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Looking for Something Unusual? Take a Trip to South Africa

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Samuel Brent
Samuel Brent
Sam is a born and bred North Londoner. Growing up in Archway, attending primary school at Montem Juniors in Holloway, and secondary school at Acland Burghley in Tufnell Park. After success with his A-Levels at LA SWAP, he studied film at the London College of Printing (later the London College of Communication) in the Elephant and Castle and then Clerkenwell. This led to working with the Guardian in Farringdon, and a career in Journalism. After years of a miss-spent youth in Camden Town, Sam now lives in Belsize Park with his wife Marina and their two children, Esme and Primrose. Samuel enjoys Gardening and cycling, and is an avid Arsenal fan and works out of his office in Shoreditch.

Sometimes life gets boring. Even to those who are constantly flying away to try to create diversity in their lives. If you feel like it is becoming harder to find a place that will really take you away from your usual life, maybe you should book a plane to South Africa. Here is why it will regenerate you more than many other places would.

Travelling is Still One of the Best Ways to move Out of Our Routine

There is no doubt that the best solution to stop our daily grind and our running around in circles at home or nearby is to hop on a train, a plane or even in our car and head for a destination that we haven’t visited before.

There are also cities that become a second home, but where we never get bored for some reason, such as Paris, France (search flights to France). Whether you choose to go there or anywhere else in the world tomorrow, it is sure to be the best medicine against a boring life. But if you take our advice and hop onto a plane heading to Johannesburg, here is what you will find that will be different.

majestic lion in south africa
You can see the big 5 on safari in South Africa

The Wildlife

Okay, living in London can sometimes feel like you are in the middle of the wildlife. But it certainly is a quite different one than what you will get to discover in South Africa. There, you will meet (hopefully not personally) some of the most iconic species of animals on the planet, such as lions, elephants, rhinos, leopards and buffalo.

To see these animals in their natural habitat instead of on your TV screen or your mobile phone, is an experience that you can’t imagine until you have really lived it. Just for that, you should definitely look into these cheap flights from London to Johannesburg. It will really take you away from the red busses and the grey sky of UK’s capital.

The Scenery

Animals are great, but nature in which they live in, is an attraction in itself. There are no other words that can describe what you will see than to say: South Africa’s natural scenery is stunning. It is made out of miles and miles of coastline, rugged mountains, rolling hills and scenic plains.

Once you are there, make sure to plan a visit to these particular sites, as they are some of the most beautiful ones that you will find in this part of the world: Table Mountain, Kruger National Park and the Garden Route.

giraffe in Entabeni Safari Reserve Limpopo Province South Africa
A giraffe in Entabeni Safari Reserve, Limpopo Province

A Unique History

Who says that travelling needs to be made of fun moments only. Learning history while you are visiting sites in a foreign country, is often one of the most interesting times that you will have, and it will remain inside you forever. In the case of South Africa’s history, it is both fascinating and complex.

Rooted in colonialism and apartheid, it naturally also has a long tradition of activism and resistance. To understand this unique history, you will visit museums, historic sites and monuments that will each shed light on the country’s past and the present challenges that it still faces.

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