Blogs from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga , South Africa, Africa - page 5

Hiya Wanted to show you some photos of the amazing first two weeks over here in South Africa.... read more

Today was the day the first of the wedding guests would be arriving. Dave's parents, brothers and sister and a couple of friends flew into Kruger Airport in spite of the miserable wet weather. The next guests that were due were not so lucky. Barrie and Wendy and Rory and Dean had left Durban early morning to drive up. The weather was wet and windy, really miserable which made for a grim drive, but it took a turn for the worse when Wendy hit 2 potholes hidden by the water on the road and smashed 2 tyres. They phoned to arrange a tow truck but were told that it could only take one passenger - that left 3 of them in the middle of nowhere. We drove out to pick them up expecting to see Wendy ... read more

Having finished all the celebrations it was time for some of us to go back to work (ugh) or move on to other areas for the rest of our holiday (that's better) and Andy and I with Kerry and Dave moved onto Nelspruit where the wedding was going to be to finalise matters. We had booked accommodation over the internet and I won't tell you what it was called as I am going to be quite scathing about it. We were booked into a 2 bedroomed chalet, and it wasn't particularly cheap, but it was disgustingly old fashioned, worn out, drab, dark and awful. We stayed the first night and tried to make the best of it. The next day I went and complained and they moved us to two single bedroom chalets instead. These were ... read more

With a group of students we went to South Afrika to learn about the bush from ranger Ed De trip was organized by Bushpackers in Hazyview (www.bushpackers.co.za), South Africa, close to the Kruger Nat. Park. Edwin is a passionate game ranger and conservationist. He gives ranger courses and at the moment he is busy with setting up a tented camp in Sabie Sands, a 65.00 ha private Big 5 Game Reserve close to Hazyview. This trip was undertaken after my graduation from the Van Hall Larenstein Institute, my name is Harold van Oorschot and i was 25 years old during this trip.This was my first contact with Africa, it was a great experience. This trip was organized by the Gecko bushpackers lodge (http://www.gecko-bushpackers.co.za/) owned by : Edwin Cruywagen and Francis Hamwyk. Edwin is the head ranger ... read more

From here, I was making my way towards Kruger Park where I hoped to see more animals in this famous g... read more