Nah, I don’t believe that it is possible to fly in S.A.
We were there for 2 weeks and tried to fly 5 times but no luck. Six weeks before arrival we booked an aircraft at George just to be told later on that they have no record of us and that the aircraft was given to someone else.
We booked an aircraft with a private operator on another airfield (about 50 miles towards Capetown) for 2 days later but it rained all day. Then we arrived to Capetown and also drove to Stellenbosch to book an aircraft, took a wrong turn and when we stopped for instructions a driver came from behind and smashed the car, by the time we arrived at the airfield they all went home and there was no one to talk with, only a lone drinker at the bar who tried could not help.
When it was time to leave Capetown to Johannesburg (with Kulula) while they were loading us and refuelling the aircraft the fuel hose detached (from the aircraft) and sprayed the aircraft and the apron with Jet A1, all on board were asked to get off and we were delayed until all was cleaned. Arriving at the Kruger Park we went for an hot air balloon flight but there was no wind, so after 1h in the air we have landed in the next field about 200m from the one that we took off from.
Nah, in S.A they just talk flying but they don’t fly.
Ben