En Route from Knysna to Gqberha (Port Elizabeth) on the Garden Route, there are a number of worthwhile stops. On the recommendation of a friend, we decided to stop at Tsitsikamma National Park. The park is known for its dramatic coastline and secluded beaches which contain a dense interior of indigenous forests. It is not …
The Garden Route is one of the most famous road trips in the world. National Geographic describes the Garden Route as “a serendipitous combination of world-class beaches, iridescent lagoons and indigenous forests interspersed with welcoming towns, and a simple, scenic, ocean-hugging highway”. Knysna is a town about a third of the way along the Garden …
The Airbnb that we stayed at in Knysna is called the Pool House and it is located on Leisure Island. We stayed only two nights at the Pool House though we could easily have stayed for many more. We arrived late after dark the night before, so it wasn’t until we were awakened by the …
right side of the car and traffic keeps left. Instead of the usual mindless activity of driving on the side you are used to, driving on the opposite side requires a bit more focus and takes some getting used to. We left Cape Town in our new wheels – a Mercedes V-class 8-seater van. The …
EY has been looking forward to her birthday for months. She was thrilled to be celebrating her birthday in South Africa because this is the home of her former teacher, Ms. S, whom she adored. For the past few days, we had been thinking about how to make her birthday really special in this place …
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Table Mountain is one of the most recognized landmarks in South Africa. It is a flat-topped sandstone plateau formed over millions of years, approximately 3 km from side to side, that overlooks Cape Town. The highest point on Table Mountain is 1,085 meters above sea level. Table Mountain is a World Heritage Site and is …
While we were staying at Mara Moja, we came across a small library of children’s books. Many of the books are myths and stories from Kenya and other parts of Africa. We all enjoyed reading the stories and wanted to share some of them with you. Rand reads “Tricky Tortoise” Amber reads “HANDSOME HOG” DEAN …
We spent our last day on the Kenyan coast in Mombasa. Mombasa has historic significance as the oldest city in Kenya (est. 900 AD) and the first capital of British East Africa before Nairobi became the capital in 1907. It has been a historic trading port for hundreds of years and has been under the …
From Mara, David drove us to Nanyuki. The 10-hour drive was long and at moments treacherous because of the inclines around the Great Rift Valley and the muddy, unpaved roads that are virtually unnavigable without a four-wheel drive. We stopped a few times for bathroom breaks and again to have lunch at a lovely place …
One of the main reasons that we chose to make Kenya our first stop was to see the Great Migration. The Great Migration is the largest annual migration on the planet where over 2 million herbivores, mainly wildebeest, migrate in a clockwise direction from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara in Kenya (Jan …
