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Goodbye Botswana...Hello South Africa

Our last stop in Botswana was Palapye where we needed to take a PCR test before being able to enter South Africa again. The PCR test was a quick and painless process and by 9am the following morning, ...

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Jan 4, 2022

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Caprivi Strip part 1

We arrived at Divungu where it was hot and humid. We decided to visit the Popa waterfalls and split ways: we went to the south side and Gavin and Lee went to the north side to see which side would be ...

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Oct 20, 2021

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Epupa Falls to Etosha National Park

We woke up to the sounds of rushing water from the Epupa Falls and went for a walk. We walked further down the valley to “the beach” where Stefaan hoped to see a crocodile, but he had no luck. It was ...

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Oct 4, 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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The Panorama Route

(This part of our travels - together with the Baobab story happened between our 2 Kruger National Park Visits (all in one post). Having left Limpopo behind and being on our way to Blyde River Canyon w...

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Mar 20, 2021

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Magaliesberg

When we left Pilanesberg , we thought: we are so close to Sun City, let’s give it a go. It had most probably been a few decades since last we had been there and maybe it could turn into a nice outing....

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Feb 21, 2021

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Jonkershoek Waterfall Hike

One Sunday, together with our friends Gavin and Lee (we were still working at Trokkie at their workshop) we joined my sister Lut and husband Gerhard for a tasting day in the winelands. Gerhard’s broth...

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Oct 1, 2020

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Majestic Cederberg

After our visit to the Gannabos quiver tree forest and a night around the fire at a nearby bush camp we headed back south in the direction of Wupperthal and the Cederberg Mountains. We made a short st...

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Sep 7, 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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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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Sep 1, 2017

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Retired and with our family spread around the world, we decided to get out of here and hit the road to see more of this amazing planet! Feel free to browse our photos, read our stories, and follow us on our travels.

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