The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Leshiba Wilderness
Leshiba Wilderness was the third stop on the Blogitects' Limpopo road trip. Read about our first and second stops. Like last week, I don't know how to start writing this post because I don't [...]
The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Mapungubwe National Park
Mapungubwe National Park was the second stop on the Blogitects' Limpopo road trip. Read about our first and third stops. I've been procrastinating on this post about Mapungubwe National Park because I don't know [...]
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 [...]
Two Months in a Suzuki Jimny: My Review
Happy New Year! Thorsten and I recently returned to Joburg after an incredible 10-day road trip through Limpopo province. I have many stories to tell about that trip, but before I get into that [...]
Kings Walden: A Magical Hotel in the Mountains of Limpopo
It's been weeks since my stay at Kings Walden -- in Agatha, Limpopo, above the town of Tzaneen -- and I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to write about it. Perhaps [...]
Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge: An Art-Lover’s Paradise
I love Limpopo and I also love African craft art. So when I went to Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge -- a lodge outside Louis Trichardt in far northern Limpopo that promotes the work [...]
Ode to Limpopo
I spent seven days driving 1500 kilometres (about 1000 miles), mostly alone in my very tiny car, through Limpopo. An 800-year-old baobab tree above the Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge in northern Limpopo. I [...]
Mhondoro: Ultimate Luxury in the South African Bush
I have safaried in every possible fashion during my years in Africa. I've done low-budget camping trips, high-end tented camps, mid-range SANPark self-drives, river safaris, and walking safaris. You name it, I've probably done [...]
Cheetahs on the Hunt in Welgevonden Game Reserve
Over the recent long weekend I spent two days at Mhondoro Safari Lodge in the Welgevonden Game Reserve, which is in the Waterberg region of Limpopo. This trip amazed me in several ways, the [...]
The 2Summers Weekend Guide to Magoebaskloof
Last month I participated in a weekend-long Instagram trip to Magoebaskloof, a mountainous area in central Limpopo that includes the small town of Haenertsburg. We visited about a dozen amazing places in less than 48 hours; it [...]
Art Emerges From Dust on the Ribola Art Route
I drove on a wide gravel road, my little car rattling as its tires pushed over the corrugated surface. Dust billowed behind me. I was headed toward a tiny Limpopo town called Mukondeni, where I [...]
Chasing the Sunrise in Limpopo
Beautiful sunsets are easy to come by in South Africa. The light fades slowly through the afternoon, giving us plenty of time to prepare. The clouds are usually spectacular (except during the highveld winter, when [...]