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Golden Gate National Park to Cape Town

We left Witsieshoek and drove towards Bloemfontein via Golden Gate National Park , which was as beautiful as always. I especially love the grasslands! It was dark when we eventually entered Bloemfonte...

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May 20, 2021

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Sentinel and Tugela Falls

We left Monk’s Cowl in quite overcast conditions which luckily cleared mid morning when we passed through bright and yellow fields. We took a short break at the Sterkfontein Dam , peaceful and azure i...

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May 15, 2021

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Monks Cowl

The challenging and partially scary Sani Pass done and dusted, we turned north-north east towards the next part of the Drakensberg, a Unesco World Heritage Site . We skirted the south side of the Malo...

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May 10, 2021

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Underberg and Sani Pass

After our time at the various beaches of the Kwazulu Natal north coast ( part 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) , it was time to head inland, towards Sani Pass and the Drakensberg, which are part of the greater Drakens...

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May 5, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 4: Richards Bay to Durban

Just south of Mtubatuba and St Lucia lies Richards Bay , the deepest natural harbour of Africa. Stefaan had read something about a Pelican Island so… off we went. We put it into the GPS and eventually...

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May 1, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 3: Lake St Lucia and Cape Vidal

Our trip from Sodwana to St lucia took us via Hluhluwe, where we made a quick stop to do some shopping. As we packed everything away in the truck and were preparing to get on the road again we saw an ...

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Apr 20, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 2: Mabibi and Sodwana

When we left the Kosi Bay Lake system we drove to Mabibi Beach Camp : a very nice drive through the iSimangaliso coastal reserve, world heritage site . The first part took us through great expanses of...

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Apr 10, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 1: Kosi Bay

A few years ago we had done a weekend road trip to Kosi Bay , part of the iSimangaliso Unesco World Heritage Site , and we liked it so much it had been on our bucket list to do with Trokkie. Leaving t...

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Apr 7, 2021

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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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