Lu-Gerda's Travels

TRAVEL GUIDE: SWELLENDAM We visited Swellendam for a weekend in April 2013.  The weather was great and we had a lovely time exploring this historic town in the shadow of the Langeberg Mountain. How to get there and getting around Swellendam is next to the N2 National Road.  It is about 220km from Cape Town and about 214km from George. Most of the sights are within walking distance of the museum  and there is also enough parking but you’ll need a car to explore a bit further. Places to stay Swellendam has a lot of places to stay.  We enjoyed our stay at the Flametree guesthouse.  It is close to the museum and other sights and the room was a nice size. A delicious breakfast was included and the owners are very friendly Places to eat We were very surprised with the restaurants in Swellendam.  They were great. Friday night we ate burgers for dinner at Mattsens Steakhouse.  We sat outside under the trees.  The ...

I am trying something new for the blog.     I usually write a few posts about each town we visit.     I am going to try to bring the information together in a Travel Guide for each town we visit.     These guides are not complete guides to the towns  because we cannot visit every site or stay/eat at every guesthouse/restaurant.      These are only guides to help you plan your own trip. TRAVEL GUIDE: BEAUFORT WEST How to get there and getting around Beaufort West is easy to find.   The town’s main street (Donkin Street) is the N1 National Road between Johannesburg and Cape Town.   The easiest way to get there is by driving but there are also busses that travel through the town. To explore the town we drove to the main road, parked and then walked to most of the sights.   Places to stay Beaufort West has a lot of places to stay.   Most of them are in the main road.   We...