Category Archives: Western Cape Province

A room with a view, please!

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We’ve arrived at Agulhas National Park, the next stop on our summer itinerary.

This is our home for the next two nights.

Jealous?

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Dashing in Black-and-White

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This morning we visited the colony of African Penguins breeding at Boulders Beach in Simonstown, the historic naval town located south of Cape Town on the coast of False Bay.

African Penguin at Boulders Beach
Colony of African Penguins at Boulders Beach
Colony of African Penguins at Boulders Beach

Of course we’ll share more about Boulders, and the African Penguin, when we return from our holiday!

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The fairest Cape of all

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According to Sir Francis Drake, a famous 16th century English admiral, the Cape of Good Hope “is a most stately thing and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth“.

We couldn’t agree more.

We’ve arrived at the next destination on our summer holidays: The Cape of Good Hope in the Table Mountain National Park.

De Wets at the Cape of Good Hope
8 Years old: December 2017. Sunset over the Atlantic
Cape of Good Hope

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Right where it belongs

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The beautiful Gemsbok is just one of several antelope species that find sanctuary here at the Karoo National Park, and is one of the most frequently observed large mammals out on the reserve’s extensive network of drives.

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Surrounded by great open spaces

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We spent our day in awe of the Karoo’s rugged beauty 

 

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And we’re off!

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Good evening from the Karoo National Park in South Africa’s Western Cape Province – the first stop on another epic adventure in South Africa’s wild places for the Wild de Wets!

 

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Sea

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Summer’s heading our way here in the southern hemisphere, and many South Africans are looking forward to their holidays at the seaside. The rugged, rocky coast at the Storms River Mouth, in the beautiful Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park, is a particularly popular destination for many.

The Sea

“Sea” is the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge this week

World Oceans Day

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Every year, people and organisations around the globe celebrate World Oceans Day on the 8th of June. It is a day to contemplate the life sustaining role of the earth’s oceans for us humans and the life forms with which we share the “blue planet”, and we’re encouraged to commit to ways to limit our own individual negative impacts on this vital resource.

This photograph shows a small portion of the Tsitsikamma coast in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa’s oldest marine protected area.

World Oceans Day

The Forest

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We don’t have many true forests in South Africa, and over the years much of the forests that there was has fallen to man’s greed. Luckily, some of the remaining forest patches today enjoy protection in national parks and nature reserves. Pictured here is a giant Outeniqua Yellowwood Tree that towers almost 40 meters high and a must see for anyone visiting the Tsitsikamma Forest in the Garden Route National Park.

The Forest

We’re participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com‘s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s challenge is “The Forest“.

The Beach

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I’ve wonderful childhood memories of Swartvlei Strand (Beach), in the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park, near the town of Sedgefield in South Africa’s Western Cape Province. The unique rock formation some distance from the beach has always been fascinating to me, resembling a male lion lying down, looking out over the Indian Ocean.

The Beach_Swartvlei Strand

The Beach(2)_Swartvlei Strand

We’re participating in the online adventure travel and photography magazine LetsBeWild.com‘s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s challenge is “The Beach“