Fri 21st Dec It is lovely to have cool weather again. As we wind down to the end of our trip we prefer to give the drought stricken areas a miss and just concentrate on our favourite Salietjie S30 road.…
Snippets of Kruger History Prompted by my interesting visit to the Skukuza Museum this morning, I thought that you may enjoy some snippets that caught my eye. James Stevenson-Hamilton (S-H) originally came to SA with the British army after the…
Wed 19th Dec That great camp Satara which is usually our favourite has not been at its best. With no sizeable rivers in the area heat and drought restrict one’s options and so we are pleased to pack up and…
Mon 17th Dec We meet Gareth and Sarah at the gate at 4.20am and bid them our fond farewells. They have both been absolute stars on the trip and we wish them safe travels on their way back to Ballito.…
Satara Sat 15th Dec The rain clouds have disappeared completely as we make our way southward to our favourite Sweni Road (S126). We pause for coffee at the start of the road waiting for the sun to rise at 4.55am,…
Lower Sabie Thurs 13th Dec Today is our last day at Lower Sabie before moving to Satara tomorrow. We are third in line today and, oh dear, both lead cars are heading, like us, to Salietjie. We just let them…
Lower Sabie Tue 11th Dec One cannot stay at Lower Sabie and not travel the beautiful Nwatimhiri road (S21). The rain has stopped and even though the cold south wind is still blowing, the cloud is high and we head…
Lower Sabie Sun 9th Dec With a bit of a drizzly start we let Gareth and Sarah catch their breath and we leave camp at 5.15am. After the heat of the past month today is a dream. A cool but…
Lower Sabie Fri 7th Dec Given the drought we are loathe to venture away from the Sabie River. So at 4,30am we leave the camp gates and wander up the river road to the Lullaby Rocks (Lubyelubye) where we have…
Bergendal – Lower Sabie Thurs 6th Dec Yesterday evening was dark and thundery with large storms to the north. For our final drive at Bergendal we go out to the Matjulu water point noting the flooded streambeds from Tuesday evening’s…
Biyamithi Wednesday 5th December 1Km out of the gate at 4.30am and a tour bakkie alerts us to a leopard and cub walking some 80m off the road. It is too dark and far and they quickly disappear anyway. We…
Kruger Park – Caravanning with Renette and myself 5 Nights Bergendal, 8 nights Lower Sabie and 9 nights Satara. 1st – 23rd December 2018. Early December is a favourite time for us to travel in Southern Africa. The rains have…
Family Matters The primary objective of the trip is to join David (our second son) and Steph for the dedication of their daughter Sophie on Sunday, 21st October 2018. This will give us time to be with the family in…
We enter the Park at 15.30pm and book into our Manyane timeshare where we will be spending four nights. Because we are here for such a short period, we have travelled up in the BMW which, with its low clearance…
About Pilansberg Pilansberg is situated about 150Km northwest of Johannesburg and is about 50,000ht in extent – similar in size to iMfolozi in KZN. Up until its proclamation in 1979 as a game reserve, it had been farmed with cattle…
Day 15. Saturday, 1st September Callum spends his last night in the caravan with us. Whilst Dave and Steph pack up, ready for their trip to Jo’burg, we go to Sunset Dam at 6am where we enjoy a still…
Day 14. Friday, 31st August At this time of the year and in these dry conditions it is a good tactic to merely travel up the Sabie River road (H4-1). Certainly all the game is heavily concentrated along the…
Day 13. Thursday, 30th August Salietjie (S30) beckons but this time we are by ourselves. We coffee next to a few ellies before setting off up the road. But again it is only when we meet the Sabie…
Wednesday, 3rd October DAY 14 We leave Modimolle at 4am so as to avoid the Gauteng traffic. We time it just right as the cars are beginning to clog up as we slip through. We are soon on the N3 to…
Tuesday, 2nd October DAY 13 Last night was the coldest night of the trip and I sleep fitfully. Warming quickly in the rising sun, we break camp and leave Tantebane at 7.30am. We thread our way through a quiet Francistown and…