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Ventersburg, small town South Africa personified.

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    Caught in the late afternoon sunlight. Ventersburg is about 2 hr 22 minutes (237,8 km) from Johannesburg via N1. There are a couple of reasonably...

Go African Adventures teams up with Travel and Things

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  A FIRST IN 2020! Travel & Things will be teaming up with Sarah Dorey of Go African Adventures to bring readers this awesome Botswana self-drive...

Faces in the crowd.The people of Rwanda.

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  Hail, hail the gang's all here. Could this be the Kigali chapter of Hells Angels out on a Sunday ride? Not at all! It...

Kigali Serena Hotel, Rwanda

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Spaces and places at Sausage Tree Safari Camp.

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    Is it wine o'clock somewhere? It may be, but at Sausage Tree Safari Camp, the welcome drink is a home-made non-alcoholic brew that was more...
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Wildlife

Large and grey, so you better get out of my way.

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      A youngster makes its way down the incline to the waterhole's edge. Being cautious is paramount as it does not want to fall into the...

Prehistoric? Perhaps…

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      All the rhino images used in the post come from various reserves that I have visited dating back to 2020. None of the images are...

A handful of 2024 wildlife highlights.

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      Just another African sunset? Perhaps, but there is always something special about being in the bush at this time of day. The images in this...

Out of the dust.

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      This is my final post before Christmas. Please allow me the opportunity to share season greetings with those who celebrate at this time of year. This...

A view to a kill. Umlani Bushcamp

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    As we passed a large herd of buffalo, this old dagga boy stood glaring at us as we stopped to allow them to cross...

Tau(lion) sightings while on Tau Game Lodge drives…

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      "It isn’t much good having anything exciting if you can’t share it with somebody". Winnie the Pooh. This is NOT Winnie the Pooh. This is Silas the...

How do you eat an elephant? One piece at a time.

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      It seems that the heat in Madikwe has taken a toll on many species large and small. When a guest on our game viewer said...

Tau Game Lodge. A seated safari experience

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      Gorillas in the mist? Not quite. Here it was wildebeest and zebra in the dust. Our arrival at Tau Game Lodge was met with a...

Bundox Safari Co. An overview…

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      Travel & Things recently undertook a road trip to visit all the Bundox camps in the Lowveld. Three camps were in the same reserve, Balule,...

Bundox River Lodge…elephants to the left of me.

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    Recently, Travel & Things undertook a Lowveld road trip that included 3 Sun Destinations™ properties. Bundox River Lodge was the final Lodge on that...

Well spotted. Umkumbe Safari Lodge Riverside.

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      The first leopard sighting on any trip is always exciting. We found this male not too far from where we had been driving. Like...

Guest Writers

Kruger and the complex history of conservation and dispossession by Don...

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      The Travel & Things guest writer for March is Dr Don Pinnock. But let him tell you about himself in his own words... My name...
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