Early morning mist on the mountain
Early morning mist on the Outeniqua Mountains. The first thing I saw when I came out of my log cabin at Eight Bells Mountain Inn outside Mossel Bay.
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28/06/2014
Eight Bells Mountain Inn
Eight Bells Mountain Inn used to be one of my regular stops on tour back when I was a tourist guide but since then I haven't had a chance to visit. Until a few weeks ago. A return trip from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth meant that I had to stay over in Mossel Bay to be able to do some business on the Garden Route and Rene' Bongers, MD of Eight Bells heard that I was heading that way and…
26/06/2014
The best Currywurst on the Garden Route
Everybody has their preferred road trip food and drink stops. Some like to pull over at a Wimpy for their favorite coffee, stop at the same farm stall for a pie and fresh pineapple juice or that certain restaurant where the owner is also the chef and makes his pizza bases himself before popping it into the wood fire oven. I don't travel on the Garden Route as often as I would like to, but my fav Garden Route food stop at the…
25/06/2014
Mossel Bay’s lighthouse
The western point of Mossel Bay is named Cape St Blaze and long before the first Europeans arrived in South Africa this area was home to the Khoi people. The Khoi found shelter in the caves along this coastline, one which can be found directly below the lighthouse where archaeological digs have found that the early inhabitants lived on the abundance of shellfish available from the rocks below. The Cape St Blaze Lighthouse was erected in 1864 and up until recently…
17/06/2014
The Cormorant and the Kingfisher
"Hey bro, my wings are bigger than yours" A Cormorant and Pied Kingfisher sitting at the end of a jetty on Groenvlei outside Sedgefield
15/06/2014
The Goukamma River
On my way to Cape Town recently I decided to grab a couple of Geocaches, one of them a cache called Back Stab Bridge just west of Knysna. The cache was situated close to the turnoff to Buffels Bay next to the old road and took me to this beautiful spot. And that is where the caching reference to this post stop. While cars were flying by on the N2, I could stand on the old bridge and enjoy the beauty…
10/06/2014
Gouritz Bridge – a ghost of its former bungee self
Gouritz Bridge became the first bungee jumping site in South Africa and operated bungee jumps and bridge swings before people were throwing themselves off the 214m Bloukrans Bridge bungee site further down the Garden Route. I used to stop at the bridge on my Garden Route tours and with more than one company offering jumps it was always a busy spot. After offering this thrill activity for 18 years, operations seized in 2008 after it was found that the parts of the old steel bridge was…
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06/06/2014
The Map of Africa at Wilderness
One of the most extraordinary scenic view points on the Garden Route must be the one above Wilderness of the Kaaimans River flowing below. As the river makes it's way through the valley towards the sea it forms the outline of the map of Africa. In the photo part of the Kaaimans Pass can be seen on the left hand side. Getting to the lookout is fairly easy. Just follow the road through the town and up the steep hill…
05/06/2014
Paddling on the Groot River Lagoon
We would rather do weekends away and expose the KidZ to nature, the outdoors and as many other things as possible rather than spending all that money on Dstv every month. Seeing Chaos Boy paddling on the Groot River Lagoon at Natures Valley in his blow-up boat really put a smile on my face. Mission accomplished for today. What's next?
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02/06/2014
Nature’s Valley panorama
A panoramic view of Nature's Valley and its surrounds from the top of The Point looking west
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22/05/2014