A Night at Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge
After our recent stay at Kruger Untamed, Thorsten and I spent a night at Kruger Shalati, a.k.a. the Train on the Bridge. I was VERY excited about this experience. I usually avoid the term [...]
Four Nights at Kruger Untamed
People often ask me for advice about where to go on holiday in or around the Kruger National Park. I'm always unsure how to answer because the options are endless. But I usually present [...]
A Mid-week Escape to Magaliesburg: Sima Kade
Thorsten and I had been wanting to stay at Sima Kade Bush Retreat, an eco-lodge in the foothills of the Magaliesberg Mountains, for ages. It was on Thorsten's radar because of the architecture; Sima [...]
Three Beautiful Hikes in the Central Drakensberg
I've already written about our roadtrip to the central Drakensberg and how nice it was to unplug during our seven-day stay there. But I haven't yet told you about the spectacular hikes we took. [...]
4 Days at Santa Nature Reserve in Dullstroom
This is a quick photo story about a fantastic long weekend we recently spent at Santa Nature Reserve, a privately owned nature reserve/fishing estate in Dullstroom. Dullstroom is a tourist town in Mpumalanga province, [...]
Valentine’s Weekend at the Donkey Dairy
Last weekend, Thorsten and I celebrated Valentine's Day at the Donkey Dairy. This was kind of an accident; we generally don't go out of our way to recognize Valentine's Day as a couple. But [...]
Hunting for Fossils in the Cradle of Humankind
I recently learned a bonkers statistic: Around 40% of all of the hominid fossils ever discovered were unearthed in the Cradle of Humankind. In other words, close to half of all the known fossils [...]
Hiking the Drakensberg’s Spectacular Tugela Gorge
The Drakensberg Mountains fly under the radar in South Africa's tourism scene. Everyone goes to Cape Town and the Kruger and the Garden Route, but the Drakensberg doesn't often make it onto that "must-see" [...]
Ezemvelo: Great Hiking Close to Joburg
Those of you who follow me on Instagram may have noticed I've been hiking a lot lately. I've always loved to hike. But for some reason -- maybe because I now have a car [...]
The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Marakele National Park
I am way behind in publishing this final installment of the Blogitects' December Limpopo roadtrip. (Read the first three installments here, here, and here.) Marakele National Park was our last stop on the journey [...]
The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Magoebaskloof
Magoebaskloof was the first stop on the Blogitects’ Limpopo road trip. Read about our second and third stops. As I mentioned in my previous post, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. the Blogitects) took a 10-day road trip [...]
Greylene the Suzuki Jimny Hits the Road
For those of you who didn't see on social media already, I bought a car. Her name is Greylene and she is a 2022 Suzuki Jimny. Greylene and me in front of a weird [...]