by 2summers | Feb 2, 2022 | KwaZulu-Natal, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves
A couple of weeks ago, I complained to a friend that I never have good big cat sightings when I go on safari. (I know it’s an absurd thing to complain about. But I’m a travel blogger in South Africa, after all.) The very next day, I received a last-minute...
by 2summers | Jan 7, 2022 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Parks/Nature Reserves
I last blogged about the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve, a huge Joburg City Park on the south side of the city, more than 11 years ago. I don’t normally like to blog about the same place twice but I think it’s time for a Klipriviersberg refresher....
by 2summers | Aug 8, 2019 | Western Cape
Early Monday morning I sat on a camping chair in the desert outside a town called Oudtshoorn, watching a family of meerkats emerge from their burrow as the sun came up. The meerkats hung out for a while — stretching, sunning their little bellies, scanning the...
by 2summers | Jun 25, 2019 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Limpopo, Parks/Nature Reserves
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 first of which was how close Welgevonden is to Joburg (about two-and-a-half...
by 2summers | Dec 12, 2017 | #Gauteng52, Johannesburg Day Trips, Parks/Nature Reserves
Welcome to Week 50 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit the Marievale Bird Sanctuary. I don’t have my own set of binoculars yet. But perhaps it’s...