MapStudio’s Family Fun in Cape Town, Durban, Joburg and Pretoria – A GiveAway…

The weather is getting better day by day and end of the year is looming in the best possible way. A lot of folk are starting to think about their Summer Holidays with more than a little longing. Well Mapstudio have a new book out, called Family Fun: Cape Town, Durban, Joburg and Pretoria. and we are giving away two copies of this book…

The thing is for most South Africans the cross country road-trip is a quintessential part of every summer holiday, visiting friends and family and spending time at the coast if you are from the inland and finding yourself inland if you are from the coast. It is one thing to go on a road trip with your family and quite another to spend time in another city and not know the features that are the best of the rest. Even if you aren’t traveling and you will be tourists in your own town over the summer this book is going to be a mine of information.

1. It is Packed with Fabulous Places to Visit: This book includes so many sites and fun things to visit, a wide variety of activities to satisfy every possible need: Things to do on busy days and lazy days; sunny days and rainy days; places we have been countless times and places that we can’t wait to visit; popular places, must see places and more obscure places; Places to go for a walk, museums, play spots, parks, markets, beaches and plenty of activities; Things to do that we have wanted to do but didn’t have the right information to do. This book is literally packed with information…
2. It is Divided into Regions: This is a book that you want to toss in your bag and keep on hand so that when you find yourself in the city centre or outside of town, and specific regions of town. When you have to visit an obscure relative that you haven’t seen in years, you will be able to reward yourselves with a fabulous outing at the same time. Mix up activities and find activities that you didn’t know you could do.

3. Information for Each City: There is a map showing all the activities in an area and information on how to get around: public transport, taxis, and rentals.
4. For Each Activity: Location, website, contact details, ticket prices, hours, baby friendly, best age range, rainy day ranking, party venue ranking, things to do nearby, closest hospital, and really useful special notes on what to take or things to remember about a particular outing or activity.
5. So many things to do: We went through the book and chose a wish list of things to do around the country…

• Se7en Things to do in Cape Town:
  1. Vintage Steam Train Rides;
  2. Tunnel Tours (under the city) with Good Hope Adventures;
  3. Zip-Zap Circus Shows
  4. Lion’s Head Hike
  5. Duiker Island Boat Trip;
  6. Cape Canopy Tour;
  7. West Coast Fossil Park;

• Se7en Things to do in Durban:
  1. Mini Town – a miniature version of Durban
  2. Umgeni River Bird Park
  3. KZN Sharks Board
  4. Lucky Linton Gold Mine
  5. Crocworld Conservation Centre
  6. 1000 Hills Country Village
  7. Phezulu Safari Park

• Se7en Things to do in Joburg:
  1. Lindfield Victorian House Museum
  2. Melville Koppies
  3. Uncle Tim’s Centre
  4. Bryanston Organic and Natural Market
  5. Lipizzaner Centre
  6. Honeydew A-Maize-Ing Mazes
  7. Pilansberg National Park

• Se7en Things to do in Pretoria:
  1. Hazel Food Market
  2. Pretoria Boere Mark
  3. South African Air Force Museum
  4. Ann Van Dyke Cheetah Centre
  5. Bill Harrop’s Original Balloon Safaris
  6. Chameleon Village
  7. Cullinan Diamond Tours

6. Even Where to Eat and Sleep: there is nothing worse than heading out on an outing and then not knowing the best place to find a snack, or a hidden treasure of accommodation… most activities have great ideas of places to eat and sleep nearby. How does The Rooftop Airstream Trailer Park in the Centre of Cape Town sound? Interesting and fun times all in one spot.
7. This Book is so Well Researched: The book is written by Lisa Mc Namara in association with CHILD magazine, a guide to everything to do with raising children in the local context, for South African Parents. They have obviously been doing research on family friendly outings for years and this is a great compilation of the all the work they have done.

We have a two copies of Family Fun: Cape Town, Durban, Joburg & Pretoria. to GiveAway to our readers.

This GiveAway works in the usual way, leave a comment before the end of play on Sunday, 1 November and tell us about Your Favourite Family Friendly Outing in your Area. We will draw and publish the winners in the Fabulous Fun Post after that. I won’t respond to your comments as I do on our other posts because I don’t want to be included in our own giveaway.

Our GiveAways are open to everyone: If you have won a GiveAway before never fear – enter away. If you live on the far side of the world – enter away. Postage takes forever from here but eventually it should get to you! Good luck and happy commenting!!!

We would like to thank MapStudio who supplied us with a copy of this book to review. We were not paid for the review and the opinions expressed in it are as usual, entirely our own.