This country is different from other African countries I have visited, probably as a result of its colonial, and quite brutal, history. It feels very western, both the cities and countryside. The apartheid regime has been replaced with democracy in 1994, but only the government changed, not so much the culture. It didn’t feel very African, besides the folklore.

Travel here is hard because there is essentially no public transport, not even taxis. This means I had to use tour groups a lot, which I don’t like to do. They did a good job though, perhaps except the Kruger park safari, which was packing too many kilometers into too little time. The fact that the country – except the center of Cape Town – is too dangerous to walk is very limiting too.

But I did enjoy the tour, despite its constraints. There is a lot to see and do here!