Count down to Holiday Swap

Holiday Swap, South Africa’s premiere reality travel TV show, is launching early in 2015. Filming commenced on 22 October and wrapped up on 7 November, during which time all 13 episodes were filmed. The 10 teams participating in the challenge were divided into various hubs where two teams at a time were competing neck-on-neck to win their hub and ultimately become the Holiday Swap KZN season 1 overall winners.

“During the filming phase we were based in various parts of KwaZulu Natal featuring many exciting activities and some of the country’s most beautiful sceneries. We don’t want to give away the locations and what the teams will be doing at this stage – you’ll have to watch the show to get the inside scoop, but suffice it to say that viewers will be in for a real treat!” says Judiet Barnes of Thebe Tourism.

Currently the programme is in post-production phase where Launch Factory, the team in charge of production, takes the raw footage and structures each episode around it. It is a fine balancing act of finding the right content to show the excitement of KwaZulu Natal and all it has to offer, while at the same time showcasing the drama around the contestants participating in the various challenges.

“We’ve viewed the first few episodes and we are very excited to show it off when it airs early next year. The quality of the production is outstanding and the crew, presenter and contestants have done a great job in making Holiday Swap KZN a not-to-be-missed TV show,” Judiet says.

The Holiday Swap presenter is local actress Nomzamo Mbatha. Her entertaining personality brings an extra element of fun and life to the show, which will delight viewers. The first episode will be on air on SABC1 every Monday night, 18:00 starting on the 9th of February