Background: After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjugation of the native inhabitants. The Boers resisted British encroachments, but were defeated in the Boer War (1899-1902). The resulting Union of South Africa operated under a policy of apartheid - the separate development of the races. The 1990s brought an end to apartheid politically and ushered in black majority rule.
July 22nd 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit After leaving Heathrow T5 it was a 10.5 hour flight with British Airways to Jo'berg. During the flight i managed to watch "The Bucket List" starring Jack Nicholson & Morgan Freeman. All about what two ... 10 photos[full story]
July 20th 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit From Matt- Last night we went on a quest for the leopard. (not a jaguar as we said in the last blog) We just passed by all the other critters we had seen before. We found tracks of a mating pair and t ... [full story]
July 19th 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit From Rush - Nana I hope you are not mad but we saw 2 White Rhinos! We already seen 4 of the big 5. We just need to see the leopard. e have 1 and 1/2 days left. I'm pretty sure we will see a jaguar in ... [full story]
July 3rd 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit This is the safari experience that we've been looking forward to for a long time. It's the complete opposite to our past couple of game parks where we were in an overland vechle full of 18 people. W ... 19 photos[full story]
June 30th 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit This is a continuation of my previous South Africa and Zambia blog entries. This is an Adventure with Toni Tours trip. www.tonitours.net
June 20, 2008
Kookie picked us up at 8:30 AM from Sandton ... 42 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo Pendant le week end de Paques, je me suis réservée une safari tente dans une réverse: le Bateleur lodge; suite à environ 4h00 au nord de johannesburg.
Le week end a commence par un long voyage sur de ... 68 photos[full story]
March 11th 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Tzaneen There's just no hanging about in South Africa, alarms set of 6am, apparently when the sun has risen it's time to live the day. Prepared all the the food in the morning and then I got to watch Steve cl ... [full story]
March 10th 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Tzaneen Phalaborwa airport was tiny but so nice with statues of African wildlife dotted around the place. Apparently I have to experience the toilets when I fly back, intriguing. A guy called Matthew was ther ... [full story]
March 4th 2008Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Hoedspruit
Vom 18.2. bis und mit 17.3. war ich im karongwe reserve in der naehe von hoedspruit welches westlich von krueger park liegt.
Das camp liegt an einem trockenen flussbett im sueden des 9000 quadra ... 27 photos[full story]
November 17th 2007Africa » South Africa » Limpopo » Tzaneen Gavin and I spent an amazing 4 weeks volunteering at the Vervet Monkey Foundation in South Africa. We booked with Global Vision International (GVI) but you can now book directly with the project which ... 8 photos[full story]
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