The Drakensberg is famous for the trails that crisscross her spine, meanders across her back, explore her valleys, marvel at her fabulous buttresses, enter her wooded vales, wade through her streams and end up at waterfalls flowing over her. It's enough to want to throw your head back and shout in ecstasy. Yes I know … Continue reading Hiking to Tiger Falls – Royal Natal National Park
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Mahai Campsite – heaven in the Drakensberg
Nestled in a beautiful valley in the Royal Natal National Park of the Northern Drakensberg is a campsite that regularly makes lists of top campsites in South Africa. Six years ago we discovered Mahai Campsite for the first time and spend an unfortunate holiday there during major floods that hit the area that summer. Even … Continue reading Mahai Campsite – heaven in the Drakensberg
Camping in the Drakensberg
The general holiday question is always, BEACH or BUSH? I will probably choose bush over beach 7 out of 10 times but that's because I live on the coast. It's also because I love getting away to a forest, the bush, a game reserve or the wide open spaces of the Karoo. Although I feel … Continue reading Camping in the Drakensberg
The Drakensberg Amphitheatre
The Amphitheatre must surely be the most recognised and best know feature of the Drakensberg and looked down over us while we were camping in the Royal Natal National Park in December. The Amphitheatre is over 5 kilometers in length and the cliffs along its entire face is about 1 220 meters high at average. … Continue reading The Drakensberg Amphitheatre
Admiring the Amphitheatre in the Northern Drakensberg
2017 has kicked off and the ball is in the air with all the players jostling for places below trying to catch what the year is kicking their way. We ended off 2016 with two weeks camping in the Royal Natal National Park (RNNP) in the Drakensberg hence my little stretch of silence. I have … Continue reading Admiring the Amphitheatre in the Northern Drakensberg
The real Falcon Rock
We stopped by Falcon Rock Country Restaurant for the first time on Saturday and discovered a really nice and affordable spot. Just after we got there I headed off along the trails to go and find a Geocacher and along the way discovered the actual Falcon Rock. If it wasn't for all the gum trees … Continue reading The real Falcon Rock
A Sunday morning drive up the Montagu Pass
The Garden Route has many iconic passes. Some crossing over mountains and others through gorges. Some are part of main routes and are accessible to all, some are off the beaten track and only 4x4's are recommended while others are only accessible on foot or bicycle. The Montagu Pass outside of George is one that … Continue reading A Sunday morning drive up the Montagu Pass
Looking down the Langkloof from the Potjiesberg Pass
If you drive through the Langkloof from East to West you enter the valley just past Humansdorp and pass towns like Kareedouw, Jobertina, Krakeel, Louterwater, Misgund, Haarlem and Avontuur. The valley is about 160 km long and the R62 (the road running through the Langkloof) then meets up with the N9 near the town of … Continue reading Looking down the Langkloof from the Potjiesberg Pass
A ray of light in the mountains
On my last trip to Cape Town I connected from Robertson to Grabouw via a back road past Villiersdorp. It was late afternoon and the sun was heading towards the mountain on my right hand side at a speed. Suddenly it broke through the clouds and a sun ray reached down and touched the mountain … Continue reading A ray of light in the mountains
Off the off the beaten track in the Langkloof
Most tourists and holiday makers traveling from the Western Cape to the Eastern Cape (or vice versa) do so along the world famous Garden Route. It means that they miss out on the very scenic Route 62 through the Langkloof which runs parallel to the Garden Route on the other side of the mountain. You … Continue reading Off the off the beaten track in the Langkloof
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