Overberg stubble

Driving through the Overberg region of the Western Cape in late winter and spring you are met with rolling hills covered in green and yellow. By the time summer comes around the grains like wheat, oats and barley as well as the canola have been harvested leaving nothing more than field after field of brown stubble … Continue reading Overberg stubble →

Blue cranes in the Overberg

Road trip stories. I have many. Why? Because it's a lot more exciting than just flying to your domestic destination. So except for speed, what is the most exciting thing that could happen on an average flight? Chicken or Beef?Road tripping to Cape Town with Shefetswe and Erenei, we were driving somewhere between Caledon and Bot River … Continue reading Blue cranes in the Overberg →

Overberg landscape

The Overberg landscape changes with the seasons with the best time to travel through the area being August and September. That is when you will find green grain fields with wheat, oats and barley, interspersed by yellow canola fields, in splendorous full bloom.

Purple and green lines in the Overberg

Road tripping often allows you to see the most interesting and unusual sights. Something you don't get wizzing overhead to your destination in a plane. The Overberg is famous for it's canola fields covered in yellow flowers in spring, otherwise green fields in spring and and brown ploughed fields ion late summer going into autumn and … Continue reading Purple and green lines in the Overberg →

Blue and yellow on the Knysna Lagoon

It was a late afternoon on a gloomy day, our only day, in Knysna and I was taking a walk around Leisure Isle with a couple of friends. The mission was actually one of a Geocaching kind, but two of us had our cameras with us as well and once the cache was found it … Continue reading Blue and yellow on the Knysna Lagoon →

Table Mountain – Pulling the table cloth over

Table Mountain. Probably the most iconic attraction in South Africa. Something every visitor to the country wants to visit. Being in the tourism industry I often get asked about Table Mountain by visitors and one piece of advise I always give is to go to the mountain at the first opportunity you get. I was … Continue reading Table Mountain – Pulling the table cloth over →

Late afternoon in the Overberg

Why go on a road trip if you don't stop along the way to enjoy the views?

The iconic Knysna Heads

What are the icons of the Garden Route? There are a few. The adventure activities in the Tsitsikamma, Storms River Mouth, the view over the Beacon Isle Hotel with Robberg in the distance, the Knysna forest, the lakes around Sedgefield and Wilderness, Kaaimans Bridge outside Wilderness (especially when the Choo Tjoe still ran), Outeniqua Pass in George and … Continue reading The iconic Knysna Heads →

Shefetswe goes crawling for a cache

I love to road trip, doesn't matter if it is for work or pleasure, solo, with friends or family. Road tripping takes me to places, allows me to sightsee, discover things, give me photo opportunities and... Geocache. It's amazing how one can actually plan your whole road trip and all your stops around Geocaching. It was no … Continue reading Shefetswe goes crawling for a cache →

Clinking glasses and eating cheese at Packwood

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 →