For the next 6 weeks I will be living in a Big 5 Game Reserve, which also has the Magnificent 7. It is a private game reserve that is owned by a Swedish Billionaire. He apparently bought the reserve initially to hunt on, however then decided that conservation was much more needed in the area and the reserve now has a no hunting policy and anti poaching unit on site. There are 4 types of accommodation on the reserve. A five star lodge, a tented luxury camp, ...

After a night of packing it was time to say goodbye to Laura this morning. We had breakfast at 7am prior to me leaving for the airport. We reminisced over breakfast about our favourite trip moments and what we hadn't done despite having had 4 months. We made a list of things that we needed to do pronto and wondered how we were going to sleep in a room with someone else going forward. Having Laura as a tent buddy certainly helped me enjoy my time in Africa to...

Last night we splurged and stayed in a B&B for a whopping £14 each per night in Plettenberg Bay (Plett to locals). This meant that Laura and I had a twin room with a bathroom to share with Rory and Shelley. We are effectively in the downstairs area of an old couples home and it is rather lovely. This morning we woke to a scrumptious breakfast laid out on a lovely dining table with a view of the sea. The house in front of our balcony meant we did not h...

After our eventful morning we headed for Plettenberg Bay. Laura and I were in the back of the car so decided that we would navigate to provide ourselves with something to do. The decisions we made ended up making sure that we ended the day in fits of giggles. We again decided to see some of the landscape and headed off the main roads and onto the dirt roads. Laura decided best path would be Prince Alfred Pass. What the map did not show us is that it would ...

Arrived at a hostel outside Oudtshoorn last night. We read that it was a little quirky and it certainly lived up to that expectation. The owner was German lady who moved to Africa 9 years ago and she was also a few sandwiches sort of a picnic. But it was clean and near where we wanted to be tomorrow so we stayed in a dorm room with mattresses on the floor and thankfully a fan. We spent the yesterday getting to this point by visiting about 4 wineries enroute a...