Tips for responsible travel in South Africa

Have a look at our new article on 'Tips for responsible travel in South Africa'. We’ve put together some tips for responsible travel in South Africa. If you run through the list, you’ll realize that the suggestions aren’t that unreasonable and not meant to reduce your enjoyment of our country in any way. Some suggestions may be obvious, but others may come as a surprise, so please read on and take notice...

Main Points

• Reducing your carbon footprint
• Interacting with South Africans
• Caring for our environment
• Appreciating our wildlife
• Making good choices
• Try to understand

Alternative Route

Alternative Route is getting ready for edition 12 to be released at the end of this year. What a great year it has been for Backpacking in South Africa with the 2010 world cup. The party is over though and 2011 is going to be a challenging year for backpacking in South Africa. It seems that the travel piggy banks are empty in Europe as the world recession carries on as does the hang-over. On the brighter side South African backpacking has seen the benefit in recent years of more Travellers from the USA. Onwards we go :-)