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 …
As soon as we had our parcel from DHL in Gaborone in hand, we drove to the border to South Africa, booked a lodge at Madikwe Game Reserve on the go and went there straight away. Madikwe offers no campsites, not even at the outskirts of the park, so we had decided to invest in …
After one of our wheel spacers at the rear axle was worn out and there was no way to repair it, it was necessary to replace this part. No big deal, as we knew the manufacturer in Germany, the replacement was on stock, so we ordered this part in Germany and instructed them, to send …
While stuck in Gaborone, we made an excursion to the Matsieng footprints. An area of rocks with 3 potholes with water were an important site for the San. Thousands of years ago, they engraved mostly footprints into these rocks, but we saw also a snake and the print of a lion. Another excursion took us …
As our spare part hadn’t arrived yet, we had enough time for a detour into the Kalahari. From Gaborone it as a 240km drive to the gate of Khutse Game Reserve, the southern extension of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The last 100 km are on gravel road, which was very sandy in parts and …
