South Africa

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

The life aquatic – Quaggaskloof Dam

Our editorial team headed to Quaggaskloof Dam near Worcester with everything one needs for a

Trouble on the way

Angus Barnard’s bi-annual stay in the Kruger National Park in May for five weeks was

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)

Travel: South Coast in a Skipper

I love camping, whether I’m in a motorhome, caravan or tent. One of my favourite little chaps is a mix of a trailer, a tent and a caravan – the Skipper Tent Trailer.

Travel: Double delight in Mossel Bay

When you bum is blue with cold in your home in the Overberg, the chance of a trip to the “best weather” in South Africa is a heart-warming thought. (Or would that be butt-warming?)

Travel: West Coast is brrrrilliant

Words & Pictures by Richard van Ryneveld ‘Horses for courses’, the saying goes. And I

Travel: Circles in the bush

Words & Pictures by Richard van Ryneveld ‘On the road again…’ the song by 1960/70s

Travel: Quiet Time in Stilbaai

Are you tired of reading about a superb campsite, only to discover the words “only

Travel: Eastern Baviaanskloof

I had been stuck behind my desk for too long. The workload of the first

Travel: Heaven and Earth in Sutherland

Words and pictures by Richard van Ryneveld It’s not often that you have a stowaway

Travel: Mystical Magoebaskloof

I’d already had a hectically busy few days in the Cape, and now I was

Travel: Wild and untamed Tietiesbaai

Words and pictures by Colette Olivier. We recently decided to go camping for a weekend

Travel: Exploring the Kogelberg Biosphere

As a travel journalist and photographer, my life is on the road. And although some

Travel: Exploring the Drakensberg

My daughter, Carmen, has been hearing stories about the Drakensberg since she was a little

Travel: Van Zyl’s Pass

‘Richard,’ said my editor over the phone, ‘you are going to Namibia for two weeks.

Travel: Dinokeng Game Reserve

The wanderlust of Decemberborn people (and I am one) is well documented, so you will understand my joy when I was given the opportunity to put my city life on hold and trade it in for a full weekend of visiting bush camps in the Dinokeng Game Reserve.