Oudtshoorn

We were up at 7am. Quite late for us, but the early hours had been very cold so that had kept us awake for a little while.
After a couple of coffees we waited for the sun to come up and then packed up. At 9:30am we were leaving and heading through George and then up the Outeniqua Pass. An 800 meter mountain with lots of bends but no real switchbacks, although it was very scenic. Once we had summited the Outeniqua Pass we left the N9 and joined the N12, a more rural route and we started passing lots of little farm Padstals so we stopped at one for breakfast. I had the full breakfast while Ellie had an omelette, mine was also served with a roosterkook and some homemade fig jam so we ended up buying a jar of fig jam to take home.
Back in the car we had just 45 minutes left of driving and before long we were in the town of Oudtshoorn pronounced oats- werrin, and then at our campsite the Kleinplaas Resort. Ellie had spent most of the journey here trying to find out more about the campsite but to no avail. We really didn’t want to end up at a campsite like Maselspoort again.
We were really pleasantly surprised when we turned into the camp, there were lots of brick chalets and the campsite was at the bottom and the grounds were immaculate. We paid for 3 nights and we get a swimming pool, free WiFi and the toilets look like they belong in a big country golf resort. I’m sure we could eat our dinner off the floor.
By the time we pitched up it was 1:30pm and the sun was roasting. I managed about an hour of the heat before giving in and getting in the pool for an hour.
Back at camp at 4:30pm I lit the Braai and we had burgers for dinner, then we just chilled outside whilst the sun set and a welcomed cool breeze blew threw camp.Read more