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My South African experience by Mike Dolan
South Africa is a country with so many spectacular attractions that once visited, it's never forgotten. Scenic Cape Town is a hip and happening city with magnificent scenery and the starting point of the Garden Route - a fly-drive adventure for all the family. Then there's the seaside town of Hermanus, where you can watch hundreds of humpback whales gather in a bay on a breathtakingly beautiful stretch of coastline. Yet, my two favourite destinations are the Kruger National Park, where you enjoy a DIY camping safari, and KwaZulu Natal, where private game reserves provide luxurious lodgings, fine food and remarkable game viewing. Once, when dozing by the swimming pool at Phinda Forest Lodge, I was woken by a low rumbling sound. There, on the other side of the terrace, was a big bull elephant having an afternoon drink from the pool. After he finished, he raised his trunk, gave a short toot and slowly ambled back into the bush. After all, to an elephant, a swimming pool is just another waterhole.
Mike Dolan
Travel Editor of The Australian Women's Weekly
 My Garden Route experience
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