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
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 52 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 3. Zastron to Cradock. Through the Eastern Free State into the Eastern Cape
Zulus and Voortrekker survivors, influences of the Sikh War, concentration camps and memorials. Blockhouses, a "two-headed" Language Monument - the start of "Black Week", VC's and MC's,…
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 2. Clarence to Zastron - through the Eastern Free State
This episode has so much! Voortrekkers, Basotho and Zulu Wars, Rebellions and Nazi spies and paratroopers, war heroes and Spitfires, Anglo-Boer War and the concentration camps. Truly a…
16 day circular Road Trip from Gauteng - Part 1. Johannesburg to Clarence and the Golden Gate Highlands National Park
We did a 16-day round trip from Johannesburg - and covered some beautiful and amazing destinations:
- Clarens and the Golden Gate Highlands National Park
- Cradock and the Mountain Zebra Nati…
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 anal…
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 East…
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 t…
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, Brit…
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 ther…
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.
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 …
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-Bethes…
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…
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 Clan…
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 t…
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 …
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…
Kruger National Park - Historical Sites in the Southern Section (Part 1)
Episode 7 of a series on the Kruger National Park
The story of Harry Wolhuter and how he survived a lion attack, the old "Voortrekker Road", remnants of the Voortrekkers, early traders, …
Kruger National Park - Historical Sites of the Far Northern Region
Episode 5 of a series on he Kruger National Park
The far north of the park has some really interesting history to explore. Archaeological sites such as Thulamela, fun history like Crooks…
Kruger National Park - Historical Sites from Shingwedzi to Letaba and Orpen
Episode 6 of a series on the Kruger National Park
Gold prospectors, illegal immigrants, and we leave Tropical Africa as we cross the Tropic of Capricorn. We explore Masorini, the Letaba …
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 mem…