Travel the world – from your couch! Just because you’re at home does not mean that you can’t go anywhere. If you’ve always wanted to visit some of the world’s top museums, see the Northern lights or take a game drive in the Kruger National Park, you can do it from the comfort of your home. Whether it’s the incredible Hermitage in St Petersburg, the Louvre in Paris or Machu Picchu in Peru, thanks to technology, you can now tour these famous places without having to contest with crowds or even getting on a plane. The cheapest and safest way to travel for sure!
Museums
Google has partnered with the world’s best galleries to bring us virtual tours of incredible art and beautiful buildings. Visit https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en) for a library of incredible places – some if which you might just discover for the first time.
Here is a list of the more well-known galleries across the globe:
Louvre, Paris, France | www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Palace of Versailles, France | https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/palace-of-versailles?hl=en)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands | www.Artsandculture.google.com/partner/Rijksmuseum
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands | www.Artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum
Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia | www.youtube.com/watch?v=49YeFsx1rlw&feature=youtu.be
Picasso Museum, Barcelona, Spain | www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/museum/presentation.html
Guggenheim, Bolbao, Spain | www.guggenheim-billbao.eus/en
Salvador Dali Museum, Figueres, Spain | www.salvador-dali.org/en/museums/dali-theatre-museum-in-figueres/visita-virtual/#
National Gallery, London, UK | www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
Tate Britain, London, UK | www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain/display/walk-through-british-art
Met Museum, New York City, USA | www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/met-360-project
The museum of flight, Seattle, USA | www.museumofflight.org/explore-the-museum/virtual-museum-online
Places of interest
On https://www.airpano.com/ you’ll find a large selection of 360 degree photos and videos of the world’s most spectacular places from the Namib desert to the Kremlin and the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Other links are:
Colosseum, Rome | www.tinyuri.com/thrprf
Machu Picchu, Peru | www.youvisit.com/tour/machupicchu?pl=f
Northern lights | www.explore.org/live-cams/aurora-borealis-northern-lights/northern-lights-cam
Safari
If you’ve always wanted to visit the Kruger National Park or haven’t been in a while, join game rangers daily live game drives. The morning drive takes place between 5:30 and 8.30 and the afternoon drives between 15:30 and 18:30. Watch live by following: https://www.wildearth.tv/safarilive/
Our show houses
You can even visit our Oasis Life retirement show houses from your couch!
Our latest one-bedroom show house at Clara Anna Fontein in Durbanville can be viewed room by room, as well as our two-bedroom house in Burgundy Estate.
View all our virtual tours here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb9vJ8fgzwCHhpG6NiLZJ7Q
For more information, contact:
General Oasis Life enquiries and Burgundy Estate specific questions: Allen Usher on 082 451 9988
Clara Anna Fontein enquiries: Johan de Bruyn on 082 811 2011
