We then travelled down to the coast around Shephed and a day in "The Eland Game Reserve" in Orbi Gorge. This was fun with the car on a gravel track that had been washed-out in places and under repair; we saw more animals, walked a suspension bridge and generally enjoyed the scenery. On the route back to the "Beach" BP, we stopped at Leopard's Rock to take some photos of us sitting overhanging the gorge and watched the weaver birds building nests.
Onwards through the Transkei to the "Wild Coast". At first we were going to give this a miss, but saw that the road was fine and the area completely different from elsewhere in the SA we seen so far. Lots of villagers along the long windy road and shortage of unleaded petrol in the service stations. It felt as if we were back in Rundu in the small towns on route and in complete contrast to Nelspruit and the small towns around there. It was a puzzle what the people did for a living as there was a lack of agriculture (maybe the time of year), although some of the soils looked good. Maybe a lot on pensions, but little sign of any activity really. We reached Port St Johns and camped overlooking the sea. Did a short walk to a blow-hole, climbing down with the aid of a wire rope, but got some good shots. After that, we decided to go onto "Coffee Bay" for a couple of days as this had been recommended by a group of South Africans that we had met at the BP at Port St John. The BP at Coffee Bay was very nice and also busy. Unfortunately we got our tent burnt with a spark on the first night and so moved to another camp site on the other side of the ri
ver for the second night when it rained, luckily I had a repair for the tent that sealed it OK. Did a walk along the coast to "Hole-in-the -Wall" with a local guide. It was fine when we set off, but it soon became wet and windy. The guide didn't seem bothered but we got soaked. It cleared up by the end of the walk for our picnic on the beach. However, with thunder clouds around we made for the gravel road in the hope of getting a hike back. That worked out OK in the end but a little uncertain about the quality of the kombies brakes on the hills.
Onwards through the Transkei to the "Wild Coast". At first we were going to give this a miss, but saw that the road was fine and the area completely different from elsewhere in the SA we seen so far. Lots of villagers along the long windy road and shortage of unleaded petrol in the service stations. It felt as if we were back in Rundu in the small towns on route and in complete contrast to Nelspruit and the small towns around there. It was a puzzle what the people did for a living as there was a lack of agriculture (maybe the time of year), although some of the soils looked good. Maybe a lot on pensions, but little sign of any activity really. We reached Port St Johns and camped overlooking the sea. Did a short walk to a blow-hole, climbing down with the aid of a wire rope, but got some good shots. After that, we decided to go onto "Coffee Bay" for a couple of days as this had been recommended by a group of South Africans that we had met at the BP at Port St John. The BP at Coffee Bay was very nice and also busy. Unfortunately we got our tent burnt with a spark on the first night and so moved to another camp site on the other side of the ri
ver for the second night when it rained, luckily I had a repair for the tent that sealed it OK. Did a walk along the coast to "Hole-in-the -Wall" with a local guide. It was fine when we set off, but it soon became wet and windy. The guide didn't seem bothered but we got soaked. It cleared up by the end of the walk for our picnic on the beach. However, with thunder clouds around we made for the gravel road in the hope of getting a hike back. That worked out OK in the end but a little uncertain about the quality of the kombies brakes on the hills.
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