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...
Quiver Tree Forest – Namibia
I am busy working through the pictures taken during our December 2018 Namibia trip to select pictures for our trip report which will be coming soon. In the process I came across the sunset pictures taken in the Quiver Tree Forest plus minus 14 kilometers north-east of...
Our New Travel Companion
In our last Blog entry (November 2017) we told you that we have plans for changing/enhancing our camping setup. We also held you in suspense with the promise to tell you more about it on our return from the Namibia/Richtersveld tour. Well we are back, and we have made...
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...
The trailer top tent
During December 2009/January 2010 we did a trip through Botswana and the Caprivi with friends. Us with the trailer and dome tent and our friends with their trailer and a trailer top tent. As soon as we arrived home it was back to the drawing board, the trailer top...
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 – How did we start
We started camping with a large “Luxury” caravan, a double axle Sprite Sunway with two doors. A caravan of this size and weight required a powerful towing vehicle and for this we used a Land Rover Discovery with a V8 engine. The caravan was equipped with almost...
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.
2016 – Easter long week-end trip report
Preparations for our trip Gerida and I normally have a rule that we do a longer trip over the December/January period across border, and a shorter trip through South Africa over the Easter period. This year (March/April 2016) our trip took us through the Natal...
Royal Natal National Park – Northern Drakensberg
The Royal Natal National Park in Northern Drakensberg boasts some of the most splendid mountain scenery in Africa.
Basiese Paklys
Basiese Paklys In 2006 toe ons begin het met ons Afrika toere, het ek dié lys in een van die Weg tydskrifte gekry. Met die jare het ek dit so effe aangepas (ons vat nou die helfte minder goed saam op vakansie as desjare), maar die basiese items bly nog belangrik....
Magorgor Safari Lodge
Magorgor Safari Lodge is a holiday and overnight accommodation near Musina in the Limpopo province.
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