Afrikaans Vocabulary: Travel and tourism

– Useful words you should know –

Want to learn the Afrikaans language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful words in Afrikaans with their translation in English, on the topic of travel and tourism. Ideal to help you boost your Afrikaans vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	AFRIKAANS
travel	reis
tourism	toerisme
a hotel	n hotel
on time	betyds
late	laat
the airport	die lughawe
landing	landing
take-off	opstyg
the air conditioning	die lugversorging
the distance	die afstand
the customs	die doeane
the border	die grens
the train station	die treinstasie
the bus station	die busstasie
a ticket	n kaartjie
the reception	die onthaal
the reservation	die bespreking
the road	die pad
a highway	n snelweg
the plane	die vliegtuig
by plane	met die vliegtuig
the bus	die bus
the taxi	die taxi
the train	die trein
the car	die motor
a helicopter	n helikopter
the sign	die teken
the parking lot	die parkeerterrein
the passport	die paspoort
the seat	die sitplek
the toilet	die toilet
the sunglasses	die sonbril
a key	n sleutel
a camera	n kamera
one way ticket	eenrigting kaartjie
a return ticket	n retoerkaartjie
a ticket office	n kaartjiekantoor
an accommodation	n akkommodasie
a pillow	n kussing
a blanket	n kombers
a sleeping bag	n slaapsak
a luggage	n bagasie
a bag	n sak
a backpack	n rugsak
an information	n inligting
a tourist	n toeris
a vaccine	n entstof
an insurance	n versekering
a postcard	n poskaart
an itinerary	n reisplan
a destination	n bestemming
a flashlight	n flitslig
an electrical outlet	n elektriese aansluiting
a tent	n tent
a suitcase	n tas
to visit	om te besoek
to travel	om te reis
to rent	te huur
to leave	om te gaan
to cancel	om te kanselleer
to cancel a reservation	om ‘n bespreking te kanselleer
to photograph	om te fotografeer
the wind	die wind
the snow	die sneeu
the rain	die reën
the storm	die storm
the sun	die son
the sea	die see
a mountain	n berg
a lake	n meer
a national park	n nasionale park
a country	n land
a forest	n bos
a cave	n grot
an island	n eiland
a beach	n strand
the nature	die natuur
the landscape	die landskap
sun cream	son room
a towel	n handdoek

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