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Readers' choice: 7 most popular African travel posts of 2017

27/12/2017

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Readers' 7 most popular travel posts of 2017
​By Roxanne Reid
I’ve written more than 50 posts on this blog in 2017, covering travels to places as varied as South Africa's West Coast, Karoo, Garden Route and Namaqualand, as well as Namibia, Botswana and Kenya. I thought it would be fun to look back and find which of them went down best with you, the readers. Here's the readers' choice of 7 most popular African travel posts of 2017.

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Top 5 favourite national parks in South Africa

16/10/2017

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Since the publication of my book A Walk in the Park: travels in & around South Africa's national parks, people often ask which are my top 5 favourite national parks in South Africa. Picking my top three is easy; two I’ve visited time and again, never becoming bored, and I totally lost my heart to the third on my first visit. Choosing just two more from the other candidates is much harder.

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Gannakouriep, Richtersveld: find 'nothing' and love it

29/3/2017

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Gannakouriep, Richtersveld
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Prozac for the soul. That’s what I called the chapter about the Richtersveld in my book A Walk in the Park. Four or five visits later, nothing has changed; it’s still a place to rest and reconnect with your soul. Tag along as we visit Gannakouriep camp for the first time, a place to find ‘​nothing’ and love it.

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Sendelingsdrift nature garden, Richtersveld

15/3/2017

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Sendelingsdrift nature garden, Richtersveld
By Roxanne Reid
I’ve always looked at Sendelingsdrift in the /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park as a place to be endured on the way to the excitements of Akkedis Pass, Domrogh Pass, Potjiespram, De Hoop and the wilderness camps inside the park. On a recent visit I discovered a reason to love your stopover here – the new Sendelingsdrift nature garden and herbarium.

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5 arid parks worth visiting in the Northern Cape

1/3/2017

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​By Roxanne Reid
It may not be home to Table Mountain or the Kruger National Park – two of South Africa’s most well known attractions – but the Northern Cape is still one of my favourite places. It has open spaces and blue skies, mountains and semi-desert landscapes crammed with wildlife big and small. Here are 5 arid parks worth visiting in the Northern Cape. 

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Save up to 54% on South African national parks book

14/2/2017

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Elephants, Addo National Park
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It’s February, the month of love. And because I love South Africa’s national parks and wild spaces, I’m offering a special price countdown deal on my e-book A Walk in the Park: Travels in & around South Africa's national parks so that you can fall in love with them too, either for the first or 100th time. Get up to 54% off the listed price.

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‘Vandalism’ in the Richtersveld: get the facts straight

25/8/2016

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Halfmens, Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
By Roxanne Reid
There are lots of things I like. Africa, travel, wildlife, food – hey, even some people. Then there are things I dislike, such as when people take half-baked ideas to the media without first checking their facts.

Let me give you an example.

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Watch a video and get something for free!

26/11/2015

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By Roxanne Reid
​Last week I shared the news that the updated 2nd edition of A Walk in the Park is now available from Amazon. The e-book follows our road trip around South Africa, visiting 12 national parks along the way. (You can read more about the book and what it's about here.) This week, you can watch a short video of some of the wonderful places the journey will take you. And don't miss the special offer at the end of this post.

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Road trip in and around South Africa's national parks

17/11/2015

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‘This is a delicious book. It evokes things we love about the country around us. It conjures up places that soothe the soul. Its huge fault is that ... well, people are going to read it. And then where will all our best-kept secrets be?’ So said author and TV presenter Denis Beckett in his foreword of A Walk in the Park, which takes readers on a road trip in and around South Africa's national parks. Now an updated 2nd edition e-book has been published. 

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20 things you may not know about the Richtersveld

16/7/2015

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When we went to the Richtersveld for the first time in 2004, we wanted to soak up information from anyone and everyone. It seemed a daunting undertaking. And although it certainly isn’t a journey to be undertaken lightly, given that it’s so remote and rough, these 20 things you may not know about the Richtersveld might help to set in motion plans for your own visit.

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    I'm an independent travel writer and book editor with a passion for Africa - anything from African travel, people, safari and wildlife to adventure, heritage, road-tripping and slow travel.
    Since 2015, travel buddy and husband Keith has been the primary photographer for this blog.
    We're happiest in the middle of nowhere, meeting the locals, trying something new, or simply watching the grass grow.
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