Plato Lodge 985km
27 августа 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Slow drive to Plato Lodge 40km from Augrabies Falls.
Passed Khi Solar One (KSO) a solar power tower solar thermal power plant, located outside Upington. Khi Solar One is 50 megawatts, and will is theЧитать далее
Die Houthoop 546km
28 августа 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Very uneventful drive today. Not many flowers along the road to Springbok. Apparently the rains weren't very good this year.
Hopefully the flower volumes will improve along the coast.
Richtersberg 275km
29 августа 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Woke up to thick mist and about 8 degrees. In Houthoop Campsite.
Drive up through Kleinsee, Port Nolith and Alexander Bay was cool and misty.
1st night of the trip, hot and crisp white linen. 2bdЧитать далее
Kokerboomkloof 40km
30 августа 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Campsite in the middle of nowhere, only 2 other vehicles and they were far away so that we only heard them occasionally.
Truly back to nature.
Jakkalswater 354km
31 августа 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Left Kokerboomkloof in bright sunshine and hit low cloud at the top of Helskloof. Temperature dropped to 12 degrees.
Stopped to look at Wondergat ...
Springbok to the coast
1 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Spent last night in Jakkalswater outside Springbok. The Namaqua Quest MTB race takes place from here from 1-3 September. So glad we weren't camping with the 300 participants in igloo tentsЧитать далее
Skuinsbaai Noord
1 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Drive down through Skilpad and onto Skuinsbaai Noord.
We're the only people in the camp tonight! What a treat.
The flowers at Skuinsbaai Noord
1 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Such variety and colour!
Kwass se Baai
3 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Flowers of the West Coast
3 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ 🌬 26 °C
Along the coast to Papkuilsfontein
3 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Slow trundle down the coast leaving the Namaqua National Park.
Lots of gates to open and close ...
Papkuilsfontein
4 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Flowers around Nuewoudville extremely sparce.
Nice campsite on the Papkuilsfontein, with gas shower and proper flush loo. A change from the last 2 nights where we only had an Enviro Loo and nothingЧитать далее
Calvinia to Tankwa
4 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The drive through Calvinia on a Sunday was uneventful to say the least. In fact it seemed like the whole town was hibinating!
To my surprise, a few people were at the local Spar, which closed atЧитать далее
Langkloof Campsite #1
5 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
At the end of a "dead-end" we got to our 1st night's accommodation. An old farmhouse once stood here, which has now been modernised with gas geysers, flush loo's and very civilised showers and kitchenЧитать далее
Langkloof - the story
5 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
After very little sleep, we got up to huge cloud banks and even a couple of drops of rain....
While having breakfast, a bakkie came ambling along. What we thought were the next campers, turned outЧитать далее
Tankwe National Park
5 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Having visited this area exactly 3 years ago, which was a colourful wonderland, we were greeted by dry, drab, dusty roads and very little colour. Apparently the very early rains meant that the flowersЧитать далее
Tankwa Guest house
5 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Although a welcome relief from the howling wind, the accommodation is a little "out of the ordinary" for the area.
What was once a Lucern farm, the old farmhouse had been turned into a 3 bedroomЧитать далее
Down from the Sutherland plateau
6 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Merweville 1904
6 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Passed through Merweville on our way to Karoo National Park.
A quaint little town in the middle of nowhere. Beautifully painted houses and of course the biggest building in town was the church.
Karoo National Park
6 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Although the roads are very dusty, there is definite evidence that the park has good rains.
Many of the large open plains are covered in Karoo Gold bushes interspersed with purple vygies and otherЧитать далее
Embizweni Cottage
7 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
About 25km from the nearest human beings... Deafening silence, apart from the odd bird tweeting or a bug buzzing.
Although the sign at the entrance to the house was a little daunting, the house isЧитать далее
Beaufort West to Mokala
8 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Churches from Beaufort West and Loxton.
Skipped the one in Carnarvon, not as pretty.
Mokala National Park
8 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Quickly setup camp as we were afraid the clouds above us were about to drop their load of water.
Luckily (for us, but unlucky for the dry veld) the rain held off. Let's hope it stays that way untilЧитать далее
Mokala Day 2
9 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Game including Sable, Roan, Black Wildebeest, black springbok and birds everywhere in the park.
I hope that they get decent rains that the game have get some good food soon.
Home again
10 сентября 2016 г., Южная Африка ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Home after 2 weeks.
Interesting figures :
4884km of tar, gravel roads and backwater tracks covered
Used approximately 650 litres of diesel
Consumed 2 bottles of port and 1 bottle of brandy toЧитать далее
