LUCKY DUBE

Lucky is 41, has a wife and five children living in Johannesburg.
Lucky Dube is his real name.
Lucky made his first record in 1982.
Lucky does not smoke ganja (marijuana) or tobacco and does not drink alcohol.

WHITE LIONS

There is only one place were they have materialised – the Timbavati region, bordering the Kruger National Park, “Tsimba-vaati” meaning in the Shangaan language “the place where starlions came down from the heavens”.
African elders explained their mysterious white colour as sunlight, all the colours of the spectrum in one.
Prized for their rarity, and sent to zoos and circuses around the globe, most famously Siegfried and Roy’s magic act in Las Vegas.
Tragically, all White Lions today are in captivity. After their forced removals from their sacred homelands, they have been extinct in the wild for over 12 years.
Linda Tucker found the Global White Lion Protection Trust in 2002.

TIQUILA

The Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet.
The town is set for world fame as the only place outside of Mexico to make tiquila.
The real break for the company came after the misfortune that struck the Mexican tequila distillers – a disease that almost destroyed the agave crop there, so there is a worldwide shortage of tequila.
The factory is next to the Cape Town-to-Johannesburg highway,on the N9, an area spanning 480 hectares.
Produsing 4 000 litres a day by the end of 2003, with plans ultimately to raise up to 10 000 litres daily, 100 percent distillate, diluted to a strength of 45 percent alcohol, unlike Mexican tequila, it also has no sugar added.

T he name "tequila" is protected under international trade laws, the product is branded "Agava".

Unusual Places To Spend The Knight

Pollsmoor Prison, Cape Town
You aren’t really out in a cell – in fact it’s more like a luxury chalet, with tennis courts and a bowling green for your amusement.
A Guesthouse in Soweto
Ngekethu (‘at our place’) in Diepkloof, where you’ll hear Ndebele tales, play a game of Bao, and eat traditional meals. Maweni, in Protea Glen, is a more luxurious guesthouse, with swimming pool and sauna and TV in each room.
A Drakensberg Cave, Natal Drakensberg Park
Mponjwane and Upper Injasuti are some of the best to sleep in.
On any beach
make sure you plaster yourself with mosquito repellent.

SANDBOARDING

Sandboarding is an exciting new extreme sport which is easy to learn.
You will enjoy an exhilarating day carving up the magnificent sand dunes around Cape Town.
A tasty lunch, refreshments and all equipment are included (Sandboards, wax, etc) lessons will take place at the Fish Hoek Sand Dunes behind the Fish Hoek sports club. They also do kids Sandboarding Parties.

2 hour lesson R250
day tour per person:
1 R1,200
2 R650
3 to 6 R500

Phone & fax +27 (0)21 783 0203 www.sunscene.co.za

ANCIENT BEADS

Prehistoric beads from Blombos cave in South Africa made of snail shell have been dated to about 75,000 years ago—more than 40,000 years older than any previously discovered personal adornment.
The find is a surprise for many archaeologists, who had not expected evidence of such early cultural complexity and modern human behaviour.

DEEPEST ROOTS

The greatest depth to which the roots of a tree have penetrated is considered to be 120 metres, a fig tree in Transvaal. Deepest roots: The greatest reported depth to which a tree's roots have penetrated is 400 feet by a wild fig tree at Echo Caves, near Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga.
HEAVIEST WOOD
The heaviest wood of all is South African black ironwood (1,490 km/m3).

FALSE BAY at Christmas

Everyday over the Christmas holidays, as many as 25 000 surfers, swimmers and sightseers flock to the beaches of False Bay, from Strandfontein all the way round to Fish Hoek.

COUNTRY PUBS

THE LAIRD'S ARMS, Matjiesfontein.
This locals' spot in a restored Victorian village on the edge of the Great Karoo is about five hours from Cape Town on the Trans-Karoo train. Snacks and light lunches are served amid furnishings from the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.
THE PIG AND WHISTLE, Bathurst.
It claims to be the oldest inn in South Africa and has been declared a national monument. The Pig is certainly a local institution, with its wood-panelled lounge, winter fire and hearty, reasonably priced food.

THE WINE ROUTE ?

MAMPOER ROUTE
On the last Saturday of each month, having booked a place in the convoy, you can trek round the Stookroete from Groot Marico, in the North West Province. At the farms along the way sample the distilled, clear spirit made from the juice and pips of peaches and apricots. At 50 to 100 per cent proof a few swigs will floor you. If they do, spend the night there enjoying Groot Marico hospitality.
BRANDY ROUTE
Tour the KWV Brandy Cellar in Worcester – the largest in the world – or the more intimate Van Ryn Brandy Cellar at Vlottenberg, south of Stellenbosch, where cooperage is demonstrated. The nearby Oude Meester Brandy Museum contains some 1 000 exhibits to do with the world of brandy. You can taste brandy at Clos Cabriére in Franschhoek, the Paarl Rock Brandy Cellar, and the Olof Bergh Solera Brandy Cellar near Rawsonville.