The sleepy village of Wolwefontein lies on the road between Port Elizabeth and Graaff-Reinet and only exists because the railway line runs through it. Over the last few decades a lot of railway stations have closed down due to the decline of the railway system in South Africa but it seems that Wolwefontein is holding … Continue reading Wolwefontein Hotel
Author: Jonker Fourie - Firefly the Travel Guy
Lovemore Heights Christmas Tree
The Grootendorst family living at the top of Melsetter Road in Lovemore Heights has gone all out this year to make the outside of their house a Christmas lights wonderland. They made a big occasion of switching it on a couple of weeks ago with the Eastern Cape Youth Choir singing, Father Christmas visiting and … Continue reading Lovemore Heights Christmas Tree
Finding the Geocache on Bird Rock
At the beginning of the year I took a swim out to Bird Rock on the beachfront with fellow Geocachers Erenei and Seekoei NMB with the idea of possibly placing a Geocache on the rock. Cachers like challenges and this would be a great challenge. Since placing it a couple of cachers have found it … Continue reading Finding the Geocache on Bird Rock
Whale watching in Algoa Bay
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/a_iY6AeMtyA&source=udsAlan Fogarty of Alan Tours offers a Big 7 tour that starts off with a whale watching excursion with Raggy Charters before heading to Addo to find the rest of the Big 5. Whales visit our shores mostly between April and November with Southern Right and Humpback whales being the big boys to look out … Continue reading Whale watching in Algoa Bay
Soweto landscape
A typical Soweto landscape with the Orlando Towers in the background and a couple of minibus taxi's thrown in for good measure, photographed from the Hector Pieterson Memorial.
Pebbles on Denville Beach
Going to the beach in Port Elizabeth usually means heading to Kings Beach, Humewood, Hobie Beach or Sardinia Bay. There are many little beaches and corners in between like Denville Beach next to McArthur Pools. Denville is a popular spot for beginner surfers but not that frequently used by bathers as the surrounding beaches. Denville and Humewood Beach is … Continue reading Pebbles on Denville Beach
Kuzuko view
The Addo Elephant National Park is literally on Port Elizabeth's doorstep and is South Africa's third largest national park. Strange how some people still think its just about elephants. These days the park stretch all the way from the coast through the main game viewing area and over the Zuurberg into the Karoo. One of … Continue reading Kuzuko view
A Pale Chanting Goshawk in Addo
I have never been a big bird expert. When I started working as a tourist guide I went to a lot of effort to increase my birding knowledge, but a LBJ (little brown job) and an Overtheroadian were still the most common answers I gave when something flashed across the road as we drove along somewhere. Addo … Continue reading A Pale Chanting Goshawk in Addo
Grysbok Trail flowers
Most people just associate Fynbos with proteas yet with over 9000 different species of plants in the biome there are many more flowers to be seen. A early morning walk on the Grysbok Trail in the NMMU Nature Reserve had me spot this clump of flowers which, at closer inspection, was actually made up of three … Continue reading Grysbok Trail flowers
Beachfront sign – also a grass safe house
Don't you just love (or hate) it when people do something with all the good intentions in the world and then afterwards realize that they just didn't think it through properly. I spotted this sign at Kings Beach the other day and it clearly falls in that category. The sign is part of the Kings Beach … Continue reading Beachfront sign – also a grass safe house
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