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Day 15: Wildlife

Camdeboo National Park   Why including two different national parks in one blog entry? Not only because I travelled there the last weekend, but also because there is the pretentious plan to once connect both parks with a grassland conservation zone. Today the two parks already work together in the Mountain Zebra – Camdeboo CorridorContinue reading “Day 15: Wildlife”

Day 14: Valley of Desolation

  One of the geographical highlights at the Eastern Cape is the Valley of Desolation, which is today part of the Camdeboo National Park. The entrance can be reached by car from Graaff-Reinet in approximately ten minutes. From there on follows a steep road up into the mountains. The last 1.1 kilometres have to beContinue reading “Day 14: Valley of Desolation”

Day 10: Sardinia Bay

  Today’s morning trip was a hiking trail along Sardinia Bay. Drei Stunden Morgen- und Mittagwanderung entlang Sardinia Bay.       Near Sardinia Bay in 1647 the Portugese Galleon Sacramento shipwrecked in a storm. An der Sardinia Bay erlitt 1647 die Portguisische Galleone Sacramento Schiffbruch.     Here is an interesting Blog-Entry about itContinue reading “Day 10: Sardinia Bay”

Day 7: Riding the waves

Today’s trip brought me to Jeffreys Bay, a coast town at the Eastern Cape – with not yet 15.000 inhabitants a quite small one as well. But it is very popular with surfers because the long sandy beach with its clashing waves is one of the most famous surfing areas in the world.   IContinue reading “Day 7: Riding the waves”

58 Days South Africa

58 Days South Africa   The day is getting nearer and the more I think about it, the more excited I become. On July  1st I will finally take my flight to Port Elizabeth in South Africa for a quite long holiday. If you could call it a holiday since I plan to write andContinue reading “58 Days South Africa”