Day: January 29, 2020
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26th January 2020 – The Swartberg Pass
As we were due to be up very early for a meerkat safari (which didn’t happen because of rain) we didn’t take up the option of the ostrich farm tour. We had a leisurely day exploring the Swartberg Pass and the area around the Cango Caves. Stunning scenery again. We spent quite some time watching…
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25th January 2020 – Oudtshoorn
As we had had quite a long and tiring journey from Knysna to Oudtshoorn we just relaxed in the afternoon in the gardens of the farm where we were staying. Oudtshoorn is the ostrich capital of the world and we were staying on an ostrich farm. The view across the farm to the local…
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27th January 2020 – Oudtshoorn – meerkats
The main focus of our stay in Oudtshoorn was a morning “safari” to see meerkats in the Klein Karoo. However, when we got up at 4.30 am it was raining and we had been warned that the trip would not go ahead in the rain as the meerkats would not come out to play.…
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16th – 19th January 2020 – Thornybush Private Game Reserve, South Africa – birds
Clearly the main focus of the 6 games drives we did in the Thornybush Game Reserve was the animals. However, we had a fantastic opportunity to see a large number of birds too. I felt I probably tested the patience of our fellow tourists by me wanting to stop to see birds; but they were…
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