Dan Viljoen is a good place for hiking or even just casual walking. We sauntered along the 3 kilometre Wag-n-Bietjie […]
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African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty seven – Kalahari
On that subject, of food, these tours feed you well. Whether it is a budget tour like ours or a […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty six – Kalahari
A night drive is a game drive, obviously, in the dark; well it was really in twilight as we set […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty five – Kalahari
The Kalahari Gemsbok Park is the South African section of one of the largest protected areas in Africa. The other […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty four – Kalahari
The plan had been to get to Augrabie Falls and camp there the night but it was a good 2-3 […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty three – Kalahari
We got into Upington around 5 am and had planned to sit around the bus station until dawn and then […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty two – Kalahari
Sunday was the day we left Stellenbosch and made our way to Upington. The arrangement was for us meet with […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty one – Stellenbosch
One of these future expeditions was the now confirmed Kalahari trip that left in three days time from a place […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Fourty – Stellenbosch
The following day we ‘jumped ship’ and found a little apartment just out of town. Not that there was anything […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Thirty-nine – Stellenbosch wine route
What the Stumble Inn did have and what backpackers all have is plenty of information in the form of a notice board […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Thirty-eight – Stellenbosch
It was time to leave Cape Town, not as we thought at the time forever, but for a few days. […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Thirty-seven – Rhodes Memorial Cape Town
Just up the road from Observatory, we found the Rhodes Memorial. A little gem of a place! Cecil John Rhodes, founder […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Thirty-six – Cape of Good Hope
We got an even closer look at the Cape the next day after picking up a cheap hire car from […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Thirty-five – Table Mountain Cape Town
In our previous visit to Cape Town we had taken the cable car to the top of the 1000 metre […]
African shoestrings – South Africa Day Thirty-four – Cape Town
Table Mountain was next on our agenda but that was tomorrow’s challenge in the meantime we had to get back […]