Machampane Wilderness Trail
Limpopo National Park, Mozambique: September 2007 Circles in the Bush (With apologies to Dalene Matthee...) Machampane Wilderness Camp shares the western bank of the Machampane River with tall fever trees at a pool called Xisivene - which apparently means "deep pool"....
Impressions of The Great Walk in Tsavo
A 153km walking safari following the courses of the Tsavo and Galana rivers through Tsavo National Park, Kenya: June 2007. [HTML1] Download the Google Earth track of this walk and view in Google Earth Ghosts Tsavo. A place of ghosts. The ghosts of thousands of...
Walking in Fernkloof
Fernkloof is a gem of a botanical reserve above the coastal town of Hermanus. Barely 1800 ha in area, it harbours upwards of 1474 botanical species. There are many paths and spectacular lookouts for all manner of fitness levels. The sensory returns are high for...
Helderberg hike
With Clarissa, a fellow mega-hiker, and Patrick I once more headed for Helderberg's Dome. This autumn Saturday was hot and windless. On previous occasions over the years I have not climbed all the way to the top of The Dome and I was determined do it this time. But...
Sea kayaking and hiking around Robberg
Plettenberg Bay: 17 & 19 December 2006: The Robberg peninsula is a nature reserve and marine protected area at the southern extremity of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa (the Eden to Addo Mega-hike jump-off point is close by). Humans have occupied the rocky...
Reflections on corridors
After the Eden to Addo Mega-Hike, the participants were asked to reflect on the concept of "corridors", as Eden to Addo is a conservation corridor initiative. Here is my effort... If Earth is a self-regulating organism - Gaia to some - then ecosystems represent the...
Eden to Addo Mega-Hike 2006
400kms, 17 days, 6 mountain ranges, many rivers, numerous veld types: 11 - 27 August 2006 The first time I saw the phrase "Eden to Addo" it spoke to me. Then when I saw it juxtaposed with "mega-hike" the synapses fired in my brain. The concept was so evocative I had...
Kayaking in the Karoo
28-29 April 2006: Deon and I decided to paddle on the Gamkaspoort Dam near Prince Albert. Great fun - but we later found out you actually require permission from the waterfiskaal to do this...
A Kruger safari
December 2005: Marion and I drove in at Pafuri, stayed at Pafuri Camp and then drove all the way from north to south to exit at Malelane, enjoying Rhino Walking Safaris - one of our favourite safari products - along the way... Book Rhino Walking...
Whale Trail De Hoop Nature Reserve
7-12 July 2005 This post is a photo journey down the Whale Trail. It was the second time that I walked this wonderful trail.
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