places To Go

List of things we want to do whilst we are there. Doubt we will have time to do everything, but I thought it might be an idea to chuck everything down anyway:

Activities:

• Shark Cage Diving
• Seal Island / Boat Cruise off Simon's Bay (Simons Town)
• Whale spotting (Boat ride, Hermanus?)
• Surfing
• Cruise up the Klein River
• Skydive (probably too expensive)
• Township Tour
• Wine Region Tour
• Elgin Wine Bus (Elgin)
• Huey Helicopter Flight (V&A Waterfront)

Places:

• Boulders Beach
• Table Mountain and Aerial Cableway
• Robben Island
• Two Oceans Aquarium
• V&A Waterfront
• District 6 Museum
• Green market Square
• Oudekraal Beach
• Cape Point
• Cape of Good Hope - and Baboons :-D
• Admire Rock Art in the Cederberg (Clanwilliam)
• Cape Flower Route (Cirusdal) - WRONG TIME OF YEAR - June - October
• Mouile Point Beach (Mouille Point)
• Hermanus Cliff Path (Hermanus)
• Explore the Perdeberg Trail (Grabouw)
• Meander along Jaeger Walk (Fish Hoek)
• The Garden Route
• Chapman's Peak / Drive Chapmans Peak (Hout Bay / Noordhoek)- external link
• Fish Hoek Bay
• Muizenberg Beach

Food & Drink (Restaurants):

• Afternoon Tea at the Mount Nelson Hotel (another dad recommendation)
• Dine at the Two Oceans Restaurant (Cape Point)
• Ritz Revolving Restaurant
• Laborie Restaurant
• Spur
• New York Bagel
• Mug & Bean
• La Med
• Quay Four
• Hildebrand

Camera (Sam)

• What lenses do I want?
• Rubber lens hood for aquarium?

General / Useful Links

Found a useful link? Paste it below:

http://www.dining-out.co.za/default.asp?SearchS=22&Keyword=Type%20Restaurant%20Name&LocationID=132&FoodTypeID=ALL&Order=NAME

http://www.southafrica.info/travel/advice/

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/south-africa