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.
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.
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!).
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.
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!
Today we moved to Aloe Canyon, a private game farm near Swellendam in the Western Cape, which we’ll be using as a base for our explorations over the next few days.
Today was our final day exploring the Karoo National Park; tomorrow we’re moving to another destination (stay tuned to find out which!)
The Karoo National Park is such a harsh environment, and yet there is so much beauty on every scale!
A hot summers day in the Karoo National Park today delivered some more wonderful wildlife encounters.
The summer holidays are upon us here in South Africa and we Wild De Wets are starting off our trek through the Western and Eastern Cape with a few nights in the amazing Karoo National Park.
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