Destination: South Africa

Photos: Golden Gate National Park

Mon, 11 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 13: Back to Jo'burg

Sun, 10 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [538]

The route from Royal Natal NP to Clarens is all on sealed roads, well it should be but a long stretch of the R74 was a complete mess of pot holes, dirt and gravel. Once on the R712 the tarmac reappeared and we headed towards Golden Gate National Park ... Read more >

Photos: Royal Natal National Park

Sun, 10 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 11: A Waste of Time on the Wild Coast

Tue, 5 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1746]

We now had a week left and were now basically on the way back to Jo’burg. We had read great things about the ‘Wild Coast’ and were looking forward to experiencing the wilder coastline. We had decided to stop overnight at Chinsta but ... Read more >

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 10: Sundays River Valley and back to Addo

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [410]

We weren’t sure where to head next so we plumped for the option of least driving and set course for the Sundays River Valley. This is the same river as we stayed on in Colchester but further inland. We ended up staying at Avoca River Chalets on ... Read more >

Photos: Sundays River Valley and back to Addo

Mon, 4 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 9: Camdeboo National Park and Graaf Reinet

Sun, 3 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [414]

Following a slightly warmer night with a tad more shuteye we were up and ready to leave early doors. We did a short game drive on the way out of Karoo but still no sign of those pesky meerkats. We had our fingers crossed for spotting them in our next ... Read more >

Photos: Camdeboo National Park

Sun, 3 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Photos: Karoo National Park

Sat, 2 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 8: Karoo National Park

Fri, 1 Aug 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [496]

We were on the road by 9am knowing that we had quite a long drive ahead of us. We weren’t in any particular hurry so we enjoyed the forest and mountainous scenery along the next stretch of the Garden Route. On driving through Kynsna our immediate ... Read more >

Loving the art festival

Thu, 31 Jul 2014 | By katja | Views [336]

The Grahamstown Art Festival is enchanting. The wind whips up my hair and throws it enthusiastically into my face, coaxing the dust into the air to hug us firmly with a thin coating.   I have worked here for a few days with the merchants -... Read more >

Tags: art festival, festival, grahamstown, travel job

Photos: Plettenburg Bay and Robberg Reserve

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip Through South Africa Part 7:Plettenburg Bay and Robberg Reserve

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1099]

The Garden Route lived up to its name as we headed towards Plettenburg Bay, it really is very scenic and green. It didn’t take us long to reach Plett and we soon located Nothando Backpackers. Now backpackers seems to have a different connotation ... Read more >

Photos: Tsitsikamma National Park

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

A 6 Week Road Trip through South Africa Part 6: Tsitsikamma National Park

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 | By steve_and_emma | Views [356]

We headed along the famous ‘Garden Route’ which is a scenic drive along the coast towards Cape Town with Tsitsikamma being our destination. The weather didn’t look too promising and we encountered a downpour on route but we were not ... Read more >