So many people we had met on our path around South Africa had raved about Kruger Park. With rhinos in abundance and chances of lions and wild dogs it had already sounded tempting, but when I had managed to find a camper van for a fabulous rate, it was too good to resist. Ten days of hippy style camper-vanning around Kruger Park, hitting Blyde River along the way. Then on to Sodwana Bay for crystal clear coral diving and finally to St.Lucia for hippo spotting. Th...

We took a month longer than expected to get to Cape Town so we were both ready to burst during that final journey from Hermanus. Once we drove over the last peak of the Karoo, the flatlands of the eastern districts came into view and behind them the Table Mountain Range. It was such an astonishing sight and I’ll never forget my excitement at finally reaching our destination after such an amazing journey. Faye said I'd fall in love with Cape Town. I just didn't ...

No adventure through South Africa could possibly exclude the garden route; a stretch of coast that runs for a couple of hundreds kilometres from Cape Town to Plettenberg Bay. Having left the remoteness of the wild coast, the garden route meant a culture shock. Tour buses and self drivers on 2 week breaks, local holiday makers and backpackers flock to this stretch filled with beaches, national parks, glamorous towns and outdoor activities. African culture is tucke...

Trundling towards the ocean after such rugged beauty of the Drakensberg was oddly not filling us with delight; imagining resorts and surf culture which was a thousand light years away from the emptiness and rawness of where we were leaving. As usual we had dawdled, stocking up on cakes and bread from the farm shop and saying our final goodbyes to the dogs. We arrived at the coast at night with nowhere to stay. After knocking on a few doors and making a few calls ...

The plane to South Africa offered luxuries such as Amarulla on tap, new release movies at our finger tips and an endless snack reserve so despite the sensible plan to get good sleep in preparation for a very long drive at the other end, we stayed awake, watched movie and after movie with cookies after Amarulla on ice. On picking up the car we were both shattered, grumpy and in no fit state to negotiate new currency, roads, directions and find a bed for the night....