Johannesburg senior travel is a great idea for those wishing to spend their holiday in this South African city. There are a number of fun activities seniors can choose from; below are just a few.

Accommodation

Once you arrive in Johannesburg, make sure you find comfortable accommodation for yourself. Melrose Arch Hotel is one place you will get great facilities (Room service, laundry service, shops, shuttle service, wake-up call, etc.). It is found on Melrose Square. Other hotels include the Emperor Hotel (64 Jones Road), the Sunnyside Park Hotel (Princess of Wales Terrace 2041), and The Fairlawns (Alma Road).

An AFFORDABLE SENIOR CITIZEN TRAVEL OPTION FOR THE OVER 60's

SENIOR CITIZEN PACKAGE DEALS (OPTION 1 - eff 25% off)

ANY DAY PENSIONERS DISCOUNT TRAVEL (OPTION 2 - eff 10% off)

Travelers: Is Your Hotel Safe?

By Rose Lund

Dawn on the flat Free State veld. We spot him standing on a rise, stretched rigidly upright on dainty hind legs, dark ears pricked, eyes brightly alert behind the dark mask on the sharp foxy face. For a fanciful moment it almost seems as if this pint-sized bandit is poised to whip out both side-arms in debonair Johnny Depp style.

By Leon Nell

Virtually every single keurboom between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay is infested with a bug that most of us will never see. The female ghost moth (Leto venus) lays her eggs in the soft earth adjacent to the stem or roots of the keurboom and then flies off to die. The larvae make their way up the tree and drill a tunnel through the bark into the wood. As they enlarge the tunnel, the sawdust from which they extract their food, and their droppings, are pushed out of the opening. Once the larvae reach maturity, and just before pupation, they seal the opening with a cap of gummy sawdust. Within the sealed tunnel, the pupae move around with ease by wriggling their abdominal segments which are equipped with ridges and protuberances specifically for this purpose. Before the adult pupa emerges, the cap splits open and the insect works itself out of the tunnel until its wing cases are free. After a minute or two the pupa opens its wings, moving rapidly up the bark of the keurboom before settling down quietly to allow its wings to expand. ………..

By Leon Nell

The name keurboom features prominently in this part of the Garden Route, and most people will have heard of Keurboomstrand and Keurbooms River near Plettenberg Bay.  Called keurboom in both English and Afrikaans, Virgilia oroboides is a medium-sized tree seldom reaching more than ten metres in height, and is regarded as one of the most beautiful indigenous forest trees. It occurs on forest edges and in river valleys throughout the Garden Route, is a fast grower, reaching maturity in as little as five years, and produces a profusion of beautiful pea-shaped flowers between August and January.  Old-timers and woodcutters believed the keur  was derived from the fact that it was a “select” tree, others thought that it actually prevented the spread of forest fires – that it was indeed a keer (to stop) tree. There may have been some method in their madness, for the keurboom does grow on forest margins where fires are unlikely to spread due to the high moisture content of the soil and vegetation.

By Steven Kotze

Among the many diverse cultural groups found in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, the Bhaca people are endowed with one of the most remarkable legends of their origin. It is a story that is not very well known beyond the boundaries of their relatively small territory in the valleys surrounding the village of Mount Frere.