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Meiringspoort… The road less travelled?
Having 'endured' the Swartberg Pass to get from Oudtshoorn to Prince Albert, we were looking for an alternative route home.
The most obvious was Meiringspoort,...
Around Africa
Go African Adventures teams up with Travel and Things
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.
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...
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Accommodation
2026 welcomed in style. With a Lowveld road trip!
BREAKING NEWS
Before diving into this post, I am excited to announce two new additions to my site (with thanks to JHnet Web Design)
The first...
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Wildlife
The Legend of the Big 5 Christmas Party. Revisited.
I originally published this post in 2024. Recently, a reader asked permission to republish it on an East Rand site that he hosted.
To be...
Turning a Buffalo encounter into an educational experience.
This post features what I consider to be the most dangerous animal on the African continent.
That is not others who would rank on a...
Predators
They tend to hunt under the cover of darkness, but that is often not the case.
Ambush hunters or opportunistic predators, each has its own...
Yawn now…chase later. Lion pride at Bundox Explorer Camp
Currently, I am on a predator quest. At any camp I arrive at, my first question is always, "What have your predator sightings been...
Khanya Conservation Camp. A home, where not only the buffalo roam…
"Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are...
A touch of the wild at Sausage Tree Safari Camp.
With the 1970 Beatles hit 'The Long and Winding Road' playing in my head, we set off on the morning game drive.
"The long and...
Large and grey, so you better get out of my way.
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…
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.
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.
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
As we passed a large herd of buffalo, this old dagga boy stood glaring at us as we stopped to allow them to cross...
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