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Touring the Garden Route and Wineries
(Feb 05 '06)
Once we hired a car, we took off to Stellenbosch, about an hour from Cape Town. Stellenbosch is a university town, similar to some cities we have visited in Nova Scotia. On each street corner, ...
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A quick tour of South Africa plus pix
(Oct '06)
This South African Explorer was a bit of an experiment, but having really enjoyed the coach trip in the middle of my New Zealand adventure, I was sure that an escorted tour was the best way that a ...
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South Africa - Hermanus and the shark diving
(Aug 13 '06)
Frank writes - On the way to Hermanus we were to stop at Gouritz River bridge where the world’s highest bridge swing is (65m).
The day was perfect. When we arrived we looked down on this great ...
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We left our lodge near the Drakensbeg Mountains just after eight to travel well over two hundred miles to Glenthane Lodge in Mpumalanga province. Here we were a two hour ...
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South Africa - Oudtshoorn and ostriches
(Aug 10 '06)
"The Ostriches are in the paddock under starters orders!"
So, having seen Cape Town, the intrepid adventurers headed inland!
This journey began with a heavy heart. We had arranged, unknown to Bebs and ...
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Crocodile Hunting
(Oct 21 '06)
"Oh look, a wind farm! .................No Naomi, those are palm trees!"
Well, it's fair to say that internet access has been just about non-existent since the last update, so there is a lot to squeeze ...
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(Nick's Story). It was a fantastic 4 days with the family in Sabi Sabi. Bill had done the research and chosen the Bush Lodge at Sabi Sabi and it is fair to see that it ...
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Our Oveland Adventure Begins - The Safari
(Dec 10 '06)
""We were in true safari vehicles - just like you'd picture in the movies!""
We left Cape Town and headed for Johannesburg to meet up with the other travellers on our overland adventure. Friday night, ...
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Driving the "Garden Route" to the SPECTACULAR Tsitsikamma National Park,
(Feb 22 '07)
"Our Canopy Tour, however, was the absolute most stunning thing!"
After a day off to regroup from our great Oudtshoorn day trip, we set off for a six day adventure along the "Garden Route" of South ...
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Cape Town
(Jan 25 '07)
Cape Town is of the most scenic cities I've ever been to. The backdrop of Table Mountain and the surrounding ocean encourages constant picture taking! On our first full day here we took it easy on ...
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Recent Blogs for South Africa
Botanic Gardens venture...
(Jul 13 '08)
On Sunday, we traveled by taxi to the Durban Botanic Gardens! This is where the child’s eyes really came out…so many trees, plants, fruits and birds that we could never see in North America. We had ...
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Tracey arrives to Durban...
(Jul 11 '08)
My trip began at 6 am Thursday. I flew into New York and then off to South Africa. There was a three hour delay in New York, but the pilot made great time and I didn’t miss my Cape Town ...
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Oudtshoorn Outings
(Apr 01 '08)
"Oudtshoorn first impression was the best yet and it definitely lived up to it"
Oudtshoorn first impression was the best yet and it definitely lived up to it, after the loss of the mobile phone, we ...
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