Country Info
- Pretoria
- Capital
- Rand (ZAR)
- Currency
- 43,586,097
- Population
- ZA
- Country Code
Nelspruit Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Nelspruit, South Africa
Moholoholo Rehabilitation Center + my first Rhino
This is a top pick! We get an early start with a cold outdoor shower followed by a simple yet tasty breakfast. Everything is done at a snails pace here and I'm quickly taken by this relaxed mindset. My alarm, set to Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds' wakes me up ...
Arriving at Kruger Park
This is a top pick! After a solid breakfast at the hotel, we are picked up and whisked away to our safari! We sleep basically the entire ride out (almost 6 hours) but are kept awake for the last hour or so after picking up a swiss guy named Richard. He's absolutely ...
Full day safari
This is a top pick! Jen showers first and I run out of water (both hot and cold) after about 15 seconds of icy cold water. This sucks on so many accounts but mostly because I'm not even close to clean to begin with and I wind up with soap in my hair! I try three ...
Panoramic Tour from Nelspruit
This is a top pick! ... to take care of some regular day-to-day stuff (buying groceries, updating blog, getting $) and also to find plane tix from Nelspruit to Port Elizabeth. We asked Bella where in Nelspruit to take care of these things and she pretty much put a big "X" ...
Happy birthday, Elise
This is a top pick! ... today, today, we pick up our new car at the airport and drive to Nelspruit, 100km from the Mozambique border. Checking out of the hostel (which we do recommend, it was fun) we ask the reception the best way to the airport and they send us to their ...
Well my friends the new year is here and ...
... experiences. I'll share just a few. My Christmas time off was a mixture of joy and sorrow. Joy - I visited friends in Nelspruit; saw some of Swaziland (had pit-roasted warthog for Christmas dinner - delish); saw crocodiles and hippos in St. Lucia; had ...
kampf mit den wilden tieren
ich war im krüger nationalpark u habe eine 2tages safarimitgemacht. es war super schön. man ist morgens um 6 mit dem auto losgefahren u abends um 5-6 wiedergekommen. untewegs haben wir ziemlich viele tiere entdeckt. gleich am ersten tag begegneten wir ...
2010 World Cup Accomodation
... and Cape Town will let you experience our beautiful sandy beaches and the option of going on whale and dolphin watching cruises. South Africa produces some of the best wines and our resorts will take you into the heart of the wine regions through green ...
Happy Easter!
Just saying hi. See our video message taken by our mobile phone so quality may not be great and sound ...
Lions and Tigers and Bears.. Well, Lions anyway...
... it made me realize that I live a pretty sanitized existence, when it comes to food and death. I'm running out of time at this Internet cafe.. so I'll spare you the verbal slide show. Africa is great.. I'll try to get you more stories ...
The edge of Kruger Park, South Africa
We had a 2 hr flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg & then took a rental car to Nelspruit. I didn't want to book the first night in Kruger because you can't drive inside the park after dark (5:30pm in June or July). If our flights were delayed we ...
The Jolly Roger's Farm
Nelspruit. I didn't quite know what to expect when we headed towards one of the more popular farming areas of South Africa. I had always associated farming as being old school but I had a very pleasant surprise ahead of me. The drive towards Nelspruit ...
Drakensburg Escarpment
The fourth day of our tour we drove through the Drakensburg Escarpment region, which has absolutely stunning landscapes. Unfortunately it was a very foggy and wet morning when we drove up to God's Window, a beautiful lookout point. All we saw was a wall ...
Kruger
... a herd of elephants, we each proffered permission to express our emotions as they came. The predominant emotion thus far is celebratory as we sit in an internet café in Nelspruit, headed for Swaziland and who knows what. Catch you on the ...
I've got a bit more time on the net before ...
I've got a bit more time on the net before I leave today. We accompanied volunteers in KoboKweni (A black township) near here during their home visits. They visited the homes in order to give information pertaining to HIV/AIDS, TB and STD's. In ...
In transit in Nelspruit
... a direct bus to Maputo in Mozambique, and this is where we planned to see in the New Year. So far, our traveling in South Africa had gone very smoothly but we ran into a few difficulties in arranging the Nelspruit-Maputo connection. First of all, ...
Nelspruit and Church
... me a drink and just talked about his work and asked me a lot of questions about the US, my faith, and what I was doing in South Africa. He muct be one of the most passionate and humble person I have ever met. I really enjoyed talking with him, ...
Flight to Jo'burg and driving on towards Kruger
Got the rental car no problem, a Chevy Spark! aka the pinto. We discovered the fuel gage is broken so have to keep an eye on the odometer. ...
South Africa World Cup Football Accommodation
... , specialty shops, curios, cell phones, and access cards will be provided. Take advantage of the special opportunities provided by the Africa Ubuntu and make your visit to the World Cup contest in 2010. If you are fortunate enough to have the opportunity ...
Resa norrut!
... weekend, som blev looong weekend. Kom plotsligt pa att Hlengiwe, TV-preogramledaren, bjudit in mig till sitt foraldrahem i Nelspruit, i nordostra hornet av landet. Samtidigt kan jag passa pa att titta forbi i Williams nya hemtrakter just norr om ...
Kruger Park...
So we are not officially out of South Africa yet - because of visa reasons we had to spend a week near the border before we entered into Mozambique... We've just been right over the hill from Kruger National Park here in the Mpumalanga Province, its ...
Nelspruit, South Africa
... between Jo'burg and Cape Town while continuing to move in the same direction. So this ticket is how I came about being in Nelspruit. I have a tour tomorrow in Kruger National Park. I will stay 1 day and 1 night. I should be able ...
Funky Monkeys
Neslpruit was about a 4 hour drive from Joberg and we arrived at our hostel at 13:00. We were about an hours drive from Kruger Naional Park and the hostel had their own private lodge there where they took you on safaris through the park... We decided to ...
I arrived for ojt here in nelspruit ...
... group (16 education and 16 NGO/business develoment) have been spread throughout this province. There are 9 provinces in the Republic of South Africa. Look on the net and you'll see that I'm very close to Limpopo Province (formerly the Northern Province) ...
Moz to South Africa - police and prostitutes
... bunk below as i climbed into mine. This prompted more drunken apology, which was met with a chorus of disapproving grunts. SOUTH AFRICA (wild animals and wilder stereotypes) I inevitably slept through the alarm the next day and woke at 6.57 for ...
Parc Kruger
Pour faire le parc Kruger, c est facile je suis passer par un tour. Mais, si c etait a refaire je le ferai moi meme, car le Kruger c est tres facile, on peut faire soit meme un safari avec un voiture ordinaire sur des routes bitumees voir les elephants, ...
A Big Thanks to Toto and Grace
... ; The taxi ride to Nelspruit was very scenic and we were amazed how vibrantly green the African landscape is. Once in Nelspruit the taxi driver dropped us out the front of the Formula One hotel as per Toto’s instructions. When checking ...