Travel Blogs from Sabie, South Africa
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Side trip to God's Window
DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 420 Temperature : 20 degrees Weather : Mixed Change of plans. We decided to come up to Sabie to see some of the awesome scenery in the area and take a trip into Kruger National Park rather than go straight to Mozambique, since we ...
Lower Sabie, Kruger
... off, I have had it with you.' We back off, wait till he moves away and drive through: fast ! The most fatal accidents in South Africa are caused by rhinos. They are heavy, muscled, surprisingly fast and their nose is lethal. And, next thing we know: we ...
Into the Wild
... at the edge of the waterfall watching all of us go one by one. This is where I had my first brush with crime in South Africa. Someone stole my shoes. I had left them out to dry from the river earlier that day. We met some Finnish ...
God's Window and the Motorbike Kid
... . It's also the place where Art and I met up for a few days of traveling together, as well as a Kruger hiking safari! Sabie the town isn't very interesting, but there were a few funny moments: 1) at a pancake house, a biker gang (Harley's, ...
Pit stop in Sabie
mWll, the lonely planet guide said it was worth visiting... and... what can I say. For an Australian, Sabie was the kind of place you visit from Sydney or Melbourne when the weather forecast says its the only place within 200km that has good weather. The ...
Sabie
... in Merry Pebbles. While we still had sunshine we quickly headed down to the Sudwala Caves. These are meant to be the oldest caves in South Africa, and they were pretty cool. We got a 45min guided tour through them which I'm glad we did as there was no way ...
Last day in Kruger
... for the Drakensburg. We went through the towns of Hazyview, Graskop and we ended up staying the night in the town of Lower Sabie. We got to stay in a self-contained log cabin for R100 each- bargain basement. Venessa simply asked for a lower price and ...
Helping - cont'd and drive to Sabie Park
... them instructions). They had to redo the packing when my cousin came back. Finally at about 2 we headed off to Sabie. The road was mostly long and hot. It was interesting to travel with four 13 and 15 year old boys. ...
Adventures in Sabie
... reading this - cheers for the beers!). The it was early to bed ready for the following morning's whitewater tubing down the Sabie River. For those who have never tubed, imagine sitting with your bum squashed into a larger version of those swimming aid ...
Relaxing at the bush house
... seldom have the more dangerous animals such as lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, hippos, rhinos, etc do not often get over to the Sabie side. That evening the boys put on a braai for us and we had lamb, chicken, sausage, steak as well as ...
Animals - and things that go bump in the night
... it was an enjoyable afternoon as we drove, again through the ever grey bushland looking at: hippos and cormorants lounging in the Sabie River, baboons in trees and on the ground in family groups, zebras in the ashy control burn areas, ground hornbills ...
You Want Me To Do What?
Day 12: Sabie, South Africa Point of Entry: at some random restaurant in Sabie. When: November 25th, 2007 - early evening. The decision to drive from Jo'berg to Hazyview last night ended up being a great decision. We would have ...
Drakensburg Mountain Range - Picturesque.
... Zimbabwe Monument, which was unknown to us. Hoedspruit is near the top end of the Drakensburg Range which stretch south into Lesotho, our goal was to reach Sabie by nightfall. We set off into the mountains and were taken with the green tinge to the rock ...
Auf der Panorama-Route durchs Hochland
... ! Zurück beim Auto bezahlen wir unseren privaten, überteuerten Parkwächter und fahren schnell LOS in Richtung Sabie! Innert 4 Autostunden erreichen wir über den Long Tom Pass (2150m!) den kleinen, charmanten Ort Sabie. Dieses Bergdorf ...
Sabie, Josh and Kirsty on the road alone!
... set out alone armed only with a road map and 4 Affrikanns words to tackle our road trip. about 4 hours saw us at Sabie, and in true south african style when we arrived at Floreat they had no idea we were comming! they allowed us a room, saying they would ...
Where the wild things are ...
It's not a comfortable looking country, South Africa, with its razor wire, thorny acacias, fields of bristling wheat stubble, gray-black fire scarred earth and dusty poverty. Driving out of Johannesburg (parts affluent suburbs crouching behind "[Insert ...
The Panorama Route
Hi All, Have just had b/fast in the Fig Tree Restaurant in Sabie, and are about to head off on the Panorama Route. Weather is in the high twenties (9am). Safari is over now and its down to the sightseeing. Mountains, Canyons, Valleys and ...
Sabie
25 auf 26 Juni: Freitag Abend wurde ich dann von Björn und seinen Freunden abgeholt, um weiter nach Sabie zu fahren. Das dortige Hostel bot sogar einen beheiztes Jakuzzi, das sich in der folgenden Nacht als sehr wichtig herausstellen sollte. Mitten in ...
Die erste Lodge im Busch
... haben - geplanter Check in im Böhm`s Zeeederberg 14.00. beschließen wir noch die Mc Mc Pools zu besichtigen. Zurück nach Sabie, kurzer Stopp beim Spar-Supermarket - ein kleiner Burger für Andrea, Getränke und etwas zum Naschen und auf der R536 ...
Sabie adventuring
... 'Kloofing', ‘The swing’ en ‘Caving’. Om een uur of 9 verzamelden we ons bij de balie van Sabie backpackers. Kloofing (of Canyoning) komt hier neer op het volgen van een beekje, dat een hele kloof heeft uitgesleten. De kloof ...
Is it?.
Rugby tonight! We're at the Woodsman Restauarant and Pub to watch the game. In case you don't know, South Africa's Springbok are playing England for the world championship. Everyone's dressed in green and gold...Erik's happy! We think ...
Aankomst Sabie Backpackers
... dan stoplichten, dus prima systeem, als je er wat aan gewend bent. Na 2 en een half uur komen we aan in Sabie, een logging-town (pijnbomen) en adventurelocatie. Sabie backpackers is een vrij groot terrein aan de hoofdstraat. We komen aan rond 7en, dus ...
Better than we had dreamed
... 31. After driving through the town of Hazyview, Dave commented that an oncoming car had flashed his lights. "Wonder what that means in S Africa?" Turns out, it has a universal meaning. This we found out as we were pulled over by a traffic cop. Doing 80 in ...
Kruger camp
One of the camps in the Kruger that is being stripped of character and totally being commercialised ...
Day 3
Good morning South Africa. It's a cold morning in Pilgrims today. Woke up early. Had some coffee to wake the bones!! Off to breakfast now then wonder the town. Going to some awesome waterfalls today. God's Window also planned and Bourke's Luck. Then ...
Sabie
Nos alojamos en un bungalou bastante apañao, con piscina que no disfrutamos mucho, cama elastica que la metemos mucha caña (y que risas!) y lo tomamos como base de ataque para disfrutar un poco ...
Cambodia - Photos, Part One
Here are our Cambodia photos part one, In this album we have coastal towns of Sihanoukville, Kampot & Kep as well as a few Angkor Wat photos. I am having trouble uploading pics so more to follow as soon as we can. ...
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