15,16,17, 18 July 2015 Ithala Game Reserve to Gillitts, KZN to Ballito Bay Wednesday dawned warm & sunny so we did a loop around the game reserve, and we rewarded with blue wildebeest, zebra and lots of warthog families who were too cute for words. Eventually dragged ourselves away set off for Kloof. We took a route thru KZN that R had last travelled over 30 years ago. Not a lot had changed - still vast farms of sugarcane & associated worker areas. The...

14 July, 2015 Ithala Game Reserve, KZN, SA We awoke to a dull grey day so enjoyed our included breakfast (this was a nice surprise) and ventured out. Being winter the bush is dry and scrubby and with no sunshine it's difficult to spot game. The park is well laid out with 2 lovely picnic areas with tables & full bbq facilities and of course toilet block. Once we got our eyes adjusted we saw Impala, red hartebeest, zebra, gorgeous male kudu & a very angr...

13 July, 2015 Swaziland to Ithala Game Reserve, KZN, SA So, en route to Kloof to catch up with my friend Elise & family we decided to see if Ithala Game Reserve could accommodate us. Of special significance is the fact that in September 1979 (R whilst working for the SA Wildlife Society) had the privilege of coming up here at the time of proclamation & was part of the initial planning. We got a booking so off we went. Of course we had to collect our g...

12 July, 2015 Swaziland We had decided to stick to the tourist route today so started off for the local craft market & especially Swazi Candles ... First stop was a local lady making a gecko light in beadwork. Well, needless to say we are collecting it tomorrow. We had a great browse around, coffee & proceeded to Mbabane - our plan got derailed as we stopped at a roadside car wash & 15 minutes rolled into 60 mins. We were sitting by a river and the ...

11 July, 2015 Mozambique to ???? We need to cross the border somewhere & since we don't want to go back via Ponta do Ouora & will be doing Komatiepoort in a few weeks time we decided to do a 2 night stopover in Swaziland. Off we go clutching a hand drawn map of how to circumnavigate Maputo using the old roads, detours & some of the new roads. It was easier than coming up but still a challenge. We crossed into Swaziland at Naamacha which is a faded ...