Blogs from South Africa, Africa - page 7

South Africa is one of the most beautiful countries I have ever been to. It was also here, down in Hermanus where I had my first whale encounter. In summer 2019 I decided to go back. Since I did not just wanted to go as a tourist I joined a volunteer program in Plettenburg to observe whales and dolphins. One of the best decisions as it turned out to be an amazing summer. In total I spent about two month in South Africa. My favorite moments were the ones out on the boat collecting data on humpback dolphins. Also we did have to get up early and we ended up spending hours out at sea, it was a beautiful experience. There were days we got to observe whole groups of dolphins playing and surfing the waves. ... read more

On my trip to South Africa I had to go on a Safari. I flew into Cape Town and booked a two day tour to explore some of the Western Cape wildlife. It was a beautiful drive down to Mosel Bay, where we stopped for coffee and then further to the first national park. Here we joined a game drive around the area. The animals were quite shy that day, we did however ended up seeing some female lions chilling in the bushes and a white rhino. For the night we were put up at a lodge and for dinner I tried an Ostrich burger for the first time, very interesting taste. Our host put on a little fire and we roasted some marshmallows. The next day we visited another reserve called Buffelsdrift . The first ... read more

Last blog of the year! How was your year of 2021? Just four weeks to go and we are already in 2022! Well, we are clearly not going to complain about our year 2021. I have to admit, to this minute, I have no idea what is in for us in 2022...but there are a lot of options! One thing for sure, 2021 brought us the chance to visit amazing places and stay in more amazing places in lovely South Africa. Few weeks ago I thought the international tourists would be by now back in the country and the good deals would be over. Well, I spoke too fast...Omicron has simply isolated South Africa from the world for the last 10 days....and we have no idea where all this is really going! This trip was 4,600kms ... read more

You dream about this little corner of the world...you may even have your ticket for Christmas....but today, you learn in the news for the first time about B.1.1.529, or newly name, the Nu covid Variant. In few hours today, we found out that most countries could/will not welcome people having visited South Africa the last few days. British Airways and KLM won't fly in and out anymore. From tomorrow Emirates will not fly you out...only in South Africa. Lufthansa will take back home only Germans, with a 14 days quarantine on arrival. Singapore airlines will halt, I guess tomorrow Air France too. Maybe Qatar will remain! Ethiopian is a risky business these days with their own little domestic war going on. Trap in SA....and it's not that bad of a movie! Yesterday we had 2500 new ... read more

After the Blue Train, here we are on for four nights around Cape Town before being back home for a few days. Lately all trips to Cape Town have been part of way longer trips. So now that we have a short stay, let's splurge a little for once. We spent our first night and last night in Cape Town...and 2 nights in between in gorgeous Franschoek. The food on the Blue Train was decent, but far away from any top restaurant you could dream of. Definitively nothing you could call a Michelin experience. We are actually glad that the little Red Book hasn't made it to South Africa yet. We would probably have lots of stars in the country, but with those comes quite often the price tag. Over the next few days, we are ... read more