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…
Monday, 1st October DAY 12 Today we begin the long trek home. After enjoying coffee at sunrise, we begin packing up which at this stage of proceedings we can almost do with our eyes closed. By 7am we are ready and…