We have finally made it to the Drakensburg Mountains a place we have been excited to visit since we first arrived in South Africa, so far it certainly doesn't disappoint. Our first stop is the Southern Drakensburg, just outside the town of Underberg. We are here to dabble in a little hiking and see the famous Sani Pass. The last few days have been wonderful. Arriving in the Berg in mid afternoon the sun was shining and we took ourselves off for a gentle stroll....

Our last couple of nights have been spent in the little village of Umkomaas, just south of Durban. It's a pleasant little place with the main attraction being 'Aliwal Shoal' a reef about 5k out to sea. Aliwal Shoal is reportedly one of the top 10 dive sites in the world so could not really be missed. We were up early on our first morning to join a dive over the reef, this was to be my first sea dive and I was a little nervous. A short boat ride through the su...

It seemed a sensible idea to split our drive from Chinsta to Umkomaas with a stop in Coffee Bay, all was proceeding nicely until we turned off our trusty friend the N2 onto the road to Coffee Bay. A short 70k stretch of road should have been a quite simple trip through the Transkaay, instead it took nearly 2 hours most of which was spent trying to manoeuvre around potholes that were so numerous that we had no choice but to drive straight through. This was made ra...

A beautiful spot on the Wild Coast off the beaten track and situated on a cliff gently sloping down to the bay. After another long drive we stretched our legs along the beach whilst suffering a little sandburn from the strong winds pelting sand at high speed. James' Dr Doolittle tendencies continued when we reached Chinsta West, yet another dog roaming seemingly aimlessly followed us to the shop, waited outside and joined us on our return journey along the beach ...

I have recently discovered that my husband is a Dr Doolittle in disguise, during our stay on a rather 'odd' farm just outside Knysna a cat befriended him and would not leave him alone. We had planned to do some horse riding in Knysna but unfortunately a storm front was passing through so we hauled up in front of the fire, watched some films and played scrabble. Not all too disagreeable and James got to play a decent game of wifwaf against a Saudi who was passin...