A Place Of Great Noise - Augrabies Falls National Park

Welcome to The place of Great Noise

My travels in the past 3 months have been very kind to me to take me to several South African National Parks.

I did the Kruger National Park and the Mapungubwe National Park in September with the Vhembe Municipality as part of the Heritage week tour.

Last week while in Cape Town I hiked up Lions head - 669 metres above sea level. Lions head forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.

I love National Parks. As an animal lover, I can’t help be excited about seeing wild animals at some of these parks also the heritage that is protected in some of these parks is what no textbook will teach you or help you experience.

The Orange River

For my second week in South Africa I am in the Northern Cape. As I make my mission to discover the green Kalahari, I managed to visit the Augrabies Fall National Park.

This is where the Kalahari and Nama-Karoo desert meet and the Orange River flows. This is where you can experience the Kokerboom Food and Wine Route.

Meet the Green Kalahari

Augrabies means a place of great noise, referring to the thundering sound of the water falling down the 56 metres rocky fall. For me, such beauty is something that I have only witnessed from television or magazines. Augrabies beauty is magnificently breath-taking. Looks like one of those places that you never dream you would visit. Even words fail you when describing this beauty.

The Falls

Not often I recommend places to visit with your other half to travel to, but this place is it. This is the place where you come to be one with nature and just listen to thundering water fall and as you get closer, get sprinkled by the water.

***Did You Know: All the National parks in Kwazulu Natal Province are ran and managed by the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and not the South African National Parks. Hence I did not mention the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park earlier.

x0x0

#TheSoloWanderer

Charlotte the friendly ghost in the Midlands Meander

The thing about having family in KZN is, often when one travels to visit family you never really stop and explore the small towns that one drives past. To this day I still struggle to visit Durban and not feel guilty about being so close to family and actually not getting time to see them. I mean, one can only imagine how busy a travel bloggers life can be when there's lots of boys to drool over and plenty beer to sample... Never mind the delicious Indian cuisine found in the city. The views are breathtaking everywhere I am currently on a road trip with some of South Africas top travel bloggers, travel writers, photographers and videographers and this time we stopped in Nottingham Road. No it's not a one road sleepy little village in the breathtaking Midlands meander. Nottingham road is actually a small town. With breathtaking views everywhere you turn. With only about 2500 residents which is quite impressive in terms of growth compared to only having had 200 re...

Dear Namibia - A love Letter

Dear Namibia.. I have been here for 2 weeks. They tell me how dangerous you are but you have been nothing but gentle and good to me. As I leave and make my way to Botswana, I am sad to say good bye. More than anything, I would love to stay. I have made some good friends discovered your beauty and tasted your award winning beer. You are truly the land of the brave. You have come so far and have so far to go still. I hope to walk this journey with you. Thank you for playing a part in my journey to self discovery as well as promoting Africa to Africans. I have made so many friends from as far as Italy and France. Through you I expanded my travel family. I have shared stories of my home country South Africa And had the opportunity to invite more people to come discover my beautiful country of South Africa on a Sho't Left. I have had late nights spent around the braai with people I now consider my own family. Thank you for your beauty, thank you for your ocean, sand...

Leeuwenhof Lodge x Thesolowanderer Holiday Giveaway Competition Rules/ Terms & Conditions

This Holiday Giveaway (“Competition”) is run by #Thesolowanderer (“Promoter”) and is open to all persons of 18 years or older and resident in South Africa, except the employees and their immediate families of Promoter and Leeuwenhof Lodge, advertising and promotion agencies, associated companies, and staff. These rules may be amended by notification at any time during the Competition and will be interpreted by Promoter only. Participation by all entrants (“Participants”) constitutes acceptance of these rules. This Competition will be run on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The Competition will run from 25 October 2020 to 31 October 2020 (“Competition Period”). The winners will be announced by 15 November 2020. Winners will be notified via their social media platform of choice used to enter the competition. There is a two-night holiday getaway for a couple to be won to the value of R10 000 at the end of the Competition Period. To enter, Participants m...

Thesolowanderer

Search This Blog