Early light filters through the canopies of the umzimbeet and buffalo thorn trees that we slept under last night. The call of a Burchell’s coucal alternates with the call of a fork-tailed drongo in the subtropical coastal forest, against the...
The Three Rondavels viewpoint, Panorama Route.
“Friendly faces ride high in farm bakkies and vineyards peek out between the buildings. The Breede River flows past and the Riviersonderend and Langeberg mountains loom in the distance…” Drive down the main drag in Bonnievale and you’ll...
“The engine lost power again, just as it had done on that very first day of our cursed holiday. We limped along, up one steep mountain pass after the next, and arrived at Oxbow Lodge in the dusk, totally frazzled.” When I was growing up, my dad’s...
“Nunu stands still, listens and then silently picks a path with those expert bare feet, showing us where to look with our binoculars.”
Six special places to stay along the northern reaches of the Drakensberg escarpment, with views of waterfalls, rivers and gorges. For about 170 km, from the town of Sabie to the Blyderivierpoort Dam, the Panorama Route winds its way along...
“Picture the scene: five soaked, scared, squatting women in a mopane forest; bikes discarded, rain pelting down, adrenaline pumping…” Ifirst met the members of the Zimbabwean band Flying Bantu in 2023. I was at the River Brewing Co. in Vic...