Six Months in South Africa: Cango Caves

Cango Caves thrilled us with spectacular caverns and the adrenaline rush of crawling, climbing and squeezing through narrow rock passages. A fantastic South African adventure!   During our ten-da...

Six Months in South Africa: Karoo National Park

Timeless and stark, the arid plateaus and plains of Karoo National Park offer stunning vistas and are home to dainty klipspringers, elegant gemsbok and endangered Cape mountain zebras.   Vilis an...

Six Months in South Africa: Camdeboo National Park

Located in South Africa’s arid Karoo region, scenic Camdeboo National Park protects mountains and plains surrounding the historic town of Graaff-Reinet, as well as Nqweba Dam and the spectacular...

Six Months in South Africa: Birding at Springvale Olive Estate

Birding at Springvale Olive Estate with the Diaz Cross Bird Club explored a variety of habitats and yielded sightings of almost fifty species for me, including newly-returned swallows.   On Satur...