Blogs from Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa - page 7

Our first night of the trip was spent in Port Elizabeth. We just stayed for the one night since it’s so close to Grahamstown we can always go back if we want to. The Baz Bus picked us up there around 6am, and we were off to Plettenberg Bay. It’s a cute little beach town, and we were staying at Albergo Backpackers. Our first day there was pretty cloudy and rainy, but it was our only crappy weather day of the entire trip so I can’t complain. We decided to do a hike on the Robberg Peninsula, and were joined by a few German kids from the hostel. The hike lasted for about two hours, and the terrain varied from sand dunes to practically rock climbing. We were pretty grateful for the lack of sunshine because ... read more

Kaum zu glauben wie schnell die Zeit vergeht. Eben haben wir noch von Mozambique ect. berichtet und nun sind wir bereits in Plettenberg Bay. Aber alles der Reihe nach. Eigentlich wollten wir nach der Woche in den Drakensbergen ein paar schoene Tage am Strand verbringen. Doch das schlechte Wetter hat uns mal wieder eingeholt, deshalb gings nochmals Richtung Norden auf Safari. Den ganzen Tag unterwegs zu sein und nach Tieren ausschau zu halten ist ziemlich anstrengend. Nach 3 Tagen sind wir reif fuer die Insel resp. die Busch-Wellness-Oase. Mitten im Nirgendwo, wir haben uns schon verloren geglaubt, liegt Thangami Safari Spa. Ein in die Jahre gekommenes Camp im Tal des Black Umfolozi River mit heissen Mineralquellen. Das Highlight ist ein Schlammloch etwas abseits des Camps in welchem man sich wie ein Warzenschwein suhlen kann. SUPER!!! Leider ... read more

Tsitsikamma National Parl We visited Tsitsikamma National Park on route to Plettenburg Bay. Unfortunately the Storms River Mouth suspension bridge was closed as it been on fire two weeks ago and the repairs had not been completed. However, driving down to the rest camp on the coast was still well worth a visit and we enjoyed exploring all the rock pools and our picnic overlooking the waves crashing merciously upon the rocks. Bloukrans Bridge Most backpackers jump off the Baz Bus at Storms River with only one thing in mind: to brave the world's highest bungy jump. Maybe we are just getting old and boring, but neither of us fancied throwing ourselves off the mega high road bridge, into the deep ravine at Bloukrans. We chuckled away as we watched a few nutters scream down into ... read more

Hey Annika, Just thought I'd sent a note to say "Happy birthday to you" (melodic)........ I was thinking of you today as we were doing our game drive at the Rhino Base Camp. It was fantastic - wish you were here! (Have you decided where you are coming to meet us yet?) : ) We are having a hard time leaving Plettenburg Bay, we are really loving it here - so so much to do. Looks like we are leaving in the morning though for an ostrich farm in Outdshoorn where you can ride ostriches. They also have this amazing cave system called Cango Caves that should be really interesting. Jordan is trying to convince me to let him go skydiving as he is allowed to here in South Africa and I thought about it for ... read more

Excited about our imminent roadtrip, we headed for the Sunflower Stop Backpackers to collect our newest recruit Barnaby before embarking on our journey down the Garden Route. Barns is a good old bean who we met at the Boss party the week before and who is travelling north through Africa - he convinced us of his Duke of Edinburgh triumphs, so we figured he could be a useful guy to have around. As well as picking up a severely hungover Barns we had another couple of guys tag on who were heading up to Durban, and so it began. First and foremost ... tunes. We had trekked around Long Street the previous day to find a cassette converter for the I-pod and had each compiled a play list (as mental notes) to play - how gutted ... read more