TRAVEL STORIES

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2008-10-31 : FAIRY-TALE FIREFLIES
It's only a matter of days now before we hit the road to the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens in Betty's Bay. The first fireflies have been seen at night and soon visitors will have the opportunity to experience fairy-tale magic during close encounters with these luminous beetles... → read more...

2008-10-17 : TIME FOR A PICNIC
At last, the sun is warming up the Western Cape. If you feel like spending easy quality time with the family, fill a bag with sandwiches and some cool drinks and head for some of the best picnic spots in the winelands... → read more...

2009-05-14 : THE HEART OF THE CEDERBERG, A PLACE OF HIGH ENERGY...
There is something about the Cederberg mountains. As soon as we drive up Piekenierskloof I feel it. I have visited this area many times and each time we follow the N7 meandering from Citrusdal to Clanwilliam, I start sitting upright, like a magnet being pulled towards the mountains on my right. My heart starts beating faster and I bet my pupils are dilating too. It appears that I am not the only one being intensily energised by this special place... → read more...

2008-09-25 : KAROO DESERT NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN
Spend a day at the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden in Worcester. → read more...

2008-09-04 : AUGRABIES NP IN THE GREEN KALAHARI
According to legend, the Gariep at the Augrabies Falls is home to an enormous creature, the water snake. At full moon, it's skin glitters in the night and it's head is crowned with a light as brilliant as a diamond. Those who could take it, would be prosperous forever. Those who failed, would end up hypnotised and lost... → read more...

0000-00-00 : BIRTHDAY WITH THE HORSES
...how a birthday party can be a wonderful opportunity to combine a child's dream with the art of doing nothing for the parents... → read more...

0000-00-00 : KOGELBERG BIOSPHERE RESERVE
Living in the foothills of the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve feels like owning a piece of paradise and I'd love to tell you more about it, so that your family too, may enjoy its many wonders. → read more...

0000-00-00 : WALKING WITH BABOONS
I'm just about to relax into my Sunday afternoon when I look out through the back window and see movement on the mountain. There's definitely someone walking down towards the house. Is it a nature lover or a worker from a nearby building site checking out possible entries into my house? I soon realise it's a baboon and I notice that it's not alone... → read more...

0000-00-00 : A FLORAL EXPLOSION IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ARID REGIONS.
As if touched by lightning, Enya and James set-off in all wind directions not knowing which flowers to pick first. Seeing their excitement as they run through the fields, takes me back to my own childhood years in the countryside. → read more...

0000-00-00 : INTO THE BUSH – ZULULAND, SOUTH AFRICA
Bonding with nature, yourself and your family comes naturally in the bush. On arrival at Amakhosi Safari Lodge in the heart of Zululand, I instantly regretted not having brought my children with me. This is why... → read more...

0000-00-00 : KNYSNA FOREST
Enya (7) and James (5) love following forest trails. There are so many interesting things to discover: shongololos, mushrooms, ferns, snails eating apple, foam in the river and of course, getting dirty. → read more...