Parks/Nature Reserves (Category) - 130 posts

The Wilds, a beautiful park near downtown Joburg, has come a long way since my first blog post about it in April 2016. Help reclaim the Wilds this Sunday.

This weekend I attended the "Land That Never Forgets" exhibition at Rhodes Park in Kensington. I decided this park deserves its own #Gauteng52 post.

Four interesting things to do in the Kruger that have nothing to do with spotting game. And also some other random Kruger tips.

Even if you've never noticed a bird before in your life, it's hard to avoid getting infected with bird fever in the Kruger National Park.

I’ve just come back from a week with Ray and his family in the Kruger National Park. I’m not sure where to begin writing about it. This was an …

I spent a weekend at Samara Private Game Reserve and saw more cheetahs up close and personal than I'll ever see again. Plus one aardvark.

The Tswaing Crater, on the border of Gauteng and Northwest Provinces, is the site of a 220,000-year-old meteor impact and is now a nature reserve.

Every year in March, the green field of Delta Park explode with pink and white cosmos flowers. This is the South African version of autumn leaves.

Freedom Park, just off the highway in Pretoria, is a national monument dedicated to all South Africans who have died fighting for freedom.

In the first week of my #Gauteng52 challenge, Ray and I went hiking on the Hennops Trail north of Joburg. We met several cows and a donkey.

An account of my visit to the Global White Lion Protection Trust, and some thoughts on the conservation of white lions in South Africa.

I visited Pafuri Camp in the Makuleke Contractual Park, and experienced the area's beauty while also learning the history of the Makuleke's forced removals.