Articles tagged ‘Safari’
Sleep with the lions, 30 Minutes from Cape Town.
By Philip | October 29th, 2007 |
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The Drakenstein Lion Park was recently brought to my attention as offering close contact with lions only 50km from CT.
5 minutes from Paarl (straight up the N1) the park is a sanctuary for captive bred lions that are unable to be reintroduced to the wild.
A number of opportunities exist for coming into close contact (but [...]
Volunteer work in South Africa: A helping holiday
By Philip | September 13th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Volunteering holidays are a highly enriching and immersive way to experience a foreign culture at the most grass roots level.
A number of exiting and exotic opportunities are now listed on Bootsnall, where you can choose your destination, activities and budget.
Most include accommodation and some include meals and excursions, all look like fantastic life changing experiences.
These [...]
Buffalos battle lions at Kruger National Park
By BootsnAll | August 9th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you’re thinking about heading on a Kruger safari in South Africa, you might see something like this if you’re lucky.
PS: Be sure to watch it all the way to the end - it’s a fabulous and an awesome account of nature in action.
Kruger park game footage of a lifetime!
By Philip | June 5th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
For those of you looking forward to your Kruger Park trip, you may as well leave your camera’s at home since this footage below was taken.
It has all been done now and we might as well just give up
Most Dangerous Animals in South Africa (and the world)
By Philip | May 22nd, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I was reading some info on the 10 most dangerous animals in the world and it struck me that 8 of them were found mainly in Africa! That’s pretty good going.
Robyn: Why not Durban??
By Robyn | April 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
As I’m sure some of you have noticed this Logue is pretty one-sided, so to speak, in the favour of Cape Town. There is nothing wrong with that, but there are other beautiful parts of South Africa that are just as attractive.
Philip has asked me to help provide a balance and let the readers know [...]
Brian Habana (SA Rugby star) races a cheetah for charity.
By Philip | April 16th, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Brian Habana, South Africa’s fast running (11sec for 100m) sweetheart of Rugby, recently raced a cheetah for charity, you can see the video on CNN.
They had to bring in a Hollywood stunt team to stage the event, and posted animal wranglers armed with tranq guns, all along the course to prevent the cheetah nibbling on [...]
Leaving for the Bush—->
By Philip | March 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
OK, hitting the road, looking forward to the trip! It 10:00pm and ETA Hazyview is 20:00 tomorrow night…
There will be a blog blackout until I find some internet up there, so sing amongst yourselves.
Hopefully I’ll get some nice road-trip pictures to post on the way, not ones of me changing tyres.
Kruger park and Sabi Safari time!
By Philip | March 8th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It has been a long time since I last drove from Cape Town to “The Bush” about 5 years at least, so despite a plea from my wife to fly, we will be road-trippin to Hazy View, Mapumalanga.
It should be around a 20 Hour drive, its 1800Km (1125 miles) from Cape Town and on good [...]
Kruger Park Trip: How to get there?
By Philip | February 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
We are planning a family trip up to the Kruger Park next month. This is when the bulk of the tourism has slowed down and things are a bit more relaxed for us and the animals. Like us, I am sure they are not keen on bumper to bumper traffic in their back garden. The [...]
