Family friendly: Plett, PE & East London
I have now, unofficially, become a new superhero called Captain Stormer. It has nothing to…
Browsing: South Africa
Summer in the Cederberg
Some 16 years ago, I mooched around the length and breadth of South Africa for three months in a Land Rover Discovery II.
It’s always nice in Victoria Bay
Sometimes you have to just go with the flow. That flow, over four of six days of my trip, was caused by unrelenting rain, and more rain.
Camp and hike the Garden Route
Whether you prefer camping next to the river, in the forest, or at the ocean, there’s something for everyone in the Garden Route National Park.
Mountain Zebra National Park
We crossed the electrified animal grid surrounding the chalets and camping site, and turned right…
Trouble on the way
Angus Barnard’s bi-annual stay in the Kruger National Park in May for five weeks was…
Land of history & legends
The popular tourist destination of Sabie lies about four hours’ drive from Johannesburg and Pretoria. This forestry town on the banks of the Sabie River in Mpumalanga is very well known among caravanners as it is only 64 km from the Kruger National Park.
First time at Vyftienmylse- berg
Back in the early seventies, I fell in love with Namaqualand. It was during the first varsity vacation that I went there, after a friend had said: “There’s plenty of work in Tsumeb… hike up?”
Subtropical Paradise
[Travel] With a Volkswagen Kombi and “rock n roll” teardrop caravan, we head to the coast of northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Circling Lesotho
On Friday, 26 May 2017, we headed out from our home in False Bay in the Cape. Our planned journey would take us all the way through the Western Cape, across the Eastern Cape, and up the KZN south coast (we were chasing the warm weather)