Why do pigeons sunbathe when the sun is at its hottest was a mystery to me until I researched the behaviour. I first saw pigeons and doves sunbathing on the hot sand at midday when we camped at Yellow Sands in 2023. Looking into this strange behaviour when the day is at its hottest, I …
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The trip from our 3-night stop at Van Stadens Resort to Yellow Sands, our first 3-month destination, was an eventful drive. We had a flat tire just before we reached Alexandria on our way to Yellow Sands. Not sure what happened but it wasn’t a pothole, so we suspect we may have hit a piece …
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Camping at Van Stadens Resort Van Stadens Resort near Blue Horizon Bay and 40 km from Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) at the mouth of the Van Staden’s River in the Eastern Cape is one of the older camping resorts. It is in an area scattered with wind turbines of the Kouga Wind Farm, the largest of …
En-route to Mossel Bay Point Caravan Resort in Mossel Bay was where we headed to start our first year longterm camping. But first we stayed over for a night at Onze Rust in Colesberg and the next day we reached our first 14-day destination. On the way to Mossel Bay, we stopped at Oppie Vlak …
Camping for a year started for us when I received a phone call. “I just want to tell you that we have a tenant who signed an offer to rent your house for next year,” the agent sounded mildly excited over the phone. When the call ended The Wifey and I sat back in our …
Caravan Parks near Nelspruit Nelspruit is the gateway to Kruger Park and campsites near Nelspruit are often used to sleep over before entering Kruger Park. When Kruger is fully booked, one way around it is to enter as a day visitor, and Nelspruit camping resorts are then good places to stay. But the camping resorts …
Porta Potty toilets for campers Camping toilets may be of any brand but in the vernacular, they are all called Porta Potty. I suppose it is like people calling toothpaste, Colgate, washing powder, Omo and jeans, Levi’s. Toilets for campers or porta pottys are portable and are mainly chemical toilets with different container sizes that …
Portable toilets for camping Camping toilets are portable toilets used by caravan, tent, and wild campers. Ever wondered how many people would be willing to go camping if it wasn’t necessary to share toilets with other campers? We’ve got good news for those people. Portable toilets are the answer to your prayers. Mobile toilets that …
Caravan and camping sites in South Africa Caravan and camping sites can be found across South Africa, offering accommodation for weekend, holiday and long-term campers. In all provinces, there are camping sites and each province caters for multiple sections of the caravan camping market. These sections vary according to where people are, what they are …
What you should know about caravan maintenance and repairs Maintenance and repairs on your caravan is important to save yourself money and headaches and keep you from being stranded on the road. Caravans are actually flimsy houses that have been designed and built with weight and space-saving in mind. A caravan is little more than …
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