Lower Sabie 13-14th Dec

Lower Sabie Thurs 13th Dec Today is our last day at Lower Sabie before moving to Satara tomorrow. We are…

Lower Sabie 11-12th Dec

Lower Sabie Tue 11th Dec One cannot stay at Lower Sabie and not travel the beautiful Nwatimhiri road (S21). The…

Lower Sabie 9-10th Dec

Lower Sabie Sun 9th Dec With a bit of a drizzly start we let Gareth and Sarah catch their breath…

Lower Sabie 7 – 8th Dec

Lower Sabie Fri 7th Dec Given the drought we are loathe to venture away from the Sabie River. So at…

Bergendal – Lower Sabie Thu 6th Dec

Bergendal – Lower Sabie Thurs 6th Dec Yesterday evening was dark and thundery with large storms to the north. For…

Biyamithi Wed 5th December

Biyamithi Wednesday 5th December 1Km out of the gate at 4.30am and a tour bakkie alerts us to a leopard…

Bergendal Dec 2018

Kruger Park – Caravanning with Renette and myself  5 Nights Bergendal, 8 nights Lower Sabie and 9 nights Satara.  1st…

Family Matters

Family Matters The primary objective of the trip is to join David (our second son) and Steph for the dedication…

Pilansberg 22nd-26th October

We enter the Park at 15.30pm and book into our Manyane timeshare where we will be spending four nights. Because…

About Pilansberg

About Pilansberg Pilansberg is situated about 150Km northwest of Johannesburg and is about 50,000ht in extent – similar in size…

Saturday, 1st September DAY15

Day 15.    Saturday, 1st September Callum spends his last night in the caravan with us. Whilst Dave and Steph…

Friday, 31st August DAY14

Day 14.    Friday, 31st August At this time of the year and in these dry conditions it is a…

Thursday, 30th August DAY13

  Day 13.    Thursday, 30th August Salietjie (S30) beckons but this time we are by ourselves. We coffee next…

Wednesday, 3rd October  DAY 14

Wednesday, 3rd October  DAY 14 We leave Modimolle at 4am so as to avoid the Gauteng traffic. We time it just…

Tuesday, 2nd October  DAY 13

Tuesday, 2nd October  DAY 13 Last night was the coldest night of the trip and I sleep fitfully. Warming quickly in…

Monday, 1st October  DAY 12

Monday, 1st October  DAY 12 Today we begin the long trek home. After enjoying coffee at sunrise, we begin packing up…

Sunday, 30th September  DAY 11

Sunday, 30th September  DAY 11 A howling east wind develops during the night but fortunately we are all in one piece…

Saturday, 29th September  DAY 10

Saturday, 29th September  DAY 10 Later during the night we hear the unmistakeable grunts of a leopard close to what should…

Friday, 28th September  DAY 9

Friday, 28th September  DAY 9 I did make a list of the bird species that I would like to photograph whilst…

Thursday, 27th September  DAY 8

Thursday, 27th September  DAY 8 Before sunrise we set out southward through truly impressive woodland. At Kennedy 1 Pan, the trees…