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South Africa, Nov’22 – Kruger National Park II

Kruger Park is in a summer rainfall area. Such precipitation is usually convectional and can result in heavy thunderstorms and downpours. The summer months (October to April) are hot and…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Kruger National Park I

Perhaps the most famous destination in South Africa is the Kruger National Park. The surface area of Kruger National Park is 7,580 miles² (19,633 km²). The park was first proclaimed…

South Africa, Nov22 – White River & Pine Lake Resort

From Graskop, the road turned to the southeast and we drove through the town of Hazyview to White River (Witrivier). The White River area is one of the most fertile…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Blyde River Canyon

At the northern end of the mighty Drakensberg Range and standing sentry at one end of the Blyde River Canyon is the most famous – and photographed – attraction in…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Bourke’s Luck

At the confluence of the Blyde River and the Treur River (Mourne River), in the South African region of Mpumulanga, thousands of years of water erosion have created a unique…

South Africa, Nov’22 – God’s Window

Between Sabie and Graskop, we made our home at Zur Alten Mine Guest Farm. Set on the former site of a private gold mine, these seven simple, but well provisioned…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Graskop & Mac-Mac Falls

From the previous post, it is obvious that we are ‘up there’ in altitude. From Sabie we headed to Graskop (Grass Head). The town was set up in the 1880s…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Sabie & Long Tom Pass

Heading north from Dullstroom, our next destination was Sabie. We traded trout farms for trees as Sabie is a forestry town situated on the banks of the Sabie River in…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Ruimsig & The Cradle of Humanity

While Elsa sat in the dentist chair, I took the opportunity to visit our good friends, Kobus and Gert, a mile away. Connoisseurs for the finer things in life, both…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Dullstroom & Connemara Trout Lodge

It was time to depart the cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg to venture into the hinterland. In this case, heading east-northeast past Witbank, the coal and energy capital of South…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Dullstroom

Dullstroom lies on the Highveld plateau and is the reason that its climate is so different from the surrounding areas. Given its altitude at 2100m (6,890 feet) above sea level,…

South Africa, Nov’22 – Country Market (Near Pretoria)

Yet another shopping gem in Hartebeespoort is ‘Hart Mark’, a gift and home market situated in ‘The Barn’. Rows and rows of handmake goods from various crafters and designers can…

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