A Vulture Restaurant is a specific site where carcasses are provided as a source for vultures to feed from. They are unique eaters in that they only feed from the meat of dead animals. Vultures have nearly been driven to extinction because they were thought to be nothing more than disease spreaders. They are however [...]

Birds of Eden is located in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa and right next door to the other attraction we visited called Monkeyland.  If you have any interest in exotic birds we highly recommend this place. It is the largest free flight bird aviary in the world.  The entire two hectare area is covered in a [...]

The Valley of Desolation is located in the Camdeboo Nature Reserve of South Africa.  From the town of Graff-Reinet you can do an easy day trip to the valley as well as The Owl House Of Nieu Bethesda. The massive dolorite rocks that tower from the valley floor were formed millions of years ago from [...]

Boulders Beach is located in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa, just 45 minutes drive from central Capetown. It’s a popular attraction because of its resident penguin colony. While we stayed in Simons Town we went to view the penguins on three separate occasions, we love them that much. The area where the majority of [...]

The Otter trail in Tsitsikamma National Park ranks alongside the best trails in the world. It has to be booked a year in advance due to its popularity. The trail follows rugged Eastern Cape coastline from Storms River Mouth to Natures Valley. It’s just over 42 km’s long and takes four nights and five days [...]

After visiting the Karoo Heartland of South Africa we headed towards the Garden Route on the coast. What we thought would be a shorter route ended up being over three hours of driving on a nail biting road called the Prince Alfred Pass.  When we looked at our map there appeared to be two choices [...]

Monkeyland is a large primate sanctuary and rehabilitation reserve located just east of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. Located right beside Monkeyland is another sanctuary called Birds Of Eden. You can visit both places without even moving your car. The majority of the monkeys at this property have come from unfortunate situations. Many were lab test [...]

Many people mistakenly think that Cape Point is the southern most point of the African continent, but there is no question that Cape Agalhus holds the rightful title to this status. Technically Cape Point would be the most southwestern point of Africa. There does seem to be some debate over where the Indian and Atlantic [...]

Tarangire National Park is an easy two hour drive southwest of Arusha, the capital of Tanzania. It sits on the traditional migration route for several wildlife species. It’s not as well known as some of the parks in Tanzania but it makes for a good stop while traveling through the northern circuit on the way [...]

Of all the countries we have been to, I would have to say that South Africa offers some of the best examples of backpacking accommodation that we’ve stayed in. Many of them are more like resort properties than they are hostels.  The locations range from large rural properties to city buildings, but they all seemed [...]