Just before peak season hit us I was on a social media workshop road trip in the Karoo and Addo areas. The night before the workshop in Addo I got to stay at Addo Palace in the Ndebele Private Reserve bordering the Addo Elephant National Park. It's always nice to stay and experience somewhere new … Continue reading Addo Palace Ndebele Private Reserve pictorial
Tag: Eastern Cape
Kareedouw Dutch Reformed Church
Kareedouw is the first town you encounter when you travel into the Langkloof on Route 62 from the Port Elizabeth side. The name is thought to come from the KhoiSan word !karegadaob which means "A road past many Karee Trees".Kareedouw was established in 1905 as a Dutch Reformed Church congregation and I am assuming that is also … Continue reading Kareedouw Dutch Reformed Church
Goodbye 2014 – watch out 2015, here I come
Is it just me or did 2014 fly past at the speed of light. A year ago I had no idea what this year had in store for me and now, 12 months later I look back at a year of many highs but it also a couple of real lows, specially at the end. There … Continue reading Goodbye 2014 – watch out 2015, here I come
Patensie panorama
The town of Patensie in the Gamtoos Valley is surrounded by beautiful scenery. Rolling hills, distant mountains, citrus and vegetable farmland, valley thicket, guest farms and some of the friendliest people you will find anywhere.
Ziplining in the Tsitsikamma
Imagine flying over a waterfall, across a river valley or down a river gorge. All of that is possible at the Tsitsikamma Falls Adventures zipline east of Storms River. Visitors get to zig-zag across the Kruis River right next to the N2 and the whole experience only takes about an hour. It means that there is … Continue reading Ziplining in the Tsitsikamma
Wolwefontein Hotel
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
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
Waiting for the sevens
Late last week I got to go on a pre Nelson Mandela Bay Sevens Instawalk around the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium as the final touches was being put in place for this weekend's #NMB7s tournament. I've been to the stadium so many times before and I was looking for something slightly different and I kinda like … Continue reading Waiting for the sevens
Scenic views of Patensie and surrounds
A couple of weeks ago I spent a couple of days touring around the Eastern Cape with a group of journalists and one of our stops was in the Gamtoos Valley town of Patensie. After a visit at the Malan Cucumber Farm we were taken up to their new cucumber tunnels on a koppie outside … Continue reading Scenic views of Patensie and surrounds
Karoo Riverbed
A couple of months ago I spent a night at Ganora Guest Farm outside Nieu Bethesda. What an amazing place! Although I didn't have a lot of time but did get to do a tour of JP's Fossil Museum. Unfortunately I didn't get to go and see the rock drawings on the farm. Before heading into … Continue reading Karoo Riverbed
Firefly the Travel Guy 