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Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Tsitsikamma National Park December 2nd 2007

Moved on to the Tsitsikama National Park. On booking in we were allocated a campsite which always makes us a little nervous as you are never sure where you will be put. Driving down towards the camp we saw a lot of caravans right on the front which brought visions of strong winds - the wind is the enemy of the camper because as long as you can keep the tent up then you can stay dry, but once the wind has blown it down you have no hope. As suspected, our site was right on the front, again just metres from the waves, absolutely beautiful if the weather behaves itself. First we decided to take the trail to the river mouth over the suspension bridge only to be stopped by signs saying that it was ... read more

Tsitsikamma Rocks!

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Tsitsikamma National Park April 26th 2007

View from inside the forest

Gobias

After leaving Skankolies Hostel (see the previous journal entry), we drove to Grahamstown for the night. Everything that we read about it said that it was an unassuming (and boring) type of place. We basically wanted to just break up the driving. I'm glad that we did, since we underestimated our drive on the 25th of April. We left the hostel at around 8:30am and didn't get to Grahamstown until 5:30pm at night. Most of the road (a national highway) was single lane, torn up pretty bad, lots of semis, some pretty hostile-looking towns, and animals wandering randomly into the roads. We were a little nervous, since we wanted to arrive before darkness fell (another common rule that we try to abide by on our trip). Grahamstown pleasantly surprised us. It was a nice university town ... read more

Otter Trail powered by Jambos

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Tsitsikamma National Park March 15th 2007

Sunrise on beach

farrell

I just finished a beautiful trek on the Otter Trail in Tsitsikamma National Park. It is a 42km trail that takes five days. Why five days? You are required to stay in huts along the trail, and can't skip huts. The huts only sleep 12 people and that is how many they allow on the trail each day. Pretty regulated huh? I'm told that this trail is one of the most popular in S. Africa. Sometimes booked up a year in advance. I called 1 week and found a space. What is even more amazing is that there were only 4 of us total on the trail the whole time. They said they had booked it a year in advance and had all twelve spots but people dropped out. Lucky me and lucky us. Most of ... 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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