About DeWetsWild

Thank you for joining us here at DeWetsWild!

We are the de Wets: Dad Dries, Mom Marilize and our son Joubert.

We have always had a great affinity for the wild outdoors and we’ve built our careers and family life around protecting, enjoying and showcasing the diverse natural heritage of the beautiful country we were blessed to be born in. We can put together a custom-made guided tour of South Africa for you, or you could join one of the tours we’ve already scheduled.  Even if you just need us to help you plan and book your own trip to visit to one or more of our wonderfully wild South African destinations, we’d be thrilled to assist! DeWetsWild is a proud member of SATSA – The Southern Africa Tourism Services Association – giving you peace of mind that your well deserved holiday in South Africa’s wild places is in capable hands.

Have a look at the wildlife and wild places we’ve featured here at DeWetsWild. If you are looking for photographs of beautiful South African scenery and wildlife to use in a project, please have a look at what we have to offer.

We’re really looking forward to meeting you and hope we’ll see you around here often. Come share our love for, and experiences in, South Africa’s spectacular wild places, from the smallest nature reserves to the biggest national parks, with us. You can follow along via e-mail subscription, Facebook or your WordPress account, and please feel free to join in and share your thoughts with us!

3 Years old: May 2013. Following an elephant at Tembe
5 Years old: May 2015. Kamberg tranquility with Mom.
6 Years old: June 2016. Antlions are so interesting! Satara, Kruger Park.
Catching ants to feed to the ant lions
Campfire in Dinokeng
Close to Mom at Golden Gate
Close to Mom at Golden Gate
Echo Ravine
Fun and games at Golden Gate
Fun and games at Golden Gate
Fun and games at Golden Gate
Royal Natal
Photographers in action at Royal Natal
Royal Natal
Giant’s Castle
7 Years old: April 2017. Low with the flow at Giant’s Castle
Joubert Cape Vidal July 2017
Happy family: Napi Wilderness Trail with my mother, sister and brother
Southern Tip of Africa
8 Years old: December 2017. Sunset over the Atlantic
De Wets at the Cape of Good Hope
Rowing on the Touw River at Ebb-and-Flow
In deep conversation on the suspension bridge at the Storms River Mouth
A flower among the flowers at the Cape of Good Hope – these white flowers are known as Cape Snow (Syncarpha vestita)
Making sense of the toposcope at the Valley of Desolation
Taking in the scenery at the Valley of Desolation
8 Years old: April 2018. Opening the gate at Haak-en-Steek Cottage in Mokala National Park
The Birthday Boy and his friends ready to go visit the lions
The Birthday Boy and his proud mom
Having fun at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park
9 years old: March 2019. Joubert photographing guineafowl at Thendele
Walking in Royal Natal
At the Cascades in Royal Natal National Park
Walking in the Mountains
9 years old: March 2019. Walking in the Mountains
Golden Gate Photographer
Joubert at Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary
9 years old: May 2019. Joubert at Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary
Joubert with good friends at Mahai in the Royal Natal National Park
Joubert interacting with an elephant at African Hills Safari Lodge, June 2022
Joubert eyeing a bull elephant at Tlopi Tented Camp in Marakele National Park
National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein
Tietiesbaai
West Coast Fossil Park
Just north of Bloubergstrand
Seal Tour, Hout Bay
Seal Tour, Hout Bay
Cape Point
Cape Point
Kirstenbosch

South African Blog Awards

Category: Best Environmental Blog

> Proud winners in this category in 2017 and runners up in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018

Category: Best Travel Blog

> Proud winners in this category in 2017 and 2018 and runners up in 2015 and 2016

384 thoughts on “About DeWetsWild”

  4. Rudi G. Aswan

    I enjoy reading your blog and couldn’t be more excited to know that your son is dedicated to wildlife too. I like to share your posts with my sons as they love animals in general. Thx a lot and big hello from us here in West Java, Indonesia.

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  10. Beth

    I have been here before, but each time I return, I see more and more of your giant catalog of creatures. Are you native to South Africa, or have you immigrated there? It is nice to see that your family is also dedicated to the work you do.

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  14. Oh, the Places We See

    Thanks so much for following Oh, the Places We See! We have admired your photography for quite a while now, and your posts on South Africa make us want to book another trip there soon. Best wishes for always seeing the beauty and the unusual in the world!

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  16. Yoshimiparis Photographie

    Hello (from Paris-France)
    It is by chance that I arrived on your site and I will follow it.
    You look like a traveling family and curious about the things of nature.
    I also like getting to know people from very different countries from mine and yours is a country where I would have liked a day to go.

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