The northern Drakensburg is as spectacular as the south and some may argue even more dramatic. The escarpments are longer and cliff's higher. We took a day's guided hike from Sentinel Peak to the Amphitheatre and to the mighty Teluga falls (reportedly the second highest in the world). The hike was pretty hard going and made us realise just how unfit we have become in the last few months. The views were like none other, the San bush people described the place as t...

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 ...