Take a look back with us at the wonderfully wild South African places we visited in 2021.
Chalet 20 at Mountain Zebra National Park
Wide open spaces at Mountain Zebra National Park
Log Cabin #1 at Cape Vidal
Cape Vidal
Cottage 27 at Glen Reenen in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, March 2021
View from our cottage at Glen Reenen in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park
Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden, Easter 2021
Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden, Easter 2021
White rhino calf at the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, April 2021
Lion at the Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve, April 2021
Tent #10 (Loerie) at Tlopi Tented Camp, Marakele National Park, June 2021
Tlopi Tented Camp, Marakele National Park, June 2021, seen from Mbidi Loop
Unit #3 in Skukuza’s Nwaswitshaka Research Camp
Our little A-frame hut in the Sweni Wilderness Trails Camp
Lioness charging
Doornkop Chalet #12, October 2021
Doornkop Chalet #12, October 2021
Duck’s Den #3 at Nylsvley Nature Reserve, October 2021
One of the hides at Vogelfontein in Nylsvley Nature Reserve, with waterbuck in the foreground
Camping at Satara, Kruger National Park, December 2021
Satara Bungalow B50, December 2021 – January 2022
Waterbuck in a lush central Kruger Park, December 2021
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I really enjoyed your photos and this overview. Aren’t we fortunate to live in a country with such great escapes? I hope you all enjoy many more such escapes in the year ahead.
That is the honest truth, Carol. We consider ourselves truly blessed to live here. I hope 2022 will be treating you well also.
Hello Dries,
Wishing you and all your family a safe, happy and healthy new year!
Thank you for sharing some beautiful views of your country with us – it really made my day during some challenging times. Sincerely look forward to sharing more adventures in 2022.
All best,
Takami
You’ll always be welcome to join in our travels, Takami. Best wishes to you as well for the year ahead – may it be memorable for all the right reasons!
What a special year it was Dries! Thank you for sharing your beautiful photographs and we wish you and your family a blessed and happy New Year 🤗🎉🍀
And to you as well, dear Xenia!
Thank you! 😊
Looking forward to your 2022 adventures!
Thank you very much, Kathy!
Happy New Year! I’ll be looking forward to more of your photo journeys in 2022!
Happy New Year, John! We’d love to have you along on our journeys in 2022.
Hoe kies mens foto’s van al jou gunsteling plekke? Julle het voorwaar ‘n wonderlike jaar gehad! Ons is spyt ons het Cape Vidal gemis … en nou nog meer nadat ons jou foto’s gesien het! Glen Reenen was beslis ook een van ons gunstelinge.
Die mooiste wense vir 2022 … ons kan nie wag om te sien waarheen julle ons volgende vat nie!
Baie dankie! Ons wens julle ook vele gelukkige kilometers op ons land se paaie en staproetes in hierdie nuwe jaar!
Such a wonderful photographic journey! Looking forward to enjoying your adventures vicariously in ‘22! Happy New Year!
We’d be so happy to have you along Lori! Happy 2022!
It is good to look back on a year well spent considering the various restrictions brought about by the pandemic. My wish is for you and your family to continue with your adventures that keep the rest of us so entertained.
Thank you very much for all your kind words and support, Anne.
Being able to retreat to South Africa’s wild spaces has always been such a necessity for our mental and physical wellbeing, and under the current circumstances even more so.
May 2022 hold only the most beautiful blessings for you and your dear ones as well.
Dis ongelooflik om te sien waar julle oral was. Voorwaar n goeie jaar! Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar vir julle Dries! 🎉🎉
Baie dankie, Aletta. Alle voorspoed vir julle ook in 2022!
Dankie Dries
Just from the photos, you had a great 2021! May 2022 be at least the same if not better.
And to you as well, Hien – thank you!
Dankie dat jy al die name so by fotos sit. Dit maak dit lekker om te weet waar en wat dit is. Daardie klein rondaweltjie in Skukuza lyk baie soos die laaste keer se rondaweltjie waar ons as onderwysers geslaap het toe ons een jaar met die skoolkinders Wildtuin besoek het. Ons het in Pretoriuskop oor geslaap.
Die rondawels is so deel van die Wildtuin se karakter, is dit nie!?
Presies. Dis hoekom toe ek die foto sien moes ek net dit noem. Ons eerste besoek aan wildtuin was as ek onthou omtrent in 1954 en alles was nog heel regtig kamp kampe. Ons het altyd in Pretoriuskop gebly. Ons was in gelukkige posisie dat my ouers mense leer ken het wat bestuurder in Pretriuskop was daardie jare. HUl het dit vir ons moontlik gemaak om te gaan.
Wonderlike herinneringe!