Category: South Africa

South Africa is our home country, and in our opinion, the most beautiful country in the world. It is also the most misunderstood country from a travel point of view. Many people feel that the country is unsafe or disease ridden – well we’re hoping we can change that perception and get people travelling our beautiful country and enjoying it for what it is – the most unforgettable destination in the world!

Elephant mother and calf in the Kruger National Park

Nothing Hazy about this View: Hazyview The gateway to Kruger National Park and more

Posted Bevan Langley1 CommentPosted in Mpumalanga, South Africa, Ultimate South African Road Trip

Hazyview is generally known as a gateway town to the Kruger National Park. However, after a few days exploring the town and its other surrounding regions, we discovered that there is quite a bit more to Hazyview than meets the eye. (Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for our latest travel videos!) Getting to know Hazyview Hazyview is […]

Getting to know Graskop: The Fanie Botha hiking trail and more

Posted Jill Langley6 CommentsPosted in Mpumalanga, South Africa, Ultimate South African Road Trip

The small towns of Graskop, Sabie and Pilgrim’s Rest in the Kruger Lowveld region of Mpumalanga, are all situated in close proximity to each other. While there isn’t much distance between them, each town does have its own unique charm and appeal. Much like Sabie, Graskop has a plethora of beautiful natural sites like walking […]

Sabie: The land of falling water

Posted Jill Langley3 CommentsPosted in Mpumalanga, South Africa, Ultimate South African Road Trip

The Kruger Lowveld region of Mpumlanga has some spectacular scenery. The area around Sabie, Graskop and Pilgrim’s Rest in particular form part of the Panoramic region and one visit to this area will explain why. Bevan and I recently spent some time adventuring through this area. (Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for our latest travel videos!) The […]

Thomas in the convoy of 4x4s in the Makhonjwa Mountains

Barberton: Adventure fever in gold-rush country

Posted Stray Along The Way2 CommentsPosted in Mpumalanga, South Africa, Ultimate South African Road Trip

Barberton in the Kruger Lowveld region of Mpumalanga isn’t a place that we were too familiar with before this trip. The only time we had ever heard about it before was on the daily weather forecast. Apart from its tendency to be partly cloudy with the occasional afternoon thundershower, we really didn’t know what to expect […]

Nyamiti Pan in Ndumo Game Reserve

Ndumo Game Reserve: 10,000 hectares of awesomeness

Posted Stray Along The Way2 CommentsPosted in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Ultimate South African Road Trip

This post may contain affiliate links. Read our Disclosure. Bevan and I had never visited Ndumo Game Reserve before. I think this has a lot to do with its location on the South Africa-Mozambique border; if we were that far north in KwaZulu-Natal, it would be because we were en route to Mozambique’s beaches. Given our […]

Bevan at Lala Nek

Sun, snorkeling and sand roads in northern KwaZulu-Natal

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This post may contain affiliate links. Read our Disclosure. Bevan and I have just been fortunate enough to have spent some time in the Coastal Forest section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. This area of the park includes the stretch of northern KwaZulu-Natal coastline between Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay near the Mozambique border. This is a […]

Sunset at Sodwana Bay in northern KwaZulu-Natal

Bush Walks, 1,000 Year Old Trees and the Best Sunsets Ever in iSimangaliso

Posted Stray Along The Way2 CommentsPosted in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Ultimate South African Road Trip

This post may contain affiliate links. Read our Disclosure. Hi everyone. We left things off last time inside the Hluhluwe/iMfolozi Game Reserve. Since then, we’ve headed back into the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and had a week characterised by extreme weather that changed just about every plan we had. Somehow though, things have a way of working themselves […]

Hiking in the Entumeni Nature Reserve

3 of our favourite forests in southern Zululand

Posted Stray Along The Way1 CommentPosted in Blog, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

This post may contain affiliate links. Read our Disclosure. Barely two hours’ drive north of Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province lies Zululand and a veritable Eden of pristine forest habitats. Despite the development that has taken place locally, these forest patches have remained largely untouched and are home to some special bird, mammal and reptile species […]

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Tiger Fishing on Jozini Dam with Shayamanzi

Posted Stray Along The Way1 CommentPosted in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Ultimate South African Road Trip

Welcome to the beautiful Jozini Dam on the northern border of Kwazulu-Natal. (Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for our latest travel videos!) The Shayamanzi on Jozini Dam We’ve just spent the last 2 nights on the Shayamanzi II which is a live-aboard house boat that operates on the Jozini Dam. The good people from Shayamanzi contacted me […]