Karoo

2021 Autumn tour

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Post published:December 9, 2021
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Turning 60 years of age is an event you have to make special. I dreamt of visiting the Kruger National Park and spending my special day just admiring the stunning view at Olifants Camp. At least, this is what I wanted to do last year but Covid prevented all of that. Fortunately, SANParks was so kind to allow me to postpone my reservations to this year at no additional cost. So this tour will take you on a long road-trip, via family and friends on the way, to the Kruger National Park and back. The trip took a month and…

The Heads at Knysna

Knysna

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Post published:April 28, 2021
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Today we are going to try something new. But as we get up, we realise that the day is going to be even more special. The Swartberg mountain, towering over the Klaarstroom Hotel, where we have stayed the previous couple of days, is covered in snow! This is always special in the Great Karoo because it is very arid and any form of water is very welcome - especially during a drought like we are having now. The dam is empty and the little town is supplied by boreholes on Frans’s neighbouring farm. We have a good, hot breakfast in…

Klaarstroom Hotel

Klaarstroom

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Post published:February 5, 2021
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Today we are going to do a route we have never tried before. But we first have to get to it and, although we did this part just yesterday, it is beautiful and there is also something interesting we want to go and see. We depart just before noon from Red Stone Hills, this time again on the Kruis River road but stopping at the Kruis River Gallery at the T-junction before we have to turn right towards the Swartberg Pass. The photographer Roger Young exhibits his beautiful pictures here. They are all taken in this picturesque area and are…

Gecko Rock

Gecko Rock Private Game Reserve

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Post published:November 13, 2020
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We depart at about 9:00 from home via the N1 in order to meet our friends and travel companions for this trip, Danny and Garitha and their sons, at our favourite pit stop in De Doorns. We have to meet them at Die Veldskoen farm stall by 11:00 in order to be still in time before the kitchen closes for breakfast. We see beautiful water falls in the Du Toitskloof pass after some heavy rains and we wonder how the last part of our trip today will go. We have to do about 30 km worth of gravel road before we…