Western Cape

2021 Winter Tour

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Post published:May 17, 2022
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An earthquake and an old copper mine in the same tour?? A village named after a special rock and modern tourist accommodation built after San tradition and style? Another National Park we have not visited before? This tour is a quick 5 day trip to Namaqualand and the West Coast. We are invited by friends, who own a guest farm near Springbok, to join them for a trip up the West Coast. The best way to experience and learn about an area is to have someone, who grew up there as your guide. And who better to tell a story…

Reunion Hall, Grey College

Bloemfontein

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Post published:December 23, 2021
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We depart just before sunrise from Stellenbosch. This is the way my dad did it when I was still a young boy. Early in the morning on the road - the excitement of being awake before others, sitting in a packed car on top of spare blankets and our feet on boxes filled with biscuits and rusks for the road. I have a trailer and we are only two in the car, so there is no need for sitting with our knees next to our ears like in my younger days, but the air of excitement is still the same…

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…

Hartenbos

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Post published:October 29, 2021
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The view from our guesthouse in Mossel Bay still does not disappoint this morning. But we are leaving, but still do not want to go home (I guess this is not an abnormal emotion to have after such a satisfying tour!). Why not visit Hartenbos again? We go there every summer, but this is winter and with the snow and all on the mountains we should try it - we have never done it before. It is off-season and accommodation should be very reasonable. Over Christmas it is an entirely different story altogether and, even if you have a lot…