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One of our youngest Portfolio ambassadors, Ivy, recently turned 2. To celebrate her mom, Heidi, took her along to the Two Oceans Aquarium to meet one of her movie idols...

How well did you pay attention in your primary school English lessons? We bet you can’t recall all of the collective nouns… so we thought we’d put together a list of 20 of the best collective nouns for African animals we came across..

Portfolio's James recently spent a night at the glorious Hartford House in the KZN Midlands. Read more about this haven for horse-lovers here...

As Portfolio travel ambassadors we pass through a lot of airports in our travels. But we’re lucky that in this part of the world they’re not all giant modern monstrosities that require a 2km walk through a shopping mall to get to the gate....

Most people looking for accommodation on the eastern side of the Garden Route would normally decide to book by the beach in Plettenberg Bay or in theTsitsikamma forest. But what they don’t know is that there is another option... amongst the fynbos in The

We're giving all travellers, and wannabe travellers, the chance to show us how you live the #PortfolioLifestyle and then win a trip to do it in style!

Our guest blogger, Jonker Fourie, recently spent a relaxing weekend at Fairview House in The Crags and during his time in the area he had a whole lot of family fun with his kids.

Whether you call them ziplines, canopy tours or "foefie" slides, there's nothing that beats the adrenaline rush of flying through the air harnessed up to a cable while ziplining...

Later this month South Africans' will be celebrating Heritage Day (24 September). There's a lot to celebrate about being South African, from our amazing people, wonderful wildlife and dramatic landscapes, we are proud to call this country home.

Looking for some family fun on your next holiday? Recently our youngest Portfolio ambassadors embarked on an epic 16-day road trip and stayed at 8 family-friendly Portfolio establishments in South Africa...

The winner of one of our recent competitions, Orli Barnett, recently spent a wet, wintery weekend at this historically rich wine estate in Franschhoek and shared some snapshots and stories of her stay...

According to scientific research recently released at Cornell University in New York, the key to happiness is experiences.... travel being the best type!

The final stretch of Indi and Gia's epic family road trip was via Route 62 where they stopped for 2 nights at The Retreat at Groenfontein and enjoyed amazing walks, outdoor adventures and bird-watching in a beautiful setting.

Our young Portfolio ambassadors, Gia & Indi, have been making their way down the Garden Route from Cape Town on a road trip with their parents. They left the Western Cape and found themselves in the Eastern Cape, where they were able to enjoy some amazing

Solo travel is a growing travel demographic and is increasingly becoming the preferred option for many women travelers. Portfolio's Kathryn recently spent 2 days exploring the town of Stellenbosch.

Portfolio’s James went on a township tour of Soweto this past weekend. Here he shares some exciting things to do...

Our intrepid roadtrippers, Indi & Gia (aged 9 & 10), have been taking a trip around some of our favourite family-friendly Portfolio places and their latest stop found them at Zuurberg Mountain Village overlooking the amazing Addo Elephant Park in the East

Recently one of our Portfolio ambassadors, Dani, visited the village of Gordon's Bay with her sister. This lovely town overlooks False Bay and is located just under an hour from Cape Town.

South Africa is well-known as one of the best destinations worldwide for watching whales. Whale-watching waters off the coast of Southern Africa run from False Bay, south of Cape Town, up as far as St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal on the East Coast.