Category: South Africa
Southern Africa – Day 6 – Miss Chrissies to Crystal Springs Lodge
It was a bit fresh this morning, I needed my jumper. We had arranged for breakfast at 7.45. We met Areitha – Peter’s wife who cooked us a german sausage wrapped in bacon with eggs, this was after a bowl of rockmelon (spons spec) pomegranate seeds & grapes. Areitha wasRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 5 – Drackensberg to Chrissiesmeer
Ouch, ouch, ouch… sore butt, from the horse riding, yesterday! I think all the birds in the area decided to start calling, this morning, again at 3am – seems to be a theme here! By 6.30 I couldn’t take it anymore… decided to get up & soak up the viewRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 4 – Champagne Castle Resort & Hotel
We were all woken by the sound of a rooster calling, as well as various ducks and birds- they seemed to be congregating outside our bedroom! It was a gloomy morning, so a sleep in was called for. Around 7.30 I got up and sat in the big comfy rattanRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 3 – Johannesburg to Drackensburg Mountains
After another lovely cooked breakfast, our vehicle was delivered…yay, David drove it up the enclosed driveway of the manor so we could go over it without being on the street. Only just fits…. We loaded all our gear in, and had to have the electric fencing turned off, and heldRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 2 – Johannesburg
We slept surprisingly well, though awake from 4.30 local time, decided not to back to sleep, we need to get used to early starts! We had a cooked breakfast, of bacon, eggs & tomato. As well as toast & fruit salad. We did a bit of laundry – hanging itRead More …
Southern Africa – Day 1 – Travelling to South Africa
to We had an early morning start and after saying goodbye to the animals were driven up to the airport, had 2 notifications of 1-hour delays…oh joy we are off to a good start! The 14-hr flight, 2 hr delay & bus trip to the terminal from where the planeRead More …
Aussies Overlanding in Africa
Well the itinerary is set in stone, or at least it is if we don’t want to pay more money! It’s been a quite a bit of two and throwing, with how we originally planned to do this trip. We had thought to basically just get the vehicle, with theRead More …