Tag Archives: nature

Summer Trek – Wilderness, 23 December 2024

We’ve arrived safely at our next base – the Ebb-and-Flow Rest Camp in the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park – though our initial explorations were severely curtailed by intermittent rain showers.

Summer Trek – Aloe Canyons, 22 December 2024

Today was our final full day camping on the game farm Aloe Canyons near Swellendam. Tomorrow we’re moving our camp eastwards, to the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park.

Summer Trek – Stony Point & Agulhas, 21 December 2024

A terribly wet and windy morning saw us heading westwards, to the ever popular African Penguin colony at Stony Point Nature Reserve in Betty’s Bay.

Later, after a hearty lunch in the hamlet of Baardskeerdersbos, we headed to the Agulhas National Park and Africa’s southernmost point (enjoying it in much better weather than we had at the start of the day!).

Summer Trek – De Hoop Nature Reserve, 20 December 2024

We spent today at one of the most beautiful and diverse conservation areas in our country, the wonderful De Hoop Nature Reserve! More about De Hoop here.

Summer Trek – Bontebok National Park, 19 December 2024

We spent most of the morning exploring the Bontebok National Park, which is located just about half-an-hour away from where we’re staying at Aloe Canyons. Bontebok is a very special little reserve of which we are very fond and as always she delivered very nicely indeed!