South Africa
South African Safari: National Parks You Can Afford!
When people think of seeing the Big 5 in Africa, they typically picture the Masai Mara, Kenya, the Serengeti in Tanzania or Kruger National Park in South Africa. These parks are all fantastic, but they can be quite crowded and not to mention, pricey! South Africa boasts some of the best national parks for viewing wildlife, yet most people only go to Kruger NP.…
Budget Backpacking Guide To: South Africa
Have you ever considered backpacking through South Africa but thought it would cost you too much money? Well, think again. This is a backpacker’s haven. Yes, some excursions and things along the way will cost you a bit more than other countries, but the value for money in this country is amazing!…
Dar Es Salaam to Kathmandu – A Slight Change Of Plans
November, 2 – 11 / 2011
We had one more day in Dar Es Salaam before flying out (very convolutedly) to Nepal. Even though we had this flight booked 6 months in advance, we still managed to royally screw it up.…
Umzumbe, Umkomaas, St. Lucia & Swaziland – Reaching The End Of Our Epic South Africa Journey
We drove our little Chevy Spark from Port St. Johns to Umzumbe to stay at the recommended backpackers – Mantis and Moon. There were no tourists there at all! Just me, Nick and the 3 staff that worked there. We hungout with them, went down to check out the beach.…
Coffee Bay & Port St. John’s – Festivals & Flat Tires
July, 28 – August, 3 / 2011
After the most amazing animal spotting in Addo National Park, we decided to let our adrenaline calm down a bit and head to the chilled out/hippy area of Coffee Bay. As it was pretty far away, we decided to spend the night in beautiful Chintsa, too bad we only had the one night there, it looked beautiful.…
Tsitsikamma & Addo Elephant National Park – This Is Why We Travel (Nick)
July, 25 – 28 / 2011
We left J-Bay at around 10:30am and drove back the way we came for 3 hours to Natures Valley. Almost every local we’ve met has recommended that we stay in a place called Wild Spirit Backpackers.…
Wilderness & Jeffreys Bay – The Wild, Wild Wilderness (Dariece)
July, 21 – 25 / 2011
We peeled ourselves away from the gorgeous surrounds of Robertson (and the delicious wine) and headed east on scenic Route 62, the longest wine route in the world. We were heading to the coastal strip of the country called “the Garden Route” towards the town of Wilderness.…
Hermanus to Robertson – Wine Tasting & Whale Watching (Nick)
July, 16 – 20 / 2011
[F]rom Stellenbosch we headed to a town dubbed “The best place in the world for land based whale watching”, Hermanus. The entire drive there was on the windy route 44 coastal road and every time Dariece or I saw the slightest movement in the water I slammed on the breaks, veered off the highway and we jumped out of the car in search of whales.…
Stellenbosch – Winelands & Penguins: 2 Of My Favourite Things (Dariece)
July, 15 – 16 / 2011
[T]he following morning we packed up and said goodbye to Cape Town and our first Backpackers. We headed East to the Winelands area of South Africa…my favourite kind of land! There are over 200 wineries in 1500 meters of mountainous area where it’s the perfect climate and soil for grape growing.…
Cape Town Continued (Nick)
July, 13 – 15 / 2011
[D]ay 3 in Cape Town was a day Dariece has been waiting for for a long time. PENGUINS!! We headed out to Boulders Beach where a colony of 3000 penguins live. We arrived after an hour drive down the coast and Dariece was almost too excited to wait for me to buy tickets.…
