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Travel Blogs from Karoo, South Africa
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Beaufort West- Williston- Calvinia- Lamberts Bay
... the mountains of Swartberg and those of Langeberg. To see indigenous animals we made a visit to BONTEBOK NATIONAL PARK, about 6 km south of Swellendam. This 2786 hectare park is home to a population of about 2000, even 3000, Bontebok. We also discovered ...
Cape Town
... and it felt like a holiday not travelling. Left Cape Town this morning to continue our tour up to Johannesburg and visited the Southern most point of Africa. Tomorrow we are off to ride Ostrich's and climb through caves. Should be a ...
Karoo National Park
Over night stop on the way back to Cape Town. Went walking in the National Park up to a view ...
The Big 5 Safari
... of the male lions at dusk (bone chilling), the highlight of our overnight safari was our tour guide Timothy, who grew up in South Africa, and spent his youthful years roaming the very lands Aquila occupies today. We have never met an individual ...
Wine, Wine, Wine and Safari
... ordering Roses while I am out to dinner, the blend is refreshing and sweet, and I love it! Situated in the Karoo region of South Africa, Aquilla is a private game reserve, where my friends and I took an over night safari this past Tuesday and Wednesday. ...
Into the Karoo
... an artistic exploration or an insight into someone's state of mind - but I enjoyed taking some arty photos! We experienced a beautiful Karoo sunset and seemingly kept driving into the middle of nowhere, although we did pass an ostrich farm. We could ...
No TV. No Internet. No Problem
... champagne and refreshing face cloths. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included at the lodge and the menu consists exclusively of South African cuisine. We started our day with breakfast around 10:00 a.m. and were then led to our mushroom looking ...
Dined on Ostrich
... here so mornings and evenings are quite chilly. We were well bundled up and on our way in hopes of spotting the big 5 in Africa which is considered the rhino, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and lion. We were up close and personal with all five species rather ...
Freezing in the Desert!
We had a cooked breakfast this morning before heading out for a 'safari walk'. The wildlife here was the smaller things, plants, insects, grasses. I have to say not particularly that interesting for me and it was also very very windy and cold. I think ...
Desert Mountains
We have been traveling through the diverse landscape of South Africa at quite a lick. Our tiny rental car has been put through its paces as we "off-road" in pursuit of the flora and fauna of the Cape countryside. We reluctantly pushed on from the wine ...
Little Karoo Safari
... first for many weeks, and my fav food!) and pumpkin and veg. ummm! had some of the traditional dessert which i had in mamma africa, its called Mulva if i didnt already say. so after lunch we drove back to capetown and i thought to myself time for bed but ...
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