Our first hike at the Drakensberg was at Monks Cowl, where a camping site lies just at the start of the hikes. We left for our hike after noon, even it had at least 35 degrees. Our chosen route was leading us into a gorge and to Nandi waterfall. In the end, we didn’t reach …
We are not really into battlefields, but as the Battle of Blood River in 1838 is an important part of South African history, we decided to have a look. Especially as there are 2 museums, each for one side of the conflict, on their respective sides of the river where the battle was fought. At …
Not far from Graskop lies Pilgrim’s Rest, a living museum of a gold digger’s village, which was founded in 1873, when gold was discovered in the Pilgrim’s Creek. News of the discovery of gold led to the first major gold rush in South Africa, and by the end of the same year there were some …
We stayed at the Panorama Camp in Graskop after exploring the Blyde River Canyon. Next to the campsite we went to explore a quite new attraction: a lift takes you down into the gorge and you can explore the indigenious forest on a board walk through the jungle, very different from the grassy cliff tops. …
We started exploring the Blyde River Canyon from the North, driving up the Abel Erasmus Pass and staying at the Blyde Canyon Resort to explore the surroundings. From there, many hikes lead around the mountains and to the dam below. We had decided on the Guinea Fowl Hike, leading us down in direction of the …
Before we entered Kruger National Park at Phalaborwa, we had the chance to meet a lovely couple, Lorraine & Tom, who gave us some good tips for our visit to the park and we spent a lovely afternoon with them. We had booked 4 different campsites just a couple of days ago, when we had …
From the Zwakala Brewery, we drove over the Magoebaskloof, stopping at the Farmstall Café for a lovely breakfast. We are really enjoying the good food in this country. Further down the mountains, we took the turnoff for the Debengeni Waterfall. We paid 45.- Rand pp entrance fee and went first to the fall, which most …
We came to Pretoria (Tshwane) , to have some repairs done at the LA Sport 4×4 garage. While waiting for our appointment, we stayed outside at a nice dam and went into the city to visit some sights. Our first stop was at Melrose House, as we love old buildings. We had to drive around …
As we had bumped into a serious rock while performing a deep water passage in Tanzania, and had harmed our front axle, we decided to look for a solution to avoid similar damages in future. While asking for a solution in Gaborone we were handed over to “LA Sport” in Pretoria, a specialist for “SERIOUS …
When we went on our first game drive with Takura, our guide, he asked us, what we would like to see. The answer was: Wild Dogs!! Until now we had not had the luck to see them. But of course we were open for everything and lions were second on our list. We had booked …
