Welcome to Out & About SA (the "Site"), a free directory of places to stay, eat, and things to do across Southern Africa. By using the Site you agree to these terms. They're written in plain language on purpose, if anything is unclear, please get in touch.
What we own
The listings, written descriptions, notes, categorisation, regional maps, and the way the whole directory is compiled and organised are our own original work. The selection and arrangement of information, the compilation as a whole, is protected regardless of any individual fact within it. Where we link to a venue, a booking site, or another operator, that third party owns their own content, and we make no claim over it.
What you may do
- Browse and use the Site freely for your own personal, non-commercial travel planning.
- Link to any page on the Site, and share those links with others.
- Quote a small amount of our content with clear credit to Out & About SA and a link back.
What you may not do
- Use automated tools, bots, scrapers, spiders, or crawlers to access, extract, copy, or index our listings or data without our prior written permission.
- Copy, republish, sell, or redistribute our listings, descriptions, or compiled data, in whole or in substantial part.
- Use our content to build, train, or populate a competing directory, database, or dataset.
- Remove or obscure any credit, copyright notice, or attribution.
Accuracy, and a friendly reminder
We compile everything in good faith and try to keep it current, but prices, opening hours, availability, and details change often and without notice. Nothing on the Site is a guarantee. Always confirm directly with the venue or operator before you travel, book, or pay. Pages marked "updated daily" (such as Today's Headlines) refresh automatically and show the time they were last refreshed, if that timestamp looks old, treat the content as out of date.
Out & About SA is a signpost, not a booking agent. We are not responsible for the products, services, prices, availability, or conduct of the venues and third parties we link to, and any dealing you have with them is between you and them.
Links to other sites
The Site links out to many third-party websites so you can book or find out more, including comparison links to sites such as Booking.com. These are plain links for your convenience, we do not earn commission from them, and they are not paid placements or advertising. We don't control those sites and aren't responsible for their content, terms, or privacy practices. Following an outbound link is at your own discretion.
Privacy & analytics
We keep this simple because we collect very little:
- Analytics. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits and see which pages are popular. It is privacy-first: it uses no cookies, does not fingerprint you, and does not collect or sell personal information. There is no advertising or cross-site tracking on this Site.
- Your location. The "Use my location" feature asks your browser for your location only when you tap it, and uses it purely to show what's near you and your local weather. Your location stays in your browser, it is never sent to us or stored.
- No accounts. There are no logins, and we don't ask for or hold any personal details.
Corrections & updates
Spotted something out of date, closed, or incorrect, or a great place we've missed? Please tell us and we'll fix or add it, keeping the directory accurate is a shared effort and we're grateful for the help.
How our lists are ranked
Where we rank things (for example the Bucket Lists), each list carries its own short "How this list is ranked" note explaining the sources and weighting used, so you can see the basis for the order rather than taking it on trust.
Changes
We may update these terms from time to time. The current version always lives on this page, with the date at the top.
Contact
Questions, corrections, permission requests or listing updates are welcome. You can reach Out & About SA through the website at outandaboutsa.co.za.