South Africa
Travel Reports
Put Globi back into operation after a year and a half
11/17/21 to 12/19/21 The human body and diesel show very similar reactions after a certain age! We were able to learn a lot from many small technical damages. This time we also understood that [...]
Credit card gone
11.2. – 4.4.18 Tourist park The Oribi Gorge is an extremely impressive river valley. Here we enjoyed the tourist installations as in Europe. Lake Eland offers so-called zip lines, Flying Fox as [...]
Carnet de passage in Afrika
Six months ago we had ordered a replacement part with Fisher Panda in Capetown. Unfortunately this delivery timeframe was not good enough and we had to wait another 15 days in Durban until the [...]
Report: South & Lesotho
27.3. - 6.5.16 Lesotho Many people praised Lesotho - the little kingdom in the mountains, so we decided to visit it. The departure of South Africa was easy, they [...]
Smiling
24.2 - 26.3.16 Smiling The Guestfarm Bonniedale of Nico & Danette offered some great off-road tracks. Ideal conditions to test Ernstli by heart. On top the landscape around the farm is really beautiful. [...]
Slide Shows
Dunes at the Indian Ocean
A bit off the beaten track, South Africa's diverse and very impressive landscape revealed itself. In the middle of the jungle we met funny art figures. The sand by the sea was like a painting [...]
Animals in pleasant and other actions
Baboons control the smell of their lower back. Elephants can also climb, giraffes can also be groomed and hippos are sometimes available as islands for turtles. Marabous while drinking, horn troughs with food in [...]
Slideshow: The South Part and Lesotho
Beside some very warm encounters, mainly Lesotho, the mountains and the people, fascinated us. We had the one-time luck to participate at a district meeting of kindergartens. The people were so festive that they [...]
Western Cape
The Western Cape is not just Cape Town, although we spent a lot of time in this region. In addition to extremely impressive landscapes we were also experiencing very close encounters with wild life. [...]
Video
The Wildcoast
To get to the coast along the Wildcoast, we have to make our way over hills with relatively narrow dirt roads. The landscape is completely sprawled as there are a lot of people living here. [...]
From Graaf-Reinet to Oribi Gorge
The town of Graaff-Reinet and especially the Karoo Nature Reserve we liked a lot. The following ride over small slippery roads in the backcountry are sometimes exciting, but always in a lonely and beautiful landscape. [...]
Crocodile farm
In the north-east of South Africa we visited a crocodile farm. The animals are kept here like the pigs in Europe. Only difference: they are a little bit more dangerous and the skin is sold [...]
Globi in the Kruger NP
Once you are in South Africa the Kruger national park is a MUST. And of course we follow those musts. Most of the wild life here are the tourists. We didn't film them, but rather [...]
Party in Lesotho
In the middle of the Mountains of Lesotho, we had the chance to visit accidentally a large regional event. The kindergartens of the region competed against one another. We attended the festival without great [...]
On the roads of Lesotho
The journey across the Kingdom of Lesotho was one of the most beautiful experiences on our first part of our trip thru Africa. Steep, narrow mountain roads alternate with modern asphalt roads in this [...]
Addo Elephant & Mountain Zebra National Park
Our journey through the southern part of Africa was really influenced by a lot of wildlife viewing. The Addo National Park is a home to a special breed of small African elephants, what we [...]
Naude’s Nek Pass
The earth road to get in the high mountains of South Africa are indeed lonely, but very alive. Many animals occupy our gravel roads and they never stick to the traffic rules. The way [...]
An interview with Nico
In our experience, Nico, the owner of Bonniedale Farm, is a classic representative of the white South African rural population, freedom-loving, which is why for him only a self-dependence is possible, he needs no [...]
Toys for men
Ernstli, our ATV, was finally really used as fun mobile on Bonniedale, otherwise we use it always as a workhorse for bulk purchases. We practiced steep ascents and descents and spinning all wheels even [...]
White Lions, but no albinos
Another animal video! Yes, but with white lions. During a walking safari we saw white rhinos. In a film, like nothing, but if you are by foot to a few feet of the great [...]
On the back roads of the Western Cape
It is known that most areas are there the most beautiful, where it has the least tourist. That is also true for the Western Cape in South Africa. On the so-called backroads we mastered [...]
Itinerary
Wild Coast
On our third trip to South Africa with Globi we travelled mainly to less touristic highlights. Most intensively, we travelled along the Wild Coast, which has a lot to offer in terms of landscape. Most [...]
Traveling in the east of South Africa
We mainly visit Swaziland and the Kruger National Park. From here we headed to the border with Botswana.
Itinerary in the South and Lesotho
On the southern Back Routes we had to turn around twice, because we were too big. The Kingdom of Lesotho made Globi climb up to altitudes 3,000 masl. [...]
The new GPS
We are now driving with our GPS a standard Garmin device beside our GPS on the PC and are almost satisfied!
Information
Information South Africa
As of May 16, update March 18 Food In nearly every little village you can find a supermarket. Spar – the German Discounter chain – is very visible here. International products and [...]
Met on the way
Monique & Sjors from Holland
28.11.16, Nelspruit, South Africa On the road with Waggel, a DAF YA4440 Monique und Sjors travel out of curiosity, but also because they wanted to leave Netherland as it became too small for them. [...]
Hulda & Peter from Solothurn
16.11.16, Umfolozi NP, South Arica On the road with O’Boss III, a Steyr 10S18 Hulda and Peter travel, because they want to discover the world and would like to get to know the landscapes, [...]
Barbara & Jörg from Germany
18.4.16, Malealea Lodge, Lesotho On the road with Wicht, a Nissan Navara with a Bimobil cabine Barbara and Jörg would like to experience the world; they started in Africa. Since February 2015 they are [...]
Heike & Danny from Germany/Belgium
9.4.16, Mountain Zebra Nationalparc, South Africa On the road with Kasimir, a Toyota LandCruiser build by Tom's Fahrzeugtechnik Heike and Danny love travelling because they want to meet new people and are interested in [...]
Bigitte & Edy from the Heart of Switzerland
4.4.16, Knysna, South Africa On the road with a Toyota Land Cruiser 79 double Cab TD 4.5l V8 with Conqueror Companion off-road Caravan Meeting them in Knysna was really extraordinary for us. For years [...]
