Just south of Mtubatuba and St Lucia lies Richards Bay, the deepest natural harbour of Africa. Stefaan had read something about a Pelican Island so… off we went. We put it into the GPS and eventually arrived at a very narrow, dented and uneven pier-like road, with sloping breaker rocks and then sea on both …
KZN North Coast Part four: Richards Bay to Durban May 2021 Read More »
Our trip from Sodwana to St lucia took us via Hluhluwe, where we made a quick stop to do some shopping. As we packed everything away in the truck and were preparing to get on the road again we saw an iconic ‘mielie lady’ walking past our truck. Anyone in South Africa knows the Madam …
KZN North Coast Part three: Lake St Lucia and Cape Vidal April 2021 Read More »
A few years ago we had done a weekend road trip to Kosi Bay and we liked it so much it had been on our bucket list to do with Trokkie. Leaving the endless pine and eucalyptus forests of Mpumalanga behind and skirting Swaziland on the south side, we soon enough hit the sugar cane …
When we said our goodbyes to Johan, Sandra and Renhard after a wonderful R&R Easter weekend in Sabie, we headed towards Lydenburg via the Long Tom Pass. We quickly stopped at the Longtom canon. Although it is quite an iconic monument, it didn’t seem to have made the grade as prime tourist attraction compared to …