Yesterday I took a short flight of about 45 minutes aboard Safarilink Airlines to get from Loldia House to Little Governors’ Camp here on the banks of the Mara River in the Masai Mara. Sammy and Peter drove us out to the local dirt airstrip where the runway was covered in…
Last night, with the Dutch team playing Slovakia, I drove out to Hermanus to catch the match on TV with friends of mine, Yvonne and Paul Jansen, owners of the guest house, Mulligan’s. Yvonne was born in Holland to Dutch parents but then moved out to South Africa with them and…
Sitting in front of the comforts of a fire at 10PM in my friends’ home in Hout Bay is a far cry from the 3 prior nights. Two of those nights were spent on airplanes traveling from Atlanta to Amsterdam and Dubai to Johannesburg and last night was spent within a…
Pulled into Tanda Tula Private Safari Lodge here in the TImbavati area abutting Kruger Park. I’ve been through this area before a few years ago but I wanted to visit a few more lodges in this area. Picked up my friend, Amy Fulton, from the airport Sunday night after she flew…
No trip is complete to Cape Town unless the icon of the Mother City, Table Mountain, is visited. Be it by foot or by cable car, you cannot leave the city until this natural wonder is enjoyed and fully explored.
The weather is always a factor when visiting the mountain. As…
Today is my mother’s birthday so the desire and necessity to make it a memorable 73rd was my focus.
We awoke to cloudy skies. The weather can be fickle in the Western Cape of South Africa and today proved to be no exception. I was happy to see that the flowers,…
As we did not have a schedule to meet anyone in Cape Town this evening, I suggested that we take a leisurely day and watch the whales from the old harbor cliffs and along the cliff paths of Hermanus. Mama agreed. We had another long visit with the Jansens, discussing our…
One of the big attractions of South Africa during the months of June-November is witnessing the southern right whales come to rest in the waters off the coast of Hermanus, and neighboring cities such as de Kelders and Gansbaai. The whales’ primary destination is Walker Bay, the natural land mass that…
After another high calorie breakfast, we set out for Hermanus, whale watching capital of South Africa. My friends, Paul and Yvonne Jansen, run a B&B there called Mulligan’s Guest House, located on the local golf course. The path we took placed us back on the same road to Knysna. We took…
