Some places are worth visiting several time and in different times of the year. As we saw the Karkonoski National Park already in the summer, we wanted to go back this time around autumn. In order to enjoy the amazing color of the trees and just this autumn feeling. With that said we went once more to Jelenia Gora, at the foot of the mountain, in order to enjoy this special…
No visit to Africa should go by without visiting a national park for some game drives. This time we choose to spend a couple of days in the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park. The park is mainly famous for black and white rhinos and is the oldest proclaimed nature reserve in Africa. It consists of 960 km² of hilly topography, 280 kilometers north of Durban in central KwaZulu-Natal. We stayed in the Hilltop…
After enjoying hiking in the Drakensberg and the Oribi Gorge, it was time to enjoy some beach time. We choose the isolated beach of Lambazi Bay. The drive from the Oribi Gorge was long and really bumpy. The last 30 kilometer been only on a dirt road. It is all doable without a 4x4, but real slowly. We have been created by the Lodge Manager Rob, which hosted us as only…
In order to see a few new parts of South Africa, we drove to the Oribi Gorge. The Gorge is a canyon in southern KwaZulu-Natal. It is, cut by the Mzimkulwana River, is the eastern gorge of two gorges that cut through the Oribi Flats of KwaZulu-Natal. The western gorge was formed by the Mzimkulu River. The gorge is approximately 400 meters deep, and almost 5 kilometers wide. Map of the…
After our great time in South Africa in 2018, we knew at one point of time we want to go back and enjoy more of the Drakensberg area. Our first visit was in February/March, which was at that time too hot for hiking. With that in mind, we planned our new trip at a better time in September. Which is still Winter in South Africa - not to be compared with…
The Vosges are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. It is running in a north-northeast direction from the Burgundian Gate to the Börrstadt Basin. This time we visited the town of Fellering, which is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France Château du Wildenstein Vallée de la Thur View from the Château du Wildenstein Fellering is located in the…
The Altmark is a historic region in Germany, in the northern third of Saxony-Anhalt and south part of Lower Saxony. In order to enjoy the region, we stayed at the Gartower See (Lower Saxony) and the Arendsee (Saxony-Anhalt). Both places have nice nature to offer. A lot of hiking and biking paths, as well as animal spotting. No matter if you bring your own bike or rent one in Gartow or…
General Namibia is a country that is easy for self-driving. An important thing to know is that the majority of the roads are gravel - but an easy kind. Nothing compared to Iceland or Mongolia. Even that, it is highly recommended to rent a 4x4, the majority of the time it would not have been necessary. There only had been two times which really needed a 4x4. First in the Tiras…
WindhoekAfter your night flight from Frankfurt, we started our journey in Namibia with a relaxing day at the pool in Windhoek. But before that, we go a bit of a fun before getting your rental car. Folks who returned to Namibia insisted of having 2 spare wheels instead of only 1. Many inspections detailed the whole process. We even had to change one wheel, as it had no profile anymore. In…
Some destinations are not real bucket list dream destinations - at least what my list is concerned -, until you been there and find all the beauty in it. Visiting the Karkonosze National Park in Poland, was exactly like that. It is interesting that for some places we have a clear picture in our head and when we have been there we realize that it is completely wrong. But let me…