Once upon a time, near George, in the Western Cape, South Africa, there was an area called Hoogekraal, whose leader was the Khoikhoi, Kaptein Dikkop.
Category: Road Tripping in South Africa
Friemersheim
Friemersheim in the Western Cape, South Africa, is the home to wonderful murals on many houses.
Magwa Falls and Magwa Tea Estate in Pondoland, South Africa
Magwa Falls, at 146m, are the highest falls in the Eastern Cape. They are part of the Egosa Fault, which resulted in the formation of many precipitous cliffs and narrow gorges being formed north of Port St Johns.
Graskop Gorge, Panorama District, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
The Graskop Gorge Lift Company has ensured that a good part (but not all) of the amazing winding boardwalk at the bottom of the Graskop Gorge is accessible to everybody.
Bourke’ Luck Potholes, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Mpumalanga is well known for being an ‘overdose of prettiness’ – it doesn’t matter where you go, there is always a sight to marvel at.
Bourke’s Luck Potholes is no different. This amazing river gorge which is part of the Blyde River Canyon opening is nothing short of awe inspiring.
A trip up the Sani Pass
Historically, what is now a sensational road, was a bridle path, and was used to convey goods between South Africa and Lesotho, by donkey, mule and oxen.
Deelfontein: Home of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital
Mrs Google Maps when getting the directions to Deelfontein must have been playing broken telephone, because we took a seriously long scenic route. But hey, I don’t do lost, so we enjoyed the Karoo scenery. Flat land. The odd koppie (small flat topped mountain). Sand. Springbokke. Knee high scrub bush. Repeat. Repeat again.
Pondoland, Transkei and the tragedy of the SS Mendi.
‘You are going to die, but that is what you came to do… let us die like warriors. We are the sons of Africa. Raise your war cries, my brothers, for though they made us leave our assegais [spears] back in the kraals [villages], our voices are left with our bodies.’
The Trekbokke of the Karoo
The springbok treks in the late 1800s were akin to swarms of locusts moving over the land, and as devastating to sheep farmers, who often gave up farming after their grazing land had been destroyed by the springbokke.
The Beervlei Dam
It does not supply any towns with water. Considering that this the dry, almost desert like Little Karoo, you will think that strange, or a waste of precious water.
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, aka HIP
…a huge black mamba, one of Africa’s most deadly snakes, rose up between them. They froze, and the snake went on its way, but came back when……
The Shongweni Falls and Railway Tunnels
As waterfalls go, it isn’t very spectacular, but if you venture down to the bottom of the gorge you will be awestruck by the railway tunnels there.
The Flowers of Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
……the eclectic collection of residents is well known to the fairies that inhabit the beautiful surrounding forests and gardens. The waterfalls are extremely beautiful, the mountains are breath taking, and so on and so forth…..
Barberton – home to daisies and brave dogs
Not that well known of Barberton,, is the story of Cockney Liz, the high class call girl who travelled from England to South Africa to find her fianc̩. Not finding him, she started off as a barmaid, and eventually earned fame and fortune; the fortune having started when a night with her was auctioned off Рsometimes payment was made by the highest bidder in gold mining shares.
Traveling again? Galavanting with Kathryn Costello 