Article: Hugo Leggatt If you had been sitting on the Wilderness dunes in late August 1788 (nearly 230 years ago) it is unlikely that you would have seen any other people. Certainly there would have been no houses and no roads, no bridges over the river. There might well have been buffalo and elephants near […]
Malgas se Pont. Laai jou voertuig op ‘n vlot en sleep hom oor die rivier. Nee, ernstig! Baie mense het al gehoor van die pont by Malgas, maar hoeveel het al uitgery en gaan kyk hoe lyk dié kruising van die Breede Rivier? Glo my, die uitstappie is die moeite werd. As as jy dit […]
I often speak about hiking in the Garden Route, mostly because it is one of the most picturesque places to hike in. Day rambles, or even a couple of hours are quite doable in the area, just pop into a SANParks Office and collect a brochure of the region, it’s that simple. The walk I […]
If there is one thing that will keep you busy in the Garden Route of South Africa it will definitely be the hiking. Now I don’t mean pack a backpack and head out for 3 days, no, you simply grab a day pack and head to the forest, rivers, fynbos dunes or beaches. Make sure […]
‘n Ware Borgward-entoesias is die ou wat weier om in ’n BMW te klim! In die Klein-Karoo het ons destyds net Fords en Chevs geken. Maar hier rondom 1957 het ’n vindingryke ondernemer op Uniondale, ene mnr. Keller, ’n groot, nuwe, diamantvormige kenteken van gebakte emalje in swart, wit en rooi op sy voormalige fabriek […]
So a bunch of us decided to head for the Swartberg Mountains and spend the weekend soaring with Veraux Eagles in this edged mountain pass. Staying at the very comfortable and affordable Wilgewandel Holiday Farm chalets that is nestled in the foot hold of the pass and offers a variety of activities and eats, but […]
There is increasing evidence that the coastal plains of southern Africa were the early home to modern man, Homo sapiens. From here some would have moved out of Africa, ultimately to people the world. Others remained here and their descendants became the hunter-gatherers known to us as San or Bushmen. Figuratively, they trod lightly on […]
Moeg van op die strand lê? Die Suid Kaap het soveel meer om te bied! Hier is ‘n paar voorstelle vir die dag wat jy dalk iets anders wil doen. Ontmoet vir Bain: Thomas Bain was die seun van Andrew Geddes Bain. Hierdie pa en seun het in hulle tyd in Suid Afrika vele asemrowende […]
“Stop die horlosie!” Ons ouers lesers sal onthou hoe Scot Scott destyds uit helikopters gespring, oor berge geklim en in riviere geduik het op die TV program Skattejag. Dit was ‘n gejaag teen tyd om die skat op te spoor. Gelukkig hoef jy nie in die stokperdjie geocaching enige van die dinge te doen as […]
When you toil in Gauteng, and you are a motorcycle enthusiast, your nearest scenic road is at least half a day away. Pick any direction and you have to travel at least two to three hundred kilometers to get clear of the smoke and the taxis. Not so when you ride around the Garden route. […]