2021

5 trips from this year.

Beach Day — Trekoskraal, November 2021
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6 November 2021 · Trekoskraal, Western Cape

Beach Day — Trekoskraal, November 2021

A spring day at Trekoskraal — one of the Western Cape's quieter stretches of coastline, where the water is cold, the sand is clean, and the only way in is overland.

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Swartberg Pass & Cango Caves — Prince Albert to Oudtshoorn, October 2021
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31 October 2021 · Prince Albert · Swartberg Pass · Oudtshoorn, Western Cape

Swartberg Pass & Cango Caves — Prince Albert to Oudtshoorn, October 2021

Gravel tyres on the Swartberg Pass — one of South Africa's most dramatic mountain roads — then deep into the limestone chambers of the Cango Caves. A proper Karoo weekend.

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First Flowers Since Lockdown — Biedouw Valley, Wupperthal & Nieuwoudtville, August 2021
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14 August 2021 · Biedouw Valley · Wupperthal · Nieuwoudtville, Western & Northern Cape

First Flowers Since Lockdown — Biedouw Valley, Wupperthal & Nieuwoudtville, August 2021

The first flower run after the COVID lockdowns. A full weekend loop through Biedouw Valley, Wupperthal, over Van Rhyn's Pass and into Nieuwoudtville — quiver trees, waterfalls, and more wild flowers than we'd seen in years.

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Snow Day — Chasing Winter at Matroosberg, Ceres
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13 July 2021 · Matroosberg Nature Reserve, Ceres, Western Cape

Snow Day — Chasing Winter at Matroosberg, Ceres

A pre-dawn departure from Cape Town, a dark drive through the Hex River Valley, and a mountain blanketed in snow. Matroosberg in July delivered exactly what we came for.

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Learning to Drive — Off-Road Training with All Terrain Adventures & Kaalvoet Swys
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18 April 2021 · Zevenwacht Wine Farm & Atlantis Dunes, Western Cape

Learning to Drive — Off-Road Training with All Terrain Adventures & Kaalvoet Swys

Two proper off-road training sessions in April 2021 — rocky technical terrain at Zevenwacht Wine Farm with All Terrain Adventures, then white sand dunes at Atlantis with Kaalvoet Swys Adventures.

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