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 Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:55 am |
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| ok guys we were ment to be doing oz till start of january then onto south africa for 2 months but we need some due to problems we have tio cj=hange our dates and only have till 23rd of december to do both we are inh cairns now and wanna do the reef cape trib, fraser, magnetc islands ,bryron bay and of course sdyney we have already seen brisbane and surfers ok so the question is how long will that take??? how long should we give oz?? do we still go to south africa for 3 or 4 weeks??? is it worth it please help we have to change everything asap???? and for those of you who are my friends on face do not mention it there as not telling anyone thansk a mill guys xxxx | |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:17 pm |
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| South Africa is amazing, you could fly into cape town and do the garden route in 3 weeks very easily inc a few days in cape town.
When i was there earlier this year for hols we walked with elephants, i petted a bengal tiger and a cheetah, went to a ostrich farm, cango caves, amazing beaches in nature's valley and much more! |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:08 am |
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| hey thanks a mill for ur reply so u think we would get in enough in three weeks how much money would we need per person to do it did u use the baz bus x | |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:44 pm |
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| Hi i hired a car from best beetle, it was £200 for 5 weeks but they are proper wrecks so don't get one if you are not a good driver, part of the african experience my dad said haha. But you can do it on the baz bus, other people at the backpackers used it and seemed to go OK.
For food you can get by on £10 per person per day, breakfasts are usually a good deal in SA. Here is the list of places i stayed, not sure if they are all on baz bus route: Wilderness - so pretty there we stayed in a hut for 20quid for 2 people in EBB and Flow rest camp, right on the river. Book with sanparks. Outshoorn stayed at Oasis Shanti - swimming pool, highly recommend the breakfast. There we went to the wildlife park thing and petted the tigers etc, you can also swim with crocodiles but it looked boring cause the crocs were very lazy from the heat. Natures Valley - amost mazing hostel best i've ever stayed at - Wild Spirit Lodge There you can go for a long walk to the river, some of the beach beaches in SA. Right near this place is where we walked with elephants, if you go at 8 in the morning and say you stay at the backpackers you get it for half price. Buffels bay we stayed at http://www.buffalobaybackpackers.co.za/ if you have a car you can drive to knysna from there. Hermanus is really nice and chilled, pretty quiet nightlife, my parents live there so no hostel. In cape town, i don't recommend staying right in the city, much better to stay in 'gardens' or vredehoek, you can walk into central from there, there are lots of cool bars up there, city centre is just a little dodgy at dark for my liking. Last things to remember the water is freezing in cape town, all the way up to at least hermanus on the east coast is bloody freezing so be prepared for that haha! Don't take a minibus taxi it is not safe. More for the fact they drive like maniacs with no regard to safety of passengers. Check out 'riki's taxi' for capetown, it is like this little bus that picks you up en route somewhere so it is cheap but you have to book wait a little while it stops at some other places. In cape town only take your camera out when you want to take a picture and just leave valuables at home, in smaller towns its different and you don't have to be on your guard so much. Don't leave valuables on the beach unattended anywhere. I recommend walking up table mountain if you are reasonably fit and taking the cable car down for a fiver. The view from up there is great, you can have lunch up there. Leave well before 12 so you are not walking in the main heat but up there having lunch already, take loads of water and wear proper shoes, the amount of tourists i saw up there with ruined feet in flip flops is just silly. Its at least a 2 hr hike up but well worth the view. Any questions just ask. |
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