The sixth day had us going back through the dry riverbeds and rocky terrain for the first hour of our trip. We had many steep hills and the most challenging terrain of the trip so far. Four wheel drive was definitely required. We made it through without losing any tires, haha! As we wound our…

The pictures above are of Kokerboom, or Quiver, trees. They are really unique and very specific to certain parts of Africa. It’s similar to the Joshua tree in that it only grows in a specific climate. This particular part of South Africa had a lot of them. We saw these on our way to Charlie’s…

Yay for Level 1 of lockdown, back to traveling and the reason for the blog! We had been wanting to visit the Richtersveld for about a year and with the easing of the lockdown it took less than a week for us to be out the door. The Richtersveld is true unspoiled wilderness and absolutely…

So, a little time travel is in order. Sometime back in August, we escaped for two weeks to Lobotes campground in the Kwa-Zulu Natal province. After being literally stuck at home since March, we needed to get out of the house. We found a wonderful, small, campground in the middle of nowhere on a beach.…