Walking the coast on the Sacramento

Port Elizabeth has a stunningly beautiful coastline starting with the huge sand dunes at Colchester, white sandy and safe swimming beaches on the main beachfront, a rocky shoreline along the Wildside through to the "long walk on the beach" beaches at Sardinia Bay and Maitland. There are two guided hikes on during Tourism Month where the … Continue reading Walking the coast on the Sacramento →

Fresh water rock pool

This rock pool along the Sacramento Trail gets fed with fresh water by one of the springs along this piece of coastline at low tide.

Drakensberg wandelpad – Die Wandellied

Vir die een of ander rede het ek vandat ek met RaakREIS begin het en bloginskrywings in Afrikaans doen, skielik baie van die ou Afrikaanse Volksliedjies begin onthou as ek na van my fotos kyk. Dis eintlik hartseer dat ons dit nie meer so baie sing soos wat ons gedoen het jare terug nie. Hierdie foto is geneem … Continue reading Drakensberg wandelpad – Die Wandellied →

Sacramento Trail at Sardinia Bay

The Sacramento Trail along the coast between Schoenmakerskop and Sardinia Bay isn't just the most popular trail in the city but probably also one of the most scenic. A couple of us decided to do the 7km long trail the other day with only myself having done it (long ago) previously. We decided to take the … Continue reading Sacramento Trail at Sardinia Bay →

Hiking at Sleepy Hollow

As mentioned yesterday there are several short hiking trails around the farm at Sleepy Hollow. We did a number of them and on this specific morning headed out on the main trail, turned off past the old mines before continuing along the Bosvark Trail looping back down to the main trail. In total there are probably just over … Continue reading Hiking at Sleepy Hollow →

Eerste Drif

Sleepy Hollow is situated in the Maitland River Valley which means that the Maitland River runs through the property. Duh. That sounded better in my head before I typed it. Anyway. There are several trails that you can take with the main trail following the stream up the valley. Along the way the trail passes several pools … Continue reading Eerste Drif →

Aloe along the Lower Guinea Fowl Trail

This time of the year most people head down to the beach during the holidays, but what if you're not into crowds, screaming kids, girls in bikini's who will never go in the water and are just there to catch the boys' eyes or just sand between your toes? Why not do one of the many short … Continue reading Aloe along the Lower Guinea Fowl Trail →

Lower Guinea Fowl Trail

I'm always in awe when I read Helen's blog, Walking the Cape, to see how many trails and walks there are around Cape Town. But living in Port Elizabeth doesn't mean that we don't have trails around the city. It just seems that the locals over here either tend to rather walk on the beach or … Continue reading Lower Guinea Fowl Trail →

The Baakens River at Dodd’s Farm

As the Baakens River slowly flows down towards the Bay it passes through Dodd's Farm in Walmer where it widens into a pool with some cliffs behind and lots of vegetation around it. A beautiful spot which could easily have been in a wilderness area somewhere but in reality right in the heart of Port Elizabeth. … Continue reading The Baakens River at Dodd’s Farm →

Wall of flowers

A wall of pink flowers on the Lower Guinea Fowl Trail along the Baakens Valley, just some of the many different types of flowers we saw on the trail the other day.