Marianne (one of our morning visitors in Niewoudtville when parked amongst the flower fields) had told us about a waterfall and quiver tree forest just north of Niewoudtville and after our botanical visit to the Hantam Botanical Garden, we headed out that way. The waterfall was just 7km away and quite unexpectedly tumbled down in …
Biggest quiver tree forest in the southern hemisphere September 2020 Read More »
September is spring time in South Africa and one of the not-to-miss things to see is the flower explosion in Namaqualand. We had been in Namaqualand some 35 years ago (remember nothing much about that) and some 5 years ago. We saw indeed flowers then but were a bit disappointed as nothing but a mountainside …
Because we had not been able to do the Quiver Loop inside the Augrabies National Park this time around (which is a 91km round trip on gravel road), in camp we had searched for other places to see quiver trees. We had seen a few quiver trees on the last section to Augrabies but definitely …
Vineyards, semi-desert and quiver trees September 2020 Read More »
Sishen On the 3 September we set out south towards Olifantsfontein and passed the massive Sishen mine set-up on the right. An aerial shot (courtesy of Google Earth) shows just how big it is. Everything around the mine is dusted with red: the shrubs and grasses, the road barriers, tufts of grass, trucks … everything …
Arid land versus Orange River in the Northern Cape September 2020 Read More »
From Kanoneiland we continued to Kakamas and Augrabies Falls. A trend we saw in Kanoneiland and we continued to see all the way up to Augrabies was the vast expanse of vineyards. It was quite amazing to drive through semi desert landscapes with nothing more than red soil and rock and see vineyards everywhere. Along …
D (departure) Day Eventually – 1 September – D (departure) Day had arrived. Start of Spring (in South Africa) had been the goal to coincide with our “Start Of Road Trip” and we made it … kinda! The only deadline we had at that moment was a birthday celebration in Cape town … anytime between …
Ominous skies and graveyards in North West Province September 2020 Read More »