by 2summers | Sep 6, 2024 | KwaZulu-Natal
Our recent visit to St. Lucia was a stop along the way to the final destination of our KwaZulu-Natal road trip: Mtunzini, a coastal town off the N2 highway, where we spent five days hanging out on near-empty beaches and wandering through tropical forests. A kilometer...
by 2summers | Aug 27, 2024 | KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves
St. Lucia, the tourist town along South Africa’s northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coast — not to be confused with St. Lucia the Caribbean island — has near-mythical status among South Africans. The town is completely surrounded by iSimangaliso Wetland...
by 2summers | Mar 7, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves
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” tourist itinerary. Even I’m...
by 2summers | Aug 12, 2022 | Emotions, KwaZulu-Natal, Lodging, Roadtripping
I just returned to Joburg after a week in Leisure Bay, a seaside community on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. I went there to escape Joburg’s cold, dry winter, and also to work on my memoir, which has been languishing for several months. The name “Leisure...
by 2summers | Jun 7, 2022 | Food and Drink, KwaZulu-Natal, Lodging, Roadtripping, The Blogitects
Before reading this post, read Part 1 and Part 2 of the Blogitects’ Excellent (Mis)adventures. After our double-tire-puncture fiasco, Thorsten and I were stranded at the entrance to the Tembe Elephant Park (about an hour from our accommodation in Kosi Bay.)...
by 2summers | Jun 3, 2022 | KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves, Roadtripping
Before reading this post, read Part 1 of the Blogitects’ Excellent (Mis)adventures. Thorsten and I woke up early on Friday morning, eager to explore the Kosi Mouth beach and estuary. Amangwane Camp sits right beside the entrance to the nature reserve, run by...