South Africa
This post is an overview of our family safari in South Africa and Swaziland. It was a great trip and we covered a lot of ground in two weeks. This was enough time to see an amazing amount of wildlife, and also to spend some time seeing non-animal scenery. Each section below includes a […]
So Many Animal Photos … There are usually many uncertainties and surprises involved with travel to Africa, but one thing for sure is that you will take a lot of photos, especially on safari. Even after editing and narrowing down to the best ones, we had more photos than we could use in our blog […]
Three days on the Manyeleti Game Reserve After our do-it-yourself safari in Kruger National Park, we headed north to the Manyeleti Game Reserve. This is a private game reserve that borders Kruger National Park, so the animals can roam freely between the reserve and the park. We had three action-packed days at Khoka Moya, so […]
A Day in Kruger National Park After our break from the animals to explore the Panorama Route, the next activity on our agenda was a day self-driving in Kruger National Park. Although most of our other wildlife experiences on this trip were on private game reserves, we wanted to experience the quintessential South African Kruger […]
After the first game reserve experience of our family safari trip (in the Entabeni Safari Conservancy in South Africa’s Waterberg region), we headed west towards Kruger National Park. Before seeing the park itself, we took a day off from animals to check out the famous Panorama Route. Getting to the Panorama Route We left Honeyguide […]
After a brief stopover in Johannesburg to get over our jet lag, we headed to our first game reserve – the Entabeni Safari Conservancy. Entabeni Safari Conservancy – Day 1 A slight miscalculation in travel times (turns out you have to add a bit extra to Google Maps travel times in South Africa) and some time taken […]
A Johannesburg Stopover Our major travel for 2017 was a trip to South Africa and Swaziland. The main goal was to see some of Africa’s wildlife on safari. Kruger National Park was the planned highlight, but we had two weeks to check out a few different game reserves and do some non-animal sightseeing as well. […]
Two Aussie/US dual citizens and one American sharing stories, pics and recommendations based on their family travels. Made it 10 months through a planned 14 month RTW adventure before COVID interrupted. Now settled in Brisbane, Australia waiting for the world to open up again so the adventures can continue.
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