by 2summers | Jul 4, 2017 | Eastern Cape, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves
We tiptoed along as the sun lowered behind us. The wind howled. Tendai pointed ahead and we could just make out the body of a large animal with three small, spotted heads bobbing around it. The body, we would later learn, was a kudu carcass. The spotted heads belonged...
by 2summers | May 31, 2016 | Limpopo, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves, Townships/Informal Settlements
Once upon a time, the Makuleke people lived on a triangle-shaped piece of land, bordered by two rivers, at the intersection of three countries. The land was beautiful and fertile, with a huge diversity of animals and the mightiest trees in the world. This...
by 2summers | May 26, 2016 | Limpopo, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves
The Pafuri Triangle — a piece of wilderness in the very northern corner of South Africa’s Kruger National Park — is a land of giants. The trees are huge. The animals are huge. The beauty of the landscape is beyond comprehension. This elephant looks...
by 2summers | Jun 23, 2011 | Limpopo, Parks/Nature Reserves
A big thank you to travelgurus.co.za and Wilderness Adventures for making this blog post possible. Last weekend I visited Kruger National Park, the largest park in South Africa. This wasn’t just any old Kruger safari, either. I went to the remotest and most...
by 2summers | Jan 28, 2011 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, North West, Parks/Nature Reserves
It was a beautiful afternoon in Pilanesberg, a game reserve two hours from Joburg. Joe, my mother, and I, along with our safari guide, Chris Green, were driving slowly behind a large bull elephant. The elephant was ambling down the center of the road and there was no...