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Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route April 20th 2014

Easter Weekend. We only arranged with a friend to meet at her holiday house the week before. So we had lots to do, well I did as I'm not in full time employment!!! We left early Friday morning to miss the crazy drivers heading out Thursday night for the long weekend and after a brief stop to change cars, to one that was cheaper on petrol and pick up a home made milk tart, a little like an egg custard, we were off. Buffalo bay is approx 4 hours along the coast, just past George and just before Kynser. The only way to describe it is like a peninsular, from our deck we could see the forest to the front of the house and then sea on the other 3 sides. The house was amazing, nice ... read more

Road Trippin' South Africa: the amazing Garden Route

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route September 2nd 2013

Nature's Valley

Patiperro

I could see why everyone kept saying "you have to do the Garden Route". It's simply stunning. After my bungy jump experience in Bloukrans Bridge I kept driving west. It was a short drive to my next stop and the first one of the Garden Route: Nature's Valley. The place I stayed in was one of the best I've stayed in so far in SA; "Wild Spirit". It's a big property with a very rustic feel to it. There are a free walks that can be done within the property, they have good food and the owners are excellent hosts; Jenny & Earl, who've had the place since the 70's. At the time there was also a Spanish couple, Alex and María who were very friendly people. As a side note: the owner of the "Wild ... read more

South Africa- Seal Island

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route May 20th 2013

Leaving False Bay

thegrims

We went to Seal Island with a boat from False Bay, Cape Town. It was very choppy and the waves were huge. In fact it was the first trip after a couple of days of cancellations. It was worth it. When we arrived we were greeted by thousands of Cape Fur Seals. The island is just 4 metres high with no beach or vegetation, just resting frolicking seals. We did not see any great whites (pleasure yet to come at Gansbaai) just a couple of dolphins that accompanied our boat for a short while. We were 'adopted' by a baby seal whilst waiting for our boat.He spent half an hour repeatedly frolicking and coming out of the water to see what we were doing. The visit is a must for all animal lovers.... read more

Garden Route - day IV - MusselBay back to Cape Town

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route November 12th 2012

day 3 (51)

isadinha

Garden Route - day IV - MusselBay back to Cape Town... read more

Garden Route - day III - StormRiver to MusselBay

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route November 11th 2012

day 3 (6)

isadinha

StormRiver to MusselBay stopping at TsitsiKama National Park and Safari... read more

Garden Route - day II - Bungy 216 metros

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route November 10th 2012

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isadinha

Face Adrenaline - Bloukrans... read more

you've got to love south africa;;;

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route October 18th 2012

South Africa

nape

south Africa is a very beautiful place with its sunny days and beautiful sceneries, and the cutlural diversity, the the spirit of the township people is amazing, extra ordinary it has some of the amazing natural beauty, the table mountain ic cape town, the God's window in mpumalanga, ann not forgeting that the have amazing national parks which offers the Big Five, and we also have the rhino and lion park the beaches are amzing as well which most of them offer water sports, and the have many adventurous place, South Africa is an amazing place to explore... read more

No regrets! (except maybe that last glass of wine) - part 2 (pics!)

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route August 28th 2012

I have learned a lot about Ostriches

smebs

These are the pictures that I would have posted if I had a stronger internet connection. :)... read more

No regrets! (except maybe that last glass of wine)

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route August 27th 2012

smebs

My eyes popped open on our 3rdday of the tour at 6am – a full 45 minutes before my alarm was set to go off. I think that I was so nervous that I wouldn’t be able to sleep after enjoying too many glasses of cheap wine, that I set my body clock to wake me up at the crack of dawn. I could definitely feel the effects of the wine, but I got out of bed and took a shower. Got ready, ate breakfast, and was ready to go a few minutes before we were supposed to leave. I was feeling pretty proud of myself until later when I realized that I left like half my shower stuff behind. Oops. Even though I was feeling a bit slow and queasy, I was doing better than ... read more

This is an almighty garden

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Garden Route July 20th 2012

Typical Tsitsikamma

International backpacker

When thinking of the National Parks in South Africa thoughts such as herds of elephants grazing the open plains, lions sneaking up on prey are and hippos grunting in the rivers are all common. But it is not only the wildlife packed parks that attract all the attention as there are three that are stretched along the Garden Route in the south offer something that you would dare to do in the others, a hike. Wilderness, Knysna and Tsitsikamma are all within close proximity of each other along the coast with the former attracting the most tourists and for good reason. Tsitsikamma NP has several first class hiking trails and it is here that the five day otter train begins that will take you 41km along some amazing coastline. But for the less energetic and for ... read more

Brief history of South Africa

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 subjug...more history

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