Having a food and wine lover on a road trip means the trip is likely to be interrupted at some stage or another to indulge, or at least enjoy in moderation, either or both of these. This is what happened on a recent road trip to Cape Town with fellow tourism peeps and Geocachers Shefetswe and Erenei. … Continue reading Clinking glasses and eating cheese at Packwood
Tag: Garden Route
The Crags Sunset
There is nothing like a beautiful sunset to end off a perfect day. Sunset over the distant mountains during our recent weekend in The Crags near Plettenberg Bay
A walk to Salt River Mouth at Natures Valley
The Garden Route has some excellent hiking trails. The Otter, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma trails are epic and will take you a couple of days covering long distance lugging along backpacks while short loops like Storms River Mouth, The Big Tree and Garden of Eden will use up an hour of your time with only a camera … Continue reading A walk to Salt River Mouth at Natures Valley
Tsitsikamma Lily
My three favorite flowers are aloes, proteas and arum lilies. All flowers you can see in gardens and parks but at their most beautiful when you see them out in the wild. Aloe flowering in the Karoo, proteas in the Fynbos on a mountain side and lilies growing wild in the forest. This lily I found … Continue reading Tsitsikamma Lily
The Big Tree
For my last post in this week's series on the Tsitsikamma I featuring a thing and not an activity. The Big Tree is probably one of the best known landmarks in the area and a very popular stop for tourists. An easy 500 meter boardwalk takes visitors to one of the giants of the forest. I … Continue reading The Big Tree
Natures Valley View panorama
A panoramic view of Nature's Valley from one of the scenic view site on the trail to Salt River
Early morning mist on the mountain
Early morning mist on the Outeniqua Mountains. The first thing I saw when I came out of my log cabin at Eight Bells Mountain Inn outside Mossel Bay.
Eight Bells Mountain Inn
Eight Bells Mountain Inn used to be one of my regular stops on tour back when I was a tourist guide but since then I haven't had a chance to visit. Until a few weeks ago. A return trip from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth meant that I had to stay over in Mossel Bay to … Continue reading Eight Bells Mountain Inn
The best Currywurst on the Garden Route
Everybody has their preferred road trip food and drink stops. Some like to pull over at a Wimpy for their favorite coffee, stop at the same farm stall for a pie and fresh pineapple juice or that certain restaurant where the owner is also the chef and makes his pizza bases himself before popping it into the … Continue reading The best Currywurst on the Garden Route
Mossel Bay’s lighthouse
The western point of Mossel Bay is named Cape St Blaze and long before the first Europeans arrived in South Africa this area was home to the Khoi people. The Khoi found shelter in the caves along this coastline, one which can be found directly below the lighthouse where archaeological digs have found that the … Continue reading Mossel Bay’s lighthouse
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