Oude Werf Hotel in Stellenbosch, South Africa is a perfect base to explore the beautiful wine country

Romney Park All Suite Hotel & Spa in Cape Town, South Africa is a superb choice for families and those wanting plenty of space

Derwent House in Cape Town, South Africa is a fantastic, intimate boutique hotel in a wonderful part of the city

The fourth and final part of my South African road trip brought me to the Central Drakensburg region

The third part of my South African road trip brought me to Dundee in the heart of the Battlefields region

The second part of my South African road trip - a diversion into Swaziland

The first part of my South African road trip - the Escarpment area in Mpumalanga

The Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD) as seen from the observation deck of the Carlton Centre. At 50 storeys high, this skyscraper has been Africa's tallest building since 1973. Like the CBD, it has seen better days but is now attracting more visitors.

Diagonally across Diagonal Street from the diamond building in the last shot is the "KwaZulu Muti Museum of Man and Science" which isn't a museum at all but a shop crammed from floor to ceiling with products used in "Muti" which is a type of witchcraft. Selling everything you could possibly need for traditional medicine and magic, it's a really interesting and very friendly place to visit

Diagonally across Diagonal Street from the diamond building in the last shot is the "KwaZulu Muti Museum of Man and Science" which isn't a museum at all but a shop crammed from floor to ceiling with products used in "Muti" which is a type of witchcraft. Selling everything you could possibly need for traditional medicine and magic, it's a really interesting and very friendly place to visit

Diagonally across Diagonal Street from the diamond building in the last shot is the "KwaZulu Muti Museum of Man and Science" which isn't a museum at all but a shop crammed from floor to ceiling with products used in "Muti" which is a type of witchcraft. Selling everything you could possibly need for traditional medicine and magic, it's a really interesting and very friendly place to visit

Met this little fella at Blyde River Canyon in South Africa. Found out later he's a Sekukhune flat lizard and actually quite rare; this species of lizard is only found in a small area #lovesouthafrica

11 Diagonal Street in central Johannesburg is an iconic skyscraper built in 1984 as an office building for Anglo American. Resembling a multi-faceted diamond, this 80-metre marvel reflects different angles of the Central Business District #lovesouthafrica

My guidebook told me that it was impossible for a photograph to really show the scale of the Blyde River Canyon in Mpumalanga, South Africa. They were right, but this picture tells some of the story at least. One of the largest canyons on earth and easily reachable from Johannesburg, it features many viewpoints along the so-called Panorama Route. This is probably the best - looking towards the rock formation known as the "Three Rondavels" because of its similarity to traditional African…

And this is the view from 'God's Window' over the Drakensburg escarpment in South Africa. The sign in the previous photo is definitely worth complying with, I would not recommend anyone to "go beyond railings"...

A few hours drive from Johannesburg in eastern Mpumalanga, the Drakensburg escarpment is a justifiably popular place to visit. It was the first stop on my road trip and after staying in Graskop I went to the most famous of the many viewpoints along the edge of the valley - 'God's Window'.