Cape Town re-cycles on World Tourism Day
Re- cycling and reducing our carbon footprint is a huge challenge and we all need to make a monumental shift in the way we live. Due to the fuel emissions of long haul flights, we need to offer alternative tour
Township tour tweets
AWOL Tours recently took a group of international travel bloggers or professional tweeters on our Bicycle Township Tour in Masiphumelele. I was wondering how they would manage tweeting and pedalling at the same time. Read how and what the tweeters had
Hiking the Hoerikwaggo
Hiking the Hoerikwaggo Trail™ is one of the most interesting and rewarding, but often overlooked, ways of getting from Cape Town to Cape Point. Hoerikwaggo or ‘sea mountain’ is the khoi name for Table Mountain, one of the seven natural
South African Tourism Services Association
Travelling with a reputable tour operator is essential for peace of mind when travelling abroad. SATSA is a national non –profit regulatory body ensuring that its members adhere to highest possible standards of service delivery and ethics throughout the tourism
Safer in Cape Town
AWOL Tours recently attended a Cape Town Tourism Safety and Security Forum, we discovered that the perception of safety in Cape Town has improved dramatically to a point where a recent survey showed that 80- 90% people felt it safe
AWOL’s new kid on the block
AWOL Tours has just selected Vivian Matshaya to participate on a one year tourism learnership program to become a qualified tour guide. Combined with her work experience she will gain in the AWOL office at the V&A Waterfront and guiding AWOL’s City
Winter Walkers
Recently our AWOL guide Leonard McMillan showed George and Linda from the USA a very wild and wintery Hoerikwaggo trail on Table Mountain. This is the season when Table Mountain is beckoning to the wild of heart. As the winter rains and
AWinde goes AWOL
AWOL Tours recently had the opportunity to invite Minister Alan Winde MEC of Economic Development and Tourism of the Western Cape to participate on an AWOL City cycle tour in Cape Town.
Cycling through Historical Cape Town
Whilst guiding the AWOL City Cycle tour through Cape Town, I like stopping outside the Slave Lodge Museum an original VOC building and telling the historical story of my ancestor Angela van Bengalen who as a slave in the household of