The Hideaway

10 Hermanus Steyn Street, Swellendam, Western Cape, 6740, South Africa | 4 star b&b

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Boring day of driving.

A travel blog entry by travellingadam

Another early start, need to be on the road by 8. Unfortunately it is a very dull day, though supposed better ran roasting with my 6 hour drive ahead of me.

I get an early breakfast and check out the fabulous Grootbos. There are loads of people in the reception milling around for the early morning, I debate staying for a while and joining …

Whale Watching

A travel blog entry by eldonsteeves

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From Hermanus we drove to Swellendam. It was a beautiful two-hour drive with endless fields of wheat, lots sheep and cows. This has to be one of the major farming regions in all of South Africa. The grain elevators were huge. They even store grain on the ground horizontally covered with heavy plastic. There were rows and rows of stored grain on the ground. Eldon guessed right away what it was. ...

Now at 14,000 Kilometers

A travel blog entry by 1life

May 17 Swellendan 300 KM We are now in the Western Cape Area of South Africa. We were told to expect Rain at this time of year in the Cape Town/Western Cape Area; and sure enough, it is raining.

Weather has been unbelievably good for the last 3 months, so a couple of weeks of rain is no big deal.

We have now travelled 14,000 Kilometers. Should be close to, if not over 15,000 before we return to ...

Our journey to the Klein Karoo

A travel blog entry by charlotteandben

We landed in Cape Town and had a pleasant surprise to find ourselves with a pretty decent car rental, a Toyota Corolla, more or less brand new too. We had a bit of a drive ahead of us so it was nice to be pushed up a class for the drive. We were heading for Oudtshoorn, a little town in the middle of a desert where most farms are farming ostriches. Oudtshoorn holds a yearly ...

Resting!

A travel blog entry by ian.jane

Didn't get very far... 80k from home, stayed a few days with friends in their private secluded 'nest'... wonderful... and wrote chapter 15 of 'No View From the Grave' .. my latest ripping yarn! Now finally on the road, heading for Prince Albert.
Ian
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