de Wets Wild

Thank you for joining us here at “de Wets Wild“!

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’re pleased to meet 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.

Have a look at the wildlife and wild places we’ve featured here at de Wets Wild.

If you’d like to acquire high resolution copies of images posted on de Wets Wild, or would like the Wild de Wets to visit your special corner of wild South Africa, please use our contact page to get hold of us.

You can follow us via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter 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

Echo Ravine

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

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

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

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369 thoughts on “About de Wets Wild”

Sylvia Bacon www.mycolorfulexpressions.com May 18, 2019 at 5:45 pm

I enjoyed looking at all of your nice pictures!

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de Wets Wild Post authorMay 18, 2019 at 5:55 pm

Thank you Sylvia – these are some very special memories for us!

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Beth March 1, 2019 at 3:44 pm

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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de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 1, 2019 at 5:02 pm

Thank you Beth.
We de Wets have been proudly South African for nearly 330 years now!

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1. Beth March 1, 2019 at 5:24 pm
  
  To show you how perceptive I am, I thought that de Wet was your last name.
  
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  1. de Wets Wild Post authorMarch 2, 2019 at 2:57 am
    
    And you were spot-on!
    
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lizamroux January 2, 2019 at 6:16 am

I love your welcome page.

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de Wets Wild Post authorJanuary 2, 2019 at 9:37 am

Thanks, Liza!

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1. lizamroux January 3, 2019 at 6:10 am
  
  I am working on a Facebook Community for outdoor bloggers, a place where we can connect,support and collaborate. It is still small, but you are welcome to join. 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1638771322889890/
  
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  1. de Wets Wild Post authorJanuary 3, 2019 at 10:34 am
    
    Thanks, Liza!
    
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Raj September 20, 2018 at 5:54 am

Wonderful blog glad to find you here!

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de Wets Wild Post authorSeptember 20, 2018 at 6:21 am

Wonderful to have you join us, Raj – welcome here!

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1. Raj September 20, 2018 at 7:43 am
  
  Thank you! 🙂
  
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Abrie Joubert August 17, 2018 at 10:10 pm

Jou seun het ‘n pragtige naam Dries 🙂

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de Wets Wild Post authorAugust 18, 2018 at 3:41 am

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Baie dankie, Abrie! Joubert’s vernoem na my oorlede Pa, in trotse herinnering.

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Oh, the Places We See June 11, 2018 at 3:18 pm

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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de Wets Wild Post authorJune 12, 2018 at 3:34 am

Thanks guys! We really hope you’ll come visit SA again soon!

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1. Oh, the Places We See June 12, 2018 at 4:06 am
  
  I hope Morocco isn’t our last African trip. Would love to see SA again!
  
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wildlife-reporter May 29, 2018 at 10:43 am

Excellent work, wonderful blog! Never give up, wildlife has never been more endangered than it is today!

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de Wets Wild Post authorMay 29, 2018 at 11:07 am

Thanks very much for the kind support and words of encouragement!

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Yoshimiparis Photographie May 26, 2018 at 7:24 am

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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de Wets Wild Post authorMay 27, 2018 at 4:29 am

Welcome here, and thank you so much for your kind words. We’d love to share our country’s wild places with you!

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