Tag Archives: picnic spots

Summer Trek – Mountain Zebra, 6 January 2025

We arrived safely at the final stop on our Summer Trek itinerary: Mountain Zebra National Park.

Summer Trek – Addo, 5 January 2025

Our final full day at Addo Elephant National Park was cool and overcast – a massive change in weather from the extreme heat we experienced two days ago. With the cooler weather there was also much less activity at the waterholes.

Summer Trek – Addo, 4 January 2025

We’re still having a wonderful time exploring the Addo Elephant National Park!

Summer Trek – Addo, 3 January 2025

The 3rd day of the new year was very, very hot and the animals – especially the elephants – congregated in enormous numbers around Addo’s waterholes to quench their thirst and cool off in the mud.

 

Summer Trek – Addo, 2 January 2025

Happy New Year, everyone!

We’ve resumed our summer travels through the national parks and reserves of the Western and Eastern Cape and find ourselves at the Addo Elephant National Park this evening. In the little time we’ve spent here already today the Park has certainly lived up to its name!

Summer Trek – Tsitsikamma, 28 December 2024

Our final day at Storms River Mouth in the Tsitsikamma was mostly spent hiking around the forest and along the coastline. From tomorrow we’ll be visiting with Marilize’s parents so we will be quiet for the next few days until our travels pick up again early in the New Year.

Summer Trek – Tsitsikamma, 27 December 2024

Today was one of those days at the seaside where you needed every type of clothing from a sun hat to a rain jacket!

Summer Trek – Tsitsikamma, 26 December 2024

We’ve moved base again, this time to the Storms River Mouth Rest Camp, in the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park. We’re enjoying a prime view from our seaside campsite.

Summer Trek – Wilderness, 25 December 2024

Merry Christmas, Everyone! We had a lovely summer Christmas Day out in nature here at Wilderness. We hope that, if you celebrate the holiday, that you had a blessed time with friends and family too wherever you are.

 

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.