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Cape Town Road Trip, Karoo NP January 2021

March 15, 2021 by
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Karoo National Park - January 2021

ROAD TRIP ON THE DIAGONAL - PHASE 2 - MOKALA TO THE KAROO NATIONAL PARK

Bidding a fond farewell to Mokala, we headed down the N12 via Hopetown, Britstown and Victoria West to join the N1 at Drie Susters (Three Sisters), crossing into the Western Cape at that very spot.  Since our home stomping-grounds boasts the Three Rondawels as part of the Blydepoort escarpment, we had to stop and take a photo of their three Karoo-cousins.  We were in the Great Karoo, a much beloved area of South Africa.

THREE SISTERS, WESTERN CAPE

THREE RONDAWELS, MPUMALANGA (KRUGER-NATIONAL-PARK.DE)

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Cape Town Road Trip, Mokala NP January 2021

March 7, 2021 by
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Limpopo to Mokala National Park - January 2021

ROAD TRIP ON THE DIAGONAL - PHASE 1 - LIMPOPO, GAUTENG AND NORTHERN CAPE

COVID-19 hit us in 2020 and hit hard, it did.  Picture the scene, three trips booked for 2020 ….. Marakele National Park, Kruger National Park, Namibia ….. but the virus said NEIN!  STAY AT HOME!  Which we did, stoically.

Luckily, we had only booked camping and accommodation in the South African National Parks by the time COVID-19 gave us the “nein”, so it all went into their credit system, taunting us from afar.

We started seeing light at the end of the tunnel at the start of December 2020, so we rolled out the map and opened the SANParks website.  So much to see!  Diaries were consulted and an end of January, beginning of February 2021 gap in Lecturing Twit’s calendar was found.  We proceeded to plan a doozy of a trip from Hoedspruit to Cape Town and back, trying to fit in visits to as many nature reserves/national parks as possible, the emphasis being on new experiences.  We begged room from friends, activated our credits and threw in two stays at CapeNature reserves, leaving us with a bill of around R800.00 and still some credit in the pot.  The diesel bill will have to take care of itself (yeah, right!).  We were ready, set to go!

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Thulamela Archaeological Site, Kruger National Park, August 2019

August 19, 2019 by
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19 August 2019

That damn bucket list!  It just gets longer and longer no matter how many fabulous experiences we mark as done.

A major tick was our August 2019 visit to the Thulamela Archaeological Site in the northern Kruger National Park.  A previous attempt ended in a dead end at a closed road on the day before we were due to head south to another camp, which required an early start.

Careful research revealed that we needed a guide and that the tour only takes place if there are four or more participants.  With this information safely stored in the back of our minds we were delighted to make friends with two people with the same item on their bucket list and some free time available to share a trip to the park.

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Camping - Limpopo - Mapungubwe National Park - South Africa - Southern Africa

Mapungubwe National Park – Mazou

March 4, 2019 by
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March 2019

I publicly ridicule the idea of new year’s resolutions.

The thing is, I know the nature of the beast. Resolutions, lightly made, are often broken, year after year, so you do not want to appear weak by announcing your intention and then fall down on the execution.

However, having said that, I do make resolutions around the turn of the year, sometimes quietly revealed to those close to me, sometimes kept secret, deep inside the resolution file in the back of my mind. These are my revolving resolutions, no time limit, but placed there, on the bucket list. This list I review often, and to my surprise I do manage to tick off items with a smile and a satisfied nod.

2019 hit with a bang, and the resolution mill whirred into action. Having started the travel blog, I silently vowed to “get out there more often”, especially here in the north, in our new province of residence, Limpopo.

Despite the new year taking off in high gear, we managed to get a start on this resolution. We booked into SANParks most northern offering, Mapungubwe National Park, for a two-night camping break-away, at R303.00 for two adults per night.

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