My product team and i have just returned from our recent product trip to South Africa for the largest inbound tourism roadshow that South Africa holds : Indaba. Afterwards we were lucky enough to stay at some great game lodges - Makalali Private Game Lodge | Leopard Hills | Singita Boulders Lodge
We are hastily putting together a new dedicated 64 page Africa program for our Above and Beyond Holidays - Indian Ocean focused, holiday program.
We visited some amazing places - Clarens, just outside of the Golden Gate National park is a fantastic little place. Like a tiny little town in Australia's southern highlands or Blue mountains. Located in a little valley just on the outskirts of the Golden Gate National Park.
Clarens is definately worth a visit.
The Golden Gate National Park is stunning - a drive through a stunning rift valley clearly created by immense force. The landscape is a series of sheer cliffs of bright orange with grassy plains.
A few points : Travel in South Africa isn't that complicated - from our perspective as tour operators in Australia, we feel that the place itself isnt done justice. There are many many options of things to see and do - yet Australians only do the same thing over and over- Kruger, Cape Town and maybe the garden route.
Self driving is a good experience - we drove from J'Burg to Clarens to Durban. We then flew Durban to Nelspruit and picked up a 4WD for our adventure into the game reserves.
We then drove ourselves North to Makalali passing through some regional little towns. We stopped in the little towns to get supplies for lunch - never once did we feel unsafe.
Marius Coetzee from Leopard Hills - soon to be leading photography tours worldwide was an amazing guide. To view his work and blog - www.mariuscoetzeeafricanphotography.blogspot.com Be quick and visit Leopard Hills before he leaves !!
View my walkthrough of my villa at Singita | Boulders Lodge
View my walkthrough of my villa at Makalali
Next post to contain some great footage of some of the game we saw !!
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