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Bloukransbrug Bungee

Teen 216 meter hoog is die Bloukransrivierbrug op die grens tussen die Ooskaap en Weskaap die hoogste brug in Afrika.  Die brug is een van vyf enkelboogbetonbrûe op die N2 tussen Port Elizabeth en Plettenbergbaai en is 415meter lank.  Maar dis nie regtig hoekom ons hier is nie, is dit?Die eintlike rede hoekom die Bloukransrivierbrug bekendheid verwerf het is die feit dat dit ook is waar die hoogste brugrekspronge (bungee) in die wêreld plaasvind.  Alhoewel honderde adrenalienverslaafdes elke jaar van die brug afspring…

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21/08/2012
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Tsitsikamma Inheemse woud

Driehonderd jaar gelede het die inheemse woude van die Suidkaap al die pad van omtrent Mosselbaai tot by Humansdorp in die ooste gestrek.  Gedurende die laat 18de en die 19de eeu is groot dele van die woude afgekap om die aanvraag van hout vir die bou van skepe, die spoorweë, geboue en meubels te bevredig.  Dit gepaart met die groot vuur van 1869 en moderne ontwikkeling het daartoe gelei dat daar vandag net 'n klein persentasie van die oorspronklike woud oor is met die grootste…

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04/07/2012
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Tsitsikamma Kuslyn

Die Tsitsikamma, plek van baie water, is sonder twyfel een van Suid-Afrika se asemrowendste streke. Digte groen inheemse woude waar woudreuse van oor die 800 jaar oud staan word van die blou see geskei deur loodregte kranse.  'n Ongerepte kuslyn met wit skuimende branders wat hulleself te pletter slaan op swart rotse.  Dolfyne en walvisse, otters in 'n sloep, luiperds teen die berg en die skugter Knysnaloerie wat tussen die boomtoppe rondbeweeg.  Stories van houtkappers uit die ou dae, olifantvoetpaaie en wie weet, miskien 'n bosgees of twee.  Duidelik een van die mooiste en…

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17/05/2012
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Tsitsikamma coastline – 500th post

Late afternoon scene on the Tsitsikamma coast..Today is the 500th post on this blog. When I started the blog it was intended to just be a place to show off my photos and the place I live in. Since then it has evolved a little bit and has also become what I would like to call an unofficial photographic guide to South Africa, it's places and nature. .Often I wonder if it is worth all the effort if I look…

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27/04/2010
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Treetops Canopy Tour

The Tsitsikamma Canopy Tour in Storms River on the Garden Route is a must do for any mild to wild adventurer. It became the first canopy tour in Africa and only the second in the world after a similar experience in Costa Rica. The whole experience takes place up to 30 meters above the ground in the canopy of what includes Outeniqua Yellowwood trees of up to 700 years old. The whole experience is conducted with utmost safety in mind.…

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06/04/2010
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Oudebosch farm stall

The Oudebosch farm stall in the eastern part of the Tsitsikamma is what all farm stalls should strive to be. Dewald Niemann has developed the ideal stop for tourists and holiday makers travelling through the Tsitsikamma. The coffee shop serves the most delectable cakes and treats... ... while the shop sells everything from beaded curios to home made jams. Dewald is also involved in a local community project with ladies from the surrounding area doing embroidery. Their products are sold…

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31/03/2010
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The Elvis Festival Africa

You associate the Tsitsikamma with indigenous forests, deep gorges, a rugged coastline and heart stopping adventures. Just about everything but Elvis. From 30 April to 2 May 2010 the Protea Hotel Tsitsikamma Village in Storms River on the Garden Route will be hosting the first The Elvis Festival Africa. Owners Jan and Ann du Rand are huge Elvis fans and also proud owners of the Cadillac Shack next door to the hotel. Most of the activities during the festival will…

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29/03/2010