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101 Kruger Tales: book review

27/8/2014

By Roxanne Reid
A woman takes a dip in a croc-infested dam. An angry elephant flips a car on to its roof. A man drives hundreds of kilometres with a venomous snake at his feet. A family gets caught in rising floodwaters. A lioness opens a car door with her teeth. These are just five of the amazing stories you can read about in 101 Kruger Tales.

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Stay at the Dorpsplaas Cottage in Prince Albert

20/8/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
Prince Albert in the Karoo has grown a lot in the last decade or two. Now it’s known less as the town named after Queen Victoria’s husband than for its olive festival and local markets, its artistic refugees escaping Big City life, its renovated old houses and Karoo stoepies. Next time you visit, you might want to stay at the Dorpsplaas Cottage in Prince Albert.

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Drive the Swartberg Pass in the Karoo

12/8/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
‘Show him an easy place to make a road and he shakes his head and says no. But show him a place where a monkey can’t get out and he’ll jump at it like a cat.’ So someone said of engineer and road builder Thomas Bain at the opening ceremony of the Swartberg Pass in the Karoo. Today, nearly 130 years later, the gravel pass that Bain built is still one of South Africa’s finest.

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Suurbraak at the foot of the Tradouw Pass

5/8/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
Think giant oaks and the burble of water in little streams; historical 19th century buildings and bright little houses in a ribbon along the roadside, yellow and purple shining in the sunlight. This is Suurbraak at the foot of the Tradouw Pass, only 10km off the N2 but 100 years away in time.

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101 Kruger Tales: book review

Stay at the Dorpsplaas Cottage in Prince Albert

Drive the Swartberg Pass in the Karoo

Suurbraak at the foot of the Tradouw Pass

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