Travelogues South Africa

On the way...

On Thursday and Friday, we wanted to tackle Table Mountain, but it was always cloudy and partly rainy. So we kept postponing it to the next day, without success. On Thursday, I...

On Friday afternoon, I finally landed in Cape Town. Cape Town alone has almost twice as many inhabitants with nearly 4 million residents than the whole of Namibia with its mere...

January 23, 2018: Bloemfontein is the sixth largest city (250,000 inhabitants) in South Africa and we spend two nights here. Unfortunately in different accommodations, as we...

A tour to Boulders Beach, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, and Houe Bay

The hike up Table Mountain started spectacularly and ended quite sobering. But it was still a beautiful day.

How enchanting are they? And how fascinating! 🐧 On land, with their somewhat clumsy waddling gait, they seem as if evolution hadn't bothered with their locomotion...

Day 139 of 175: World Cruise - Durban/South Africa

We are back again!

Good morning, you wonderful Africa! Today promises to be a fantastic day in Franschhoek! Our adventure began with a "cozy" breakfast at our Stellenbosch Manor before we set...

After the exciting day yesterday, we took it easy today. We had a leisurely breakfast and then took the shuttle to Camps Bay Beach. It is an attractive beach section of Cape...

Almost on time at 8 o'clock we rolled out of the driveway of our hotel in Pietermaritzburg and set off for Pretoria. A 530 km journey lay ahead of us. The bus journey was mainly...

Today we're starting super early for our standards 😂 We went to see the penguins in Simon's Town again. We had been given a tip about where you can splash around in the water...

After the suitcases were packed and the car was loaded, we set off for a picnic. We had booked the picnic at the Boschendal winery online in advance. The winery is currently...

First we went from Knysna to Plettenberg Bay today to the great café we had already been to ☺️ We had a delicious late breakfast. Anni was able to feed the animals again and run...

We had thrown our plans for Swellendam and the surrounding area overboard due to the temperatures today of up to 39 degrees 🥵 and our broken air conditioning in the car. We...

Today we started the day very relaxed. It started with a super delicious breakfast basket 🥰 After we had settled in a bit and explored the beautiful complex, we drove along the...

The rain had started already last night after dinner and went on through the whole night. So we had our bfast outside on the stoep (patio) but dressed in a warmer sweater and...

Swim in the morning and while we had breakfast, a baboon monkey 🙈 got through a small slit of the window in our room and stole an apple out of a bag. The hotel cleaning lady...

Hitting the road from Lemoenfontein to Addo Elefant 🐘 Park, again another 400km of road trip. Starting the day with a dip in the perfect pool at the game lodge and a couple of...

09/07/2023 Delicious breakfast, friendly people…. Let's go to the Greater Kruger Region. Long, winding but well-developed roads with a considerable number of potholes led us...

After completing the approximately 90-minute drive from P.E. to Fynbos Golf Resort, we were quickly able to check into our room and then play a round of golf. The atmosphere was...

Now that I'm back in Cape Town, it's time to talk about the second week of my trip. During this time, I had a change of accommodation daily, had many experiences, and often had...

Last Tuesday, it was time to say goodbye to my apartment in Woodstock - for another 2 nights, I moved back to the guest house where my journey began before finally starting my...

After a small trip to Signal Hill on Friday (including touching the clouds) and a long walk along the Seapoint promenade, it was time to leave the city for one night on...

The first month in South Africa has already passed, and especially due to the current developments in Germany, I am incredibly grateful to be able to spend my time in this...

Since my wonderful friends started this blog, I will now fill it with life. It's not about writing everything down every day, but rather about capturing special moments /...

Chapman's Peak Drive

Today we went up high. The Table Mountain, which is 1085m high, enchanted us. We were able to climb the new seventh wonder of the world with a Swiss cable car in beautiful...