Cintsa Beach Walk
It was another lazy Saturday afternoon in Cintsa. Tina was indulging in a siesta so I decided to take the dogs for a leisurely beach walk. One of the most appealing things about Cintsa is the pristine sandy beach that follows the curve of the bay for miles. Tina and I had noticed an astonishing […]
Bird Watching at Cintsa on the South African Wild Coast
I have been an avid birder for many years, in fact, since a family trip to the Kruger National Park in the Eighties where I identified my first bird. It happened to be an Arrow Marked Babbler. I don’t usually keep score and seldom make notes in my book as to first sightings or other […]
Tips for Campervan Traveling
When we started our year long campervan trip around South Africa, we were absolute novices. Neither of us had ever slept in a campervan, let alone driven one, until we spent a sum total of two nights in our van on a test run to Stellenbosch. So we had to rely on our years of […]
Cintsa Tides
While staying at Cintsa Bay on the Wild Coast of South Africa during February and March, I was fascinated by the rock formation and erosion of the Table Mountain Sand Stone caused by the wave action in the tidal zone. I decided to explore the process visually using a combination of time lapse photography and […]
Addo – Canadian Grizzly Meets African Elephant
The Addo main camp underground hide was the perfect spot for sundowners. We were joined by our new-found globe trotting campervan friends, Claude and Heygett, from Montreal. The old classic G&T combo was definitely on as the ambient temperature was still up in the mid twenties, and you can never go too wrong with this […]
Addo – In Search on Panthera Leo King of the Jungle
Dawn broke overcast and cool, the cloud cover low and threatening early morning rain. We managed to get to the gate by six fifteen. There to meet us was our old friend, the bespectacled “Little Tyrant” who enquired as to when we might be back and reminded us that he ended his shift at midday, […]
Addo – Hanging with the Hefalumps
I can’t believe that I have lived “down the road” from this fantastic national park for almost twenty years and this is my first visit. Addo is definitely worth the 9 hour trip from Cape Town. And if you happen to live anywhere on the Sunshine Coast, it would count as a sin not to […]
Nguni Photo Shoot
The first time I heard of Nguni cattle, I was staying in a cottage on the Reenendal Road outside Knysna and preparing to ride the annual Rotary 50km mountain bike cycle ride. The farm we stayed on had recently bought a small breeding herd that roamed the paddocks. All I can remember was the stunning […]
Hobbiton… no… Hobshobbit… no… Middle Earth… YES now we talking…
I just had to share our recent experience…OMG…it was just soooooo funny Hogsback, although small, has lots of interesting roads that lead to ……….well we were soon to find out. We had consulted with our GPS first, it told us down this dirt road, led to a forest, we wanted to take the dogs for […]
Take a hike on the Hogside
I was invited to go for a hike along the famous Amatohla trails that surround Hogsback on what used to be called Boxing Day by new camping friends Mike and Judy from Cape Town. After helping with chores around the campsite, I pulled on my boots, one thing I did remember to pack and prepared […]
Cintsa Beach Walk
It was another lazy Saturday afternoon in Cintsa. Tina was indulging in a siesta so I decided to take the dogs for a leisurely beach walk. One of the most appealing things about Cintsa is the pristine sandy beach that follows the curve of the bay for miles. Tina and I had noticed an astonishing […]
