Preparing for our briefing at Monatang Safari Lodge

Meeting the group

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October 9th 2015
09 October 2015 We returned to the Airport to make the previously arranged meeting with Nelson and Barbara Lacey the leaders of the tour and the occupants of ten other vans who had just flown in from the U.K . Then it was off to Bobo Campers to pick up our motorhome which will be our mobile residence for the next five weeks. After the workings of the van had been explained to us, we w ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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... ... read more