An American has fallen in love with SA and is turning to the internet for tips on how to find a South African wife.

“I have just returned from the Western Cape and decided that I want to marry a South African and make the Western Cape my second home,” user snoopcat44 wrote in a thread started on Wednesday on the online messaging forum Reddit.

“I understand that I need to return one day which will probably be at the start of next summer around November so I have until then to prepare. Any tips for an American looking for his South African princess?"

User Yellowcardrocks took a considered view in his reply while the rest were largely tongue-in-cheek:

“Well, most South Africans have positive views of Americans so it will not be too difficult. You will however attract many girls who will look to get things from you so you need to be wary of that,” Yellowcardrocks wrote.