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Wilderness Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Wilderness, South Africa
Bayside Beauty
This is a top pick! ... been fairly low on the activity front but relaxation was what we were after so this was wind down time. We headed into Wilderness for dinner and ate at a bustling Italian called "Pomodoro". Waiters all looked like surfers and our's forgot our starter ...
Wilderness National Park
This is a top pick! ... small town of "Wilderness" is surrounded by many rivers and natural lakes and lagoons. It makes itself home next to the "Wilderness National Park" a great spot for water sport enthusiasts, who flock there regularly. As you can see we went canoing on ...
The Africa Centre, KwaZulu-Natal
This is a top pick! ... the researchers who are responsible for coordinating the local healthcare. It is a hard task. Many of the people who go to the Africa Centre would otherwise be hours away from the nearest doctor by car and days away by bus, if the fare could be ...
Final destinations
... . We had planned back when we were at the orphanage together to do the Garden Route (an area along the southern coast of South Africa), and had finally set a date to see one another. I arrived at the Beach House first. This hostel had been ...
In the Wilderness
... Cape Town as I had done everything I wanted to and am so ready for some chill out time. I was recommended to come to Wilderness as it's a great place to chill out by the Indian Ocean but also has lots to offer; kloofing, canoeing, hiking, horse ...
Fun Waves
(unfortunately, my camera and pictures were stolen in Jeffrey's Bay, and so I have none to ...
Wilderness
(unfortunately, my camera and pictures were stolen in Jeffrey's Bay, and so I have none to ...
Garden Route
After 5 days camping along the coast and one inland in the mountains it's nice to be "camping" in the yard of a hostel. After leaving the Cape Peninsula we drove around False Bay and spent our second night just outside of Hermanus, which is known for ...
In the Heart of Zululand
... shops in search of the makings of dinner and found it difficult. It is near impossible to buy chicken fillets here (in South Africa). Its rare to find fresh vegetables such as carrots, broccoli and cauliflower and hard to find stir fry or pasta sauces. ...
Happy Christmas from the Wilderness!
... swimming pools, swimming in the sea, sunning ourselves and generally have a great time in one of the loveliest parts of South Africa. Before I get into what I've been doing I really wanted to say what a wonderful country South Africa is. It ...
luxuary in the wilderness
... . it is right on the beach and there is a great deck just outside the window where we sat most of the afternoon. Wilderness itself is a bit strange , just a small cluster of shops and restaurants and loads of guest houses. Milo bought another new pair of ...
Wilderness
... , it's not always easy to get to a computer to update on things. Bomba and I are currently in a pretty little town called Wilderness which is in the Western Cape of SA. A little grey today, but we have a lovely en-suite room with balcony overlooking ...
travel angel earns a promotion
... to PE was really nice too - like the roads I traveled from Rouxville to Nieu Bethesda, you were able to understand why South Africa is such a huge country but with only 40 million inhabitants, due to the vast, empty areas that stretched from ether side ...
.... and we're off!! Day 2 of our SA adventure
... holiday. Monkeyland Birds of Eden At this point we were getting pretty tired and decided to move on to Wilderness and check into Shining Waters Guest House . Wilderness is a beautiful coastal town stuck right in the middle ...
Étrange pays Zulu / Weird Zulu land
... de niveaux. ---------- Leaving Nelspruit and the Kruger, the bus was heading towards Swaziland, and little kingdom completely locked deep in Africa. I though it would be nice to visit a bit, but the bus timetable was lousy and I either had to leave on ...
Shit happens
... , endlich von dem Zeug weg zu sein. Seit dem fruehen Nachmittag bin ich jetzt im Beach House Backpackers in Wilderness. Wilderness (zu deutsch - Ueberraschung! - "Wildnis") liegt an einem wunderschoenen Strand und ist einer der vielen Ferienorte an der ...
Hippy Cars on the Garden Route
Still having an amazing time here at the Beach House. We hired a car yesterday and had a great day. A little longer than planned, but a lot of fun. The car we have is a VW Beetle (really old) and is a creamy colour with lots of flowery ...
Last days in South Africa
WILDERNESS (GARDEN ROUTE) I spent a day in Wilderness, a small town at the base of the Garden Route, to break up the journey back to Cape Town and also in truth because i had been a little uncharitable with my views of the Garden Route and thought i ...
The Garden Route
... . From here we drove to a beautiful little port town called Knysner and then on to Jeffrey's Bay. Jeffrey's (a.k.a. The Big J) is South Africa's best known and most powerful surf spot - they host a World Championship event here every year at it's ...
An Unexpected Mountain Top Hot Spot
... a tiny town and a few up market guest houses, this place is dense bush, mountains, beaches, lakes and lagoons. Once again South Africa has pulled out all the stops and put on a cabaret of stunning natural beauty. The Wild Farm Backpackers is where ...
Armed Guide Bush Hiking part 2!
Same as last entry...it's all about this pics!! "Hiking in the bush through Kruger park with an armed guide is really best explained by photo! We awoke before sunrise, hiked through the bush for 3-5 hours, returned to camp for lunch, then went ...
The Perfect Day, Part II
... caps that would slam themselves violently against the rocks and throw mist way up into the air. Our destination was a place called Wilderness National Park. We arrived right as the dew was starting to dry from the grass and the day was heating up. ...
Into the Wild
... driving back down that road so yes!” We settled in and immediately started cooking ostrich chili. There was a TV with DVR (South Africa is amazing!) and so we sat mesmerized and watched Sex in the City. It was a glorious- but slightly frightening- ...
mmm ... guiness
... than any creature I've ever heard, and there are odd insects everywhere. There are these little cricket-like bugs all over South Africa that sound just like popping Snapple caps. It's freaky, especially those couple of nights when I was dumb enough to ...
Eshowe
... no matter what language the African people spoke whether it be Zulu, Xosa, or Afrikaans they all seemed to pronounce KFC perfectly. South Africans love their chicken. By the way, Xosa was definitely the coolest language that we tried to learn on this ...
the real Zulu experience
... worn shoes for 1 1/2 years, the last time being his sister's wedding. It is not uncommon to go around barefoot in South Africa, but not for that long!) The locals there are extremely generous and friendly (and love to take shots) and ...
Canoeing to a waterfall
Today was another big travelling day as our bus ticket expires today and we are still nine hours from Cape Town. But before we got on the bus we decided to canoe to a waterfall. This is one of the activities advertised at our youth hostel, and we ...
Garden Route
Tripje met S10 langs de Garden Route. Dagje in Knysna, Wilderness en Oudtshoorn, inclusief olifantjes bezoeken en ...