| Through the Little Karoo desert |
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| Old colonial hotel in Prince Albert | Elfi and Sandra and the coffee break |
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| Wide country, distant hills in the Karoo region | A long and steep ascent for the
cyclists up from Prince Albert Valley |
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| Ostrich farms along the way | Goodday! |
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| Wilderness National Park and Knysna |
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| Visit at the waterfall on the way to the Cango Caves | Everybody is having fun |
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| The fabulous Cango Caves | A rest stop after Oudtshoorn at
a mountain pass overlooking the city of George |
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| Our idyllic lodges in the Wilderness NP Restcamp | View over restcamp and bay (and the mighty waves at the beach!) |
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| Cycling again: The arrived ones waiting for the others to master another long ascent! | Sometimes we had to share dirt roads with heavy trucks. And with their dust clouds. |
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| Sunny and scenic Knysna | Having delicious pizza and
milkshakes with a view (before hurrying off to check out the local shops) |
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| Lookout point at the narrow entrance to the Knysna bay | Taking pictures of the sea |
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| Hiking tour on the Robberg |
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| Some township shacks on the way out of Knysna | High above Plettenberg Bay: Starting point of a great walk on the Robberg peninsula |
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| One of several beautiful beaches | This is why the peninsula is called Robberg |
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| The robbies are having fun | Along a narrow path, with gorgeous view and stormy wind |
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| A nice find between the rocks | Down at the sea |
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| 'Birds of Eden' bird park |
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| A welcoming Green Parrot at the bird park entrance | At the bird park cafe: One of
two very persisting green friends (this one even talking) trying to get their share of our carrot cakes! |
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| Now here are the two
of them. And still some cake to go. And not to forget the coffee cream! |
Red! Ibis |
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| More, other, colourful | Three on a twig |
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| Flamingo | A very special friend of mine, this Kakadu! Followed me a little through the park. |
| Whale watching in Plettenberg Bay |
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| And now for something completely different... | An hour of whale watching on a small speedboat |
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| Spotted: Two Southern Right Whales | Not very far from us |
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| Going down! | Afterwards: Tired (and slightly relieved that the wave ride didn't last much longer) |
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| At the worlds highest Bungee jump from the N2 Bloukrans Bridge: 216m | Someone is really doing it! |
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| Tsitsikamma National Park |
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| View from a balcony at the Tsitsikamma NP restcamp | Setting out for a walk along the coast to another waterfall |
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| Watching the sun going down | ... |
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| Sandra well-protected while getting money from the ATM | Afterwards: The homeless are having lunch out of their supermarket trolley |
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| Addo Elephant National Park |
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| Beautiful decorated room in the Addo NP lodge | Our lodge buildings were right at the edge of the fence to the wildlife area |
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| 6 o'clock in the morning: tired and cold start of a group safari tour | Muddy baby elephant |
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| Kudu | Three in a row |
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| A warthog in its characteristic, peculiar feeding position | Fascinated Wikinger safari team members (now in our own bus) |
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| Elephants in all sizes, even XS | Another one of the 'Big 5' |
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| The king himself | |
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