Sundays River Sand Sledding Adventure, South Africa
The Sundays River Ferry near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape offers an incredible way to see and enjoy the magnificent Sundays River estuary.
We tried out their fabulous sand sledding adventure - what fun for the whole family!
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Bakkie Stories Episode 7: Sand-boarding, Sundays River & Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
Who needs snow boarding, when you can go sand-boarding instead?! In Episode 7 of Bakkie Stories, we take on the surreal landscape of Sunday’s River sand dunes in Port Elizabeth.
Watch Maya, Saunders and Alice try their hand at sand-boarding for the first time; riding down some of the biggest dunes in the Eastern Cape! One of South Africa’s lesser-known attractions the Sunday's River sand dunes, within the Alexandria Dune Fields, are part of the largest coastal dune field in the southern hemisphere, stretching for 50km long and 2.2km wide!
Join us as we take TV presenter Maya Jama, Instagram sensation Alice Liveing and travel blogger Saunders Carmichael-Brown, aka Saunders Says on an unbelievable 10 day road trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Visit our website or follow the hashtag #BakkieStories to learn more:
Rustig Hiking Trail - Gauteng, South Africa
Highlights from a great weekend hike on the Rustig trail close to Magaliesburg in South Africa. The rocky climb was worth the views from above, would highly recommend this trail to anyone interested in a little adventure!
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WORLD'S BIGGEST MIRROR | Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia
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/// The Bolivian Salt Flats in Uyuni, Bolivia are one of the most beautiful and unique places we've ever been! They are the biggest in the world (10,000 square kilometers of salt!). We drove 70 miles in the middle of the flats and had a gourmet picnic, and then hiked on an island that has formed on top of the flats. We ended the day with a gorgeous sunset and settled in our salt hotel for the night!
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TOP 10 Places to Visit in Guyana
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10. Shell Beach
A salt-sprayed section of the Guyana Coast, where the Atlantic rollers meld with the Caribbean currents out at sea and mangroves sprawl and crawl along the sands to the shore, Shell Beach is unquestionably the most famous beach in the country.But people don’t come to sunbathe and swim.
9. Parika
Tin shack docks and streets of purring scooters form the heart of riverside Parika; a down-to-earth port town on the banks of the Essequibo. At once gritty and welcoming, this gateway to the Essequibo Islands and river boat terminal is a fine place to sample the real, raw character of Guyana’s coast. Don’t miss the buzzing market that erupts in the town each Sunday.
8. Orinduik Falls
Carving their way out of the rocks that roll out from the Pakaraima Mountains in the western reaches of Guyana, just on the border with Venezuala, the Orinduik Falls offer something a little different to the country’s great cascading cataracts that fall from the top of its tepui hills.
7. Kaieteur National Park
The jewel of the Potaro-Siparuni region is a vast and expansive protected area that rises and falls with the great bulwark ridges of the Guyana tepuis. Dressed in thick, monkey-dotted, jaguar-stalked rainforests and covering a whopping 62,000 hectares, it’s hailed as the ecotourist hotspot for the country.
6. Port Mourant
Port Mourant is a small and welcoming little town on Guyana’s Atlantic coastal stretches, famed for its prolific output of cricketers (the sound of cork on willow is the usual backing track to daily life here!) and as the birthplace of the county’s revered ‘Father of the Nation’: Dr Cheddi Jagan. The down-to-earth spot is also a great place to glimpse Guyana’s agricultural heartland, with famer’s markets touting fresh fruits straight from the fields.
5. New Amsterdam
Since its foundation in the middle of the 18th century, New Amsterdam – the regional capital of East Berbice-Corentyne – has flitted from Dutch masters, who held sway over the lowland plantations here from the citadel of Fort Nassau up the valley (the remains of which can still be visited today), to the British, who endowed it with ground-breaking sanitation laws and attracted the likes of Cesar Castellani (perhaps the most famous architect to grace Guyana with his work).
4. Bartica
Straddling the channels of the Essequibo River where it joins the meanders of the Cuyuni and gives way to the wilder, less inhabited heartlands of Guyana, Bartica was once known as the ‘Gateway to the Interior’.
3. Kanuku Mountains
The great peaks of Kanuku are divided in two by the long and winding water channels of the Rupununi River, separated into a duo of diamond-shaped highland regions that are both famed for their wealth of mammalian species and old growth forests.
2. Linden
For almost a whole century, the settlement of Linden has been Guyana’s primary mining hub, with thousands of prospectors and miners making their way to this tropical spot to pull bauxite from the hills that line the Demerara River.
1. Georgetown
The place where so many Guyanese come to shop, work and play is actually something of a shadow of its former self. In fact, there’s no question that Georgetown’s golden age came with the height of the colonial powers here, a fact that its name – made in honour of England’s King George III – implies.
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Knysna, South Africa
I continued down the Garden Route in South Africa to the town of Knysna. Again, I was blown away by how beautiful the coastline is. I didn't expect so much of the coast of South Africa to be this stunning which is probably my own fault. I really did expect South Africa to be more like you see on all the ads. I was actually very pleased to find out it is the way it is. There is such variety to the country. This video from Knysna again shows some of that beautiful diversity.
In my next episode from South Africa I continue through to Addo for my first South African safari.
