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Biggest quiver tree forest in Southern Hemisphere

Marianne (one of our morning visitors in Niewoudtville when parked amongst the flower fields ) had told us about a waterfall and quiver tree forest just north of Niewoudtville and after our botanical ...

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Sep 6, 2020

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Flower explosion in Namaqualand

September is spring time in South Africa and one of the not-to-miss things to see is the flower explosion in Namaqualand . We had been in Namaqualand some 35 years ago (remember nothing much about tha...

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Sep 5, 2020

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Vineyards, semi-desert and quiver trees

Because we had not been able to do the Quiver Loop inside the Augrabies National Park this time around (which is a 91km round trip on gravel road), in camp we had searched for other places to see quiv...

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Sep 4, 2020

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Augrabies Falls

From Kanoneiland we continued to Kakamas and Augrabies Falls . A trend we saw in Kanoneiland and we continued to see all the way up to Augrabies was the vast expanse of vineyards. It was quite amazing...

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Sep 2, 2020

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Arid land vs Orange River

Sishen After our "petrol station free camp" we continued south towards Olifantsfontein and passed the massive Sishen mine set-up on the right. An aerial shot (courtesy of Google Earth) shows just how ...

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Sep 1, 2020

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Rock art road trip

In December 2018, Erika and family visited South Africa for the first time after their move to Jamaica. Christmas is the magic time and having missed out on the festive season with the family in 2017,...

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Dec 1, 2018

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South Africa and Lesotho

One of the places to visit that has been on our bucket list for a long time is Lesotho , a small independent country surrounded by South Africa. Not only did we want to take on the renowned Sani Pass,...

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Jun 1, 2018

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Durban South Coast

Another trip to Kwazulu Natal, saw us going south to see the Red Desert, the Mpenjati Nature Reserve and the Oribi Gorge. Day 1 A drive of just under 2 hours brought us to Port Edward, location of the...

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May 1, 2018

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Kosi Bay and St Lucia

Although we have visited the Kwa Zulu Natal North Coast many moons ago when we first arrived in South Africa... it had been a really long time. Now we wanted to go back for two specific destinations: ...

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Apr 1, 2018

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Walvis Bay

Although we have lived in South Africa for almost 40 years, we have never been able to go to Namibia … until now. Our best friends were spending time in Walvis Bay , so … catching a plane to Walvis wa...

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Mar 1, 2018

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Victoria Falls

One of the iconic tourist destinations in Southern Africa are the Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe / Zambia border. Being just an hour and 30 minutes flight away from Johannesburg, it’s a perfect (long)...

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