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
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
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…
The N4 Highway - Part 1 - From Maputo to Pretoria. So many elements of our history!
This is a unique route to travel. It is special because so many elements of our history can be explored while driving this highway. It stretches from Maputo - actually Komatipoort which…
South Africa's First Big Post-Covid Coach Tour - Part 2
Our first big-group coach-tour and safari post-covid. Clients from a USA-based tour operator eventually made it to South Africa - many of them originally booked for 2020!
Part 1 we cover…
South Africa's First Big Post-Covid Coach Tour - Part 1
Our first big-group coach-tour and safari post-covid. Clients from a USA-based tour operator eventually made it to South Africa - many of them originally booked for 2020!
Some of the sto…
A 9-day Tour - Cape Town, Sharks in Gansbaai, and the Kruger Park
Our first tour and safari post-covid. Clients from the USA wanted to see Cape Town, go shark-cage-diving in Gansbaai, and see wildlife. We put together a 9-day itinerary for them.
All th…
The N3 Highway - Part 2 - Howick and Pietermaritzburg - and into Durban
The last piece of the N3 highway into Durban. Howick - the capture site of Nelson Mandela and home of Inkamyamba, the legendary snake of the Howick waterfall. Pietermaritzburg is steepe…
The N3 Highway - Part 1 - Johannesburg to Howick - Aeroplanes, Jockeys, "Hendsoppers & Joiners" - and we get to the "Natal Battlefields"
The N3 of 589km connects Johannesburg and Durban - respectively South Africa's largest and third largest cities, and probably our busiest highway.
Leaving the busy Witwatersrand behind …
Building the Road Trip SA App - Part 2 - the PitStops app and how we started the Road Trip SA app. This time in English!
"The Battle of Ellis Park' and "The Battle of Fordsburg" - long forgotten incidents in Johannesburg - but who knows about them? Some stories of what we do to build the Road Trip SA app …
Building the PitStops App and finding cheaper diesel - Part 1 - the PitStops app and how we started the Road Trip SA app. This time in English!
Driving in South Africa is getting to be expensive - but you can save on diesel because garages charge different prices. The PitStops app shows you the local prices - so you save every …
The N1 Highway - Part 4 - Polokwane, The Mountains of Modjadji, Tzaneen, and the beautiful Soutpansberg to Beit Bridge
Pietersburg / Polokwane is the largest city north of the Witwatersrand complex, and with a bit of effort you can discover some little hidden gems. A detour to the East is worthwhile - t…
The N1 Highway - Part 3 - A surprisingly interesting area. From the Vredefort Dome around Johannesburg to the Springbok Flats
The largest meteorite impact crater in the world lies just South of Johannesburg, the Vredefort Dome. In this episode we explore Parys on the edge of the dome, go through the surprising…
The N1 Highway - Part 2 - "Die Ver Verlate Vlaktes" around Bloemfontein to Kroonstad
"Die ver verlate vlaktes" - the beautiful and evocative line from the National Anthem of South Africa describes "The far and desolate plains" stretching from the Karoo to the areas arou…
The N1 Highway - Part 1 - Cape Town heading North to Edenburg (Almost Bloemfontein)
The N1 is the second longest National Road in South Africa - stretching 1940km from Cape Town to the border with Zimbabwe at Beit Bridge. The importance of this highway as a main arteri…
The N2 Highway - Part 5 - North of Durban through Zululand to Ermelo
With Durban in the rear-view mirror we head North into Zululand. Crossing the Tugela river which was the border between the colony of Natal and the Zulu Kingdom, you drive through rolli…
The N2 Highway - Part 4 - East London through the Transkei to Isipingo
Heading out of East London on the N2 takes you towards the old homeland territory of The Transkei. The bridge over the Kei river was once a border post, and is now a small rest stop and…
The N2 Highway - Part 3 - Tsitsikamma to East London
You leave the deeply forested and mountainous areas, and head into "Frontier" or "Settler" country. Port Elizabeth saw the arrival of the 1820 settlers, and the area between there and E…
South Africa's Top Spots - Episode 2 - Some iconic Anti-Apartheid "Struggle Sites" and then just some random "weird and wonderful" spots
The struggle against Apartheid lasted many years - and there are many sites around South Africa that commemorate this part of our history. There are however a few that stand out as real…
South Africa's Top Spots - Episode 1 - Our Natural Wonders, Best Museums and Incredible Monuments
Frequently asked questions: what are the top spots to see, or visit? Difficult to answer, so we have broken it down into several categories. In this episode we cover:
The Top 5 Natural W…