Lefokeng Bush Camp – Dinokeng Nature Reserve
When camping restrictions lifted in the beginning of August 2020 (they were implemented due to Covid-19) we started looking for a place to camp during the long weekend of 7 – 10 August. Dinokeng Game Reserve is situated in our province (and we were only allowed to...
Wild and Wonderfull Campsites
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Kyleu Bushcamp
Where to find Kyleu Bush Camp Kyleu Bush Camp is situated in the Dinokeng big 5 game reserve just north of Pretoria, Gauteng, to be exact, 43km from the Zambezi offramp on the N1. Kyleu Bush Camp was established by Sherri and Devon Symon and is one of only a...
NAMIBIA – DECEMBER 2018 (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second and last part of our Namibia 2018 trip report. We left off in part one where we arrived on day 12 at Mile 4 Caravan Park in Swakopmund Namibia. It is now day 13 and we are still in Swakopmund. Day 13 – Thursday, 27 December 2018 – Mile...
NAMIBIA – DECEMBER 2018 (Part 1 of 2)
Introduction Unable to take enough time off during the year, December/January is normally the period that we can plan for longer trips. This year our plan was to visit the central parts of Namibia. Out route would include places such as Windhoek, Brandberg,...
Namibia December 2018/January 2019 trip
Namibia trip – Dec 2018/Jan 2019We are back home from our 20-day Namibian holiday. This was the first trip with the new Toyota Land Cruiser fitted with a Bushlapa Bosluis 2. More about this later. We left home on 15 December 2018 and returned on 3 January...
Toyota Land Cruiser/Bush Lapa Bosluis Project (1)
We did not do a lot of updating on our webpage lately. One of the reasons maybe the fact that since our return from the Richterveld we sold the last of our camping equipment that we would not need anymore, leaving us with basically nothing to go camping with. That...
Southern Namibia and the Richtersveld – December 2017
Planning and trip preparations The planning and preparations for this trip was the easiest ever. With the experience gained over the years of traveling it was very easy for us to decide on a route, make the required bookings and off we go. Border posts no longer...
Fitting a rooftop tent
During 2015 we decided to do a trip to Malawi, wait for it, without the trailer. And you know what that means? That means back to the drawing board again. We needed to re-think and re-plan everything. How will we fit in everything that we got so used to and that...
Camping with a big tent
After two or three camping trips with our small tent we realised that we needed to find a better solution. What we needed is a solution that would offer: The same flexibility that the small tent offered, but would have more space to utilize against the elements. We...
Camping with a small tent
After selling our Sprite Sunway caravan early in 2005 we reverted to camping with a tent. We had a small 2.5mx2.5m canvas bow tent stored in the garage, and decided to give it a try. We did however need a few extra things. The fully equipped kitchen of the caravan...
Camping, and how it evolved for us
I want to share some of our camping experiences over the years with you focusing on how we started camping and how it evolved from our first camping trip up until how we do it now.
Namibia and the Richtersveld – December 2017
Our December 2017 trip has been finalised. We will be visiting the Fish River Canyon, Lüderitz and Kolmanskop in Namibia. From there our route will take us via Vioolsdrift to the Richtersveld. Leaving the Richtersveld will take us through the Richtersveld World...
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