Amakaya Backpackers Plettenberg Bay

After a very long bus trip on the 'Baz Bus' from Cape Town, around 10 hours, I arrived in Storms River Village... a tiny village in middle of nowhere to be exact. I pretty much bypassed a lot of the 'Garden Route', unfortunately, due to lack of time. Most of the towns seemed to be beach towns: surfing, drinking, eating etc which I can...

When booking our accommodation for Plettenberg Bay, we wrestled to find the right place, for the right amount of time, within out price range. We really wanted to stay in Plett' for only 3-4 days. After some searching, we found Bella Manga on the internet. They are quite far out of town, but are rated 4-stars. Their photos were beautiful and the...

After not having the guts to jump the day before, we absolutely had to get back here to do it the next day!! And it's not even that bad... Actually it was kinda over before it started, at least when you jump you don't realize it yet... The funny thing is, that you jump off that edge, and suddenly all goes quiet... I was trying to see where I'm g...

So with much reluctance we left the beautiful town of Hermanus and continued on our voyage down the Garden Route. We drove along the coastline admiring all the wonderful scenery and were really struck by the beauty of the beaches and cliffs. It was especially striking when we drove down into the valley and saw the sandy beaches that lined the to...

Breakfast was a delight taken on the balcony looking out to the sea and the sun was out in full force. Who'd have thought that we'd had so much rain the night before, there was no sign of it! Back along the trusty N2. We stopped at Knysna Quays but after a quick stroll through some shops we decided that there wasn't much else to soo. Besides we ...

We drove south from Graaff-Reinet to Plettenberg Bay. At first the road was a normal tarred road but then according to the map there was a 40km stretch of untarred main road down to Plettenberg Bay on the coast. As we approached the turning to this "main" road we were dismayed to find that the road appeared to be closed which meant a 200km detou...

Just after I wrote my last email I discovered that someone had cloned my bank card when I looked on my online bank statements, so I spent an extra day where I was trying to sort that out – it took ages to call England to cancel my card and then I spent the morning in a South African police station which was fun! They managed to spend almos...

4 Days in Plettenberg Bay. The nicest place we have been so far. We arrived and stayed four nights in Nantando's Backpackers. I have to admit. The backpackers over here are on par with the hotels. In our money we probs pay the same rates but it works out as 15 euro each a night. The room has ensuite bathroom, television, coffee/tea, fresh towels...

I had ended my last log with me in Joberg that morning after flying back from the hunting lodge in Mozambique. I was picked up that morning by the Baz Bus and 7 other bright eyed backpackers. I only knew I was on my way to Cape Town some couple thousand miles down the coast. I had no plan on where to stop, what things to do, or how long to stay ...

Départ au petit matin, dans le van de Leslie et Mirjam, avec leurs deux chiens. Ils sont décidément très gentils (les gens, pas les chiens), et le trajet est plutôt détendu, compte-tenu de ce que je m'apprête à faire. Le temps n'est pas terrible (pluie et vent), ce qui n'est pas du meilleur augure. Mais à notre arrivée sur place, le temps se dég...