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Mkuze
Travel Blogs from Mkuze, South Africa
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King prawn hunt
This is a top pick! Click here for all St. Lucia photos Up nice and early to go and see an Indian Ocean sunrise. Very nice in the misty beach with the fishermen Silhouetted along the shoreline. Later we did a really good boat trip out on the St. Lucia ...
Peed on by a serval cat at Emdoneni
This is a top pick! ... Town, but passable. We then continued up the N2 through lots of eucalyptus plantations to Isinkwe, a place rated the best backpackers in South Africa by Lonely Planet. We saw Red Duiker on the way up the driveway, surely a good sign. I have to say it ...
Lost in False Bay
This is a top pick! Click here for all St. Lucia photos Said goodbye to Max, the friendly Jack Russell and headed off to False Bay to see if we could be more successful with the hiking. The first trail we started on was the Dugandlovu Trail. No maps, no trail ...
Dumazulu village and misinformation
This is a top pick! Click here for all St. Lucia photos We decided to head out to Fanie's Island in St. Lucia to do a hike. Spotted a few nice looking crested guinea fowl on the way out of the driveway. These guys look like they have mohicans - very nice ...
Cape Vidal, back on safari
This is a top pick! Click here for all St. Lucia photos Back on safari, well sort of, we drove through the Tewati Wilderness area up to Cape Vidal. Although lots of big game had been reintroduced here, we did not see much. We did however see lots of female kudu, ...
Exploring Imfolozi without a 4x4!
This is a top pick! ... . True. True) How many did you score? Please see the pics for a more accurate summary of my foray to the south. Imfolozi really is stunning, and all the better that parts of it are inaccessible to humans. Wilderness never really sounded so ...
No wildlife in St. Lucia!
This is a top pick! ... I can go back on the other side of the swamp? I'm sure I saw a track. Let's get out of here. So I carefully drive south, watching for the turn off for the 20km swamp drive. There it is. OK. I approach the dirt track with care. Two concrete lines have ...
Why is it so COLD?
This is a top pick! Why is it so COLD? We have been freezing for what seems like forever. We wear jumpers and hats and scarves during the day, jumpers and hats and scarves during the night. I haven't seen my feet for weeks, as they've had layers of wool to keep them on ...
Fig Walk
This is a top pick! Lots of bridges and figs makes me happy. Kind of like Indiana Jones but with more elephant poo. Only one puncture on the way home and life is ...
Journey to the Centre of Africa
This is a top pick! Somewhere between heartbreak and happiness lies the centre of Africa, and I was on my way back. But this time I was alone and approaching from a different side. (For my first visit see the entry on 24th June 2005) There are two routes to Mtubatuba from ...
Getting my hands dirty
... project is a rare and interesting glimpse into the hard work that such people do to make a positive difference to wildlife here in Africa; wild dogs are actually very rare to spot, but I've so far had sightings of them almost every day, let alone ...
Mseleni, week 2!
hey life is gooooooood here guys, its been a great week with a great breakfast to round it off. at 7am (med students, doctors & family) we drove down to lake Sibhaya (you can find it on google earth) with food, stove, coffee, banana bread n all sorts of ...
Mseleni, Mozambique, Mabibi...
... a hectic night at a bar jst along from our hostel & fell asleep to the sounds of waves crashing... It was strange being in Africa with people who looked and spoke Portugese & funny to hear everyone saying Ciao again. South African's seem to be Afrikaans, ...
It seems like a good idea ...
... stories about past parties, and potent pineapple beer, so we're ready to let our hair down. Today is also our last day at Mkuze camp and it seemed strange to be packing up - I've gotten used to the surroundings and it almost feels homely. Tomorrow we'll ...
Ouch.
Woke at 6.30am with the smell of pineapple beer in the air and a distinct hangover. The created-at-camp beer - all 35 litres of the stuff, was emptied by the group, including myself, and we quickly discovered that it was pretty strong stuff. The braai ...
Just your typical day ...
... to catch and transmissions from the collars of cheetah, wild dog or elephant. It's been anything other than dull however. Africa, it would appear, is a little like nature's playground; the landscape is a mesmerizing mix of rolling hills and mountains, ...
Minus the make up
As I sat in the back of the Land cruiser this morning, hoodie firmly on with hood over my head to keep out the cold, hair less than groomed and questionable dirt under my nails, it dawned on me that I haven't worn make up in over two weeks now. Unless ...
Last few weeks of Mseleni Paradise
... 8 month old child. It had literally turned the child to mush. I don't know but I'm guessing the mother died too. South Africa, a third world country masquerading as first-world... but the same could be said of the U.S, especially looking at what came ...
Just a normal day ...
A very rainy and cold start to the day today. We woke to the tail end of thunder and lightning, leaving only the rain to accompany our journey out of camp. Being cold does not make me the most pleasant of people, so it was a quiet ride as we made our way ...
A test of stamina
... at camp until it's fixed, if in time for this evening. If not, we can look forward to having a brae tonight - a proper South African barbeque - around the campfire. Sat around the campfire to the sound of bats in the air after a more eventful ...
Safari day one
... . It was amazing! So real quick description of the camp.. it is in the middle of a game reserve so like basically the Africa you think of with wild animals and such and I saw more bugs than i ever knew existed and creepy crawlies like scorpions... yeah ...
Hide and seek
Up with less difficulty then yesterday and out into the bush at 5.30am, in plenty of time to witness another stunning sunrise. After a full week of fruitlessly hunting for the elusive elephant, we practically ran into one at long last as it mooched ...
Safari day 3
... stuff but it was a really great time even though we didn't get to sleep much . It was so beautiful to see the wild animals of Africa and just God's glory proclaimed through creation. I had so much fun with my new friends here and I will try to put up some ...
Safari day two
... because they wouldn't get their lazy butts out of the water :( Did you know though that hippos are the number one animal killer in Africa?? Yeah! you would think it would be lion or something... but nope if is a hippo! I would also like to add that ...
Kingdom in the sky to king of the jungle
... up was a mini miracle I feel. Jeremy skillfully drove the landrover back down, we departed from Lesotho and re-entered South Africa (where I got to stamp my own passport because the adorable passport control officer couldn't make the 2012 show up on the ...
Spot the leopard ...
... to the country club where the match was to be played, I remembered my location once more. To me, this is real Africa; the wildlife, the people - it's a completely different world. We passed traditional homes, perched high up in the hills above roaming ...
St. Lucia -- Wetlands
I just love doing this trip with an engineer. The 'Menubesprechung' is over and a 'poetjie' has been decided on...Gerds (who is joining us for three days on this leg of the trip) and I are just returning from the 'larder' with all the veg and other ...
Smitten kitten
... and a nice kitchen is homely; I'm a sucker for creature comforts. And the cats? We were spoilt with cheetah sightings at Mkuze, but this evening we learnt that we're sharing our camp with a friendly caracal. The cat has obviously been hand raised and ...
A surreal first day
... to the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding scenery; expansive mountains covered in greenery backdrop to my stereotypical vision of Africa: flat topped trees and golden long grasses. Leaving a tarmac road for one less travelled on we readied for our ...
The start of something different
... at Johannesburg airport domestic departures for my flight to Richards Bay and the start of my next six weeks in South Africa. I'm joining a volunteer animal project, tracking and monitoring endangered animals. I start in Mkuze, a wildlife reserve that ...
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