Month: Mar 2014

The Willows Municipal Caravan Park in Port Alfred is situated on the banks of the Kowie River, about 1,5 Km from the river mouth and is ideal for launching Splash. It even has its own jetty! Our site overlooked the small craft harbour and marina. The first thing after setting up camp was an exploratory… Continue reading Port Alfred

A few kilometres out of Morgan Bay we passed the Morganville Farm which is a ‘retirement village’ for all transport related machinery. There were buses, motorbikes, aircraft, trains, cars and the like. This is when Roger spotted a specific aeroplane on the ground, right next to a primary school! He had seen the same aircraft many… Continue reading Chintsa

We managed to secure a campsite for only one night at Double Mouth Nature Reserve as the camp was fully booked for the long weekend. It has a great sea view with all the campsites arranged in a double semi-circle facing a rocky bay, and is by all accounts a fisherman’s mecca. Just a pity… Continue reading Morgan Bay

We were up at sunrise (see Pauline, we can actually do it!) on the day we left Coffee Bay. It took some lateral thinking to get out of the campsite. Roger unhitched the trailer, moved Ufudu to the other side facing the gate, and then turned the trailer around with some help from the staff.… Continue reading Qunu and Dwesa

The distance between Port St Johns and Coffee Bay is 58 Km as Buzz flies. However, for Ufudu the distance is 186 Km because one has to travel in a triangle; first inland to Mthatha and then down to the coast again. The road is tarred all the way to Coffee Bay and mostly good. However… Continue reading Coffee Bay

We left Port Edward at around lunch time and expected the trip to Mkambati to take about 3 hours. It ended up taking 5 hours! The route took us from Port Edward past Flagstaff, Holy Cross and then on to the Mkambati Nature Reserve, our first Eastern Cape IBA. It started raining and the last… Continue reading Mkambati Nature Reserve

TO Strand is a holiday resort that was created many years ago for/by the Transvaal Teachers Association, now open to members and non-members. It is about 5 km North of Port Edward, with the Boboyi River forming the southern border and the beach the eastern border of the resort. It has a ‘previous era’ feel… Continue reading TO Strand – Port Edward

And then it rained; and rained; and rained some more… The forecast rain and flooding had moved in and it seemed like it was going to stay! We only ventured out to the ablutions once during the first morning and for the rest of the day were pottering around inside, very thankful that we have… Continue reading Old Pont – Port Edward

Trafalgar is a lovely, laid-back coastal town with a beautiful beach boasting Blue Flag status. Port O’ Call campsite has direct access to the beach and we found walking along this beach really worthwhile; and you get a good workout at the same time. The Mpenjati Nature reserve and Marine reserve is adjacent to the… Continue reading Trafalgar

As always, we were late leaving the camp at Oribi Gorge, and reluctantly at that. But there is a lot of South Africa still to cover and the weeks are just flying by! We found a campsite at Shelly Beach, slightly inland and very affordable. It was a short distance to travel so we were… Continue reading Shelly Beach