Two Days in St. Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal
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...
The Blogitects Roadtrip to Augrabies Falls
As mentioned previously, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. “the Blogitects”: one blogger + one architect) recently got back from a roadtrip to the Northern Cape to celebrate my 50th birthday. I had never properly explored the Northern Cape, South Africa’s...
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” tourist itinerary. Even I’m...
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 that can take me to any hiking trail in South Africa — I’ve started...
Heather Mason
I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.