Orion Katse Lodge

Finally made it to the Lodge only to find our booking was just a room - no self-catering 😑
Oh well.
The room is reasonably appointed with a shower in the bathtub. We will just have to have dinnerBaca selengkapnya
Finally made it to the Lodge only to find our booking was just a room - no self-catering 😑
Oh well.
The room is reasonably appointed with a shower in the bathtub. We will just have to have dinnerBaca selengkapnya
On our way from the Dam to Katse Lodge we stopped at the Visitors' Centre to enquire about tours. Angela had insisted we should do a tour that goes through a tunnel. There was a tour to the Dam wallBaca selengkapnya
Driving in Lesotho - especially to Katse Dam - is both hazardous and stressful. High, steep mountain passes, up and down around and around. You cannot drive fast because around the next bend might beBaca selengkapnya
Some pics of people and places on our route. There were lots of little settlements and a couple of bigger towns. Every available slope was covered with mealies. And everything was GREEN!!
Pictures ofBaca selengkapnya
We left Katse this morning at 8 and got to the border at 12. Much better than yesterday. We picked up a Mosotho mama at the border and dropped her in Clarens.
We needed to pick up Bill's pills at theBaca selengkapnya
Cold, windy and overcast. The rondavel is very gloomy so we slept 'til 7. Walked towards the natural swimming pool, but it's frustrating not to be able to scramble up mountains any more 😕
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A drive around Blesbok Loop yielded a few blesbok and some black wildebeest - and lots of pretty wild flowers and Golden Gate scenery. We walked in the campsite this afternoon. Crossed the bridge butBaca selengkapnya
Every time I or any of my sisters go to Golden Gate we make a pilgrimage to the van Reenen family graveyard. In our youth we spent many an Easter weekend at Lusthof, farm of Oom Percy and Aunt Lily deBaca selengkapnya
Today was the day for the vulture restaurant.
But it doesn't seem to exist 😣
Not a single vulture and no new carcass.
However the wild flowers were lovely and the scenery stunning.
We haveBaca selengkapnya
Well, there was a sign to 'Surrender Hill' ie Lusthof, so on our way from Golden Gate to Hobhouse I insisted on the detour...
First the Mushroom Rock which you can really only see coming the otherBaca selengkapnya