Early morning on the upstairs balcony of the Humewood Golf Club clubhouse looking back at the 18th green. Kinda makes me wish I played golf so that I could try out this magnificent links course.
One of the cheetahs at Kragga Kamma Game Park having a bit of a sleep while I stalk him through the grass with my camera
A couple of week ago we spent a night along with a couple of friends at the Sand River Getaway in the Elands River Valley just to the west of Port Elizabeth. So close to the city yet it felt like we were in a totally different area. The Sand River Getaway has a couple of tented rooms on platforms and a big communal area which include a kitchen, lounge, dining area and ablution facilities. Standing on the outside deck this is the…
I would like to wish all the followers, and accidental visitors, of Port Elizabeth Daily Photo a HAPPY NEW YEAR. May 2013 be your year and bring all of you lots of pleasure, happiness, prosperity and a fair degree of riches. I'm starting out the year by posting one of my favourite places in Port Elizabeth, The Donkin Reserve with the historic lighthouse and pyramid standing side by side with the new art pieces that has been installed in the area…
The sun rises on a new day and a new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR! (hope I didn't say that too loud for those who were out celebrating last night) to all the readers of FireflyAfrica: The Firefly Photo Files. May 2013 be a year of happiness, prosperity and sommer everything else you would like it to be.
This time of years the long summers days and the fact that most people are on holiday (and I say most because not everybody is as fortunate as the rest of us though) give one the opportunity to get out and do some outdoorsy stuff. As the last post for 2012 I decided to post a view of the magnificent coastline on the Sacramento Trail between Schoenmakerskop and Sardinia Bay. The trail is only about 4km each way making a total of…
One of the newest attractions in the Tsitsikamma is the Segway Tours that starts in Storms River Village. After a short introduction and a training run on the lawn, the tour heads out through the village before entering the edge of the forest and the adjoining pine plantation. Family Firefly absolutely loved the experience and even though the minimum age is 10 the guide allowed my 7 year old Drama Princess to go, holding on to her segway just about every step of…
On the road to Morgan Bay on the southern Wild Coast you may just spot one of the most unusual and unexpected sights anywhere along a road in the province. A huge pink plane parked next to the road. The Convair 880, named Eish Airlines, belongs to Billy Nell, former Finance MEC of the Eastern Cape provincial government and stand son Morganville Farm. Nell had the plane towed to the farm from Bisho airport and now forms part of his collection of old bikes,…
In my book the Tsitsikamma National Park is one of the most beautiful places in South Africa. Indigenous forest, deep gorges and sheer vertical cliffs reaching down to black rocks being battered by the Indian Ocean. A shoreline enviable by many other places. The Tsitsikamma National Park was proclaimed in 1964 and became the first marine protection area in Africa. Today it's one of the most visited places on the Garden Route with most visitors opting to do the 1km walk to the Storms River…
The Treetops Canopy Tour in the forest at Storms River Village was the first forest zipline experience of its kind in South Africa and over the years has developed into an activity that one just cannot miss when in the area. The Treetops Canopy Tour consists of 10 "fufi" slides through the indigenous forest. Some of the platforms between the slides are as high as 30 meters up and one gets some magnificent views of the forest during your 2 1/2 hour adventure.