Little Karoo

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…

Red Hills

Red Stone Hills Guest Farm

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Post published:December 24, 2020
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The road from Gecko Rock Private Game Reserve towards the R62 is not a difficult drive. Although untarred, it is wide and smooth with no corrugation. There is very little traffic. About halfway towards Barrydale, we reach the gates of the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve through which our route passes. Although a private reserve, we are using a public road and, after some paperwork, we are let through to drive towards the R62. Sanbona seems to be an interesting place with luxury rest camps placed at strategic locations across the reserve. Only some way into Sanbona we realise that they are…

2020 Winter tour

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Post published:November 13, 2020
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COVID-19 tried, but it couldn't prevent us from making a road trip this winter. We had a plan to celebrate my sixtieth birthday in the Kruger National Park, but the pandemic prevented all inter-provincial travel and we had to change our plans at short notice. So we had to stick to the Western Cape, and this gave me and Anette the ideal opportunity to do some roads most people do not have the time for and that we have not done before ourselves. We took back roads via the Klein-Karoo to visit Gecko Rock Private Nature Reserve near Touws River/Montaqu,…