Category: Richtersveld

World Heritage Sites in South Africa and why to visit them

8/6/2022

By Roxanne Reid
[Updated July 2024]
Some places have exceptional universal value, whether in terms of their cultural or natural significance. Giving them protection status is a way to foster their preservation for generations to come. On the tip of Africa is a country rich in places that deserve such safeguards. Here are 12 sites that have been inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Africa.

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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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By Roxanne Reid
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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By Roxanne Reid
Prozac for the soul. That’s what I called the chapter about the Richtersveld in my book A Walk in the Park. Five visits later, 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 in the park. Recently, 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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‘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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Road trip in and around South Africa's national parks

17/11/2015

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By Roxanne Reid
‘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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By Roxanne Reid
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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5 favourite campsites in South African parks

16/6/2015

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5 favourite campsites in South African parks

By Roxanne Reid
South Africans are supremely lucky to have so many game reserves, national parks and nature reserves across the country. As regular readers will know, these are my preferred places to get away from the city, recharge my batteries and get my fill of nature and wildlife. Here are my 5 favourite campsites in South African parks for atmosphere, setting and rustic simplicity.

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