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Mining Gold for $3,000/day?
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Somewhere in the Solomon Islands, a giant gold mine was discovered in 1997. At the time, the locals had no idea how to properly mine gold... and now, about 3,000 people are making a VERY healthy living doing it.
From what I have seen today, digging for gold all day in this humidity (and heavy rain) is EXTREMELY difficult, but the best ones are making up to $3,000 a day. For all you math wizards, that's over 1 million dollars a year.
Here is the full story of the gold miners in the Solomon Islands. Enjoy!
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Hartbeespoort Dam Drone Tour
Hartbeespoort Dam Drone Footage
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Hartbeespoort Dam (also known as Harties) is an arch type dam situated in the North West Province of South Africa. It lies in a valley to the south of the Magaliesberg mountain range and north of the Witwatersberg mountain range, about 35 kilometers west of Pretoria. The name of the dam means pass of the hartebeest (a species of antelope) in Afrikaans. This poort in the Magaliesberg was a popular spot for hunters, where they cornered and shot the hartebeest.The dam was originally designed for irrigation, which is currently its primary use, as well as for domestic and industrial use. The dam has suffered from a hypertrophic state since the early 1970s. Mismanagement of waste water treatment from urban zones within the Hartbeespoort Dam catchment area is largely to blame, having distorted the food web with over 280 tons of phosphate and nitrate deposits.
The town of Hartbeespoort is situated close to the dam wall and the villages of Kosmos, Melodie, Ifafi, Meerhof and The Coves, Pecanwood, Westlake and several other estates can be found alongside its shores. The town of Schoemansville was named after General Hendrik Schoeman, owner of the land during the 19th century.
RUSTIG HIKING TRAIL MAGALIESBURG | Hiking near Johannesburg | A hiking video
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Rustig hiking trail is situated near Hekpoort on the southern slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain range, about 90 km from Johannesburg.It is one of the best hikes near Johannesburg.The level is average to difficult.
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KTM 990 ADVENTURE: CHASING MOUNTAIN PASSES & WATERFALLS (HD)
A Weekend in Newcastle. Exploring the surroundings on a KTM 990 Adventure bike. Experienced nature at it's best.
Took the GoPro and Drone to capture everything while on this amazing trip.
We took off doing almost 200km on day 1. First stop for the day was at the Ncandu river, thereafter at Moorfield farm. Stunning waterfalls and scenery surrounded us as we took a break and went swimming at the top of a +- 30m high waterfall.
We continued on the gravel road towards Memel, whereafter we approached the Normandien mountain pass. One of the top 5 passes in Kwa Zulu-Natal.
We stopped at the Ark which is a viewpoint within the Normandien pass. What a view!
It was my first time visiting Newcastle, I was impressed with the stunning surroundings and how close you are to nature. Save to say I will definitely be going back.
We continued all along the gravel road back to Newcastle stopping at plantations which we saw from the pass.
Day 2 we took off on route Collins pass, but we decided to discover another area. We ended the day off at the Ncandu falls just outside Newcastle. Beautiful!
The Normandien Pass is without question one of KZN's best gravel passes. It has all the elements of great altitude, gravel surface, lots of twists, turns and switchbacks, breathtaking views, steep gradients and a decent length - to get the adrenaline up a notch or two.
Normandien Pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 1.992m above the sea level, located in Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa. This pass is recommended to be driven in a 4x4 or 4x2 bakkie with diff-lock.
The summit is not at the intersection, but a few kms further east at 1992m ASL. There is a good view site there where you can gawp down 500 vertical meters at the wide valley known as Die Ark - supposedly so-called because of the conglomeration of settlers that inhabited the valley. You will be enchanted and invigorated as you stand facing the wind drawing up the Drakensberg as it powers its way across the rolling grasslands to Memel in the Free State. If you look carefully, you will notice a stand of Yellowwood trees near the upper end of Die Ark close to the view point. There are only two roads leading into the valley from the South
The road over the pass is gravel, but some of the steeper sections (with a gradient of 1:6) have concrete strips. This track can get very muddy and slippery after rain making it challenging to get through. The track has all the elements of great altitude: gravel surface, lots of twists, turns and switchbacks, breathtaking views and steep gradients. Off road bikers should have experience before attempting this pass.
Moorfield Mountain Farm offers visitors superb walks into its hills and old forest, as well as clambering, swimming and fishing in the waterfalls and pools of the valley and kloof of the Ncandu River.
Nature lovers and researchers also enjoy spending time at Moorfield to appreciate the beauty and biodiversity of the flora and fauna on the reserve, as do those who just enjoy spending quiet time in nature to retreat from the busy world in which we live for a while
Newcastle, town, northwestern KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It lies at the foot of the Drakensberg mountains. The fourth British settlement in Natal, it was founded in 1864 as a regional trade centre. Fighting occurred in the vicinity during both the First Boer War (1881) and the South African War (1899–1902). Newcastle has long been known for its coal mining and steel production.
Ncandu Falls is a waterfall in the Ncandu River in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa close to the town of Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal.
The Ncandu State Forest Nature Reserve is the second biggest indigenous forest in KwaZulu Natal and is filled with grassy plains and yellowwood gorges.
There are many little streams running through the forest that meet the Ncandu River where trout are plentiful. This is the ideal place for a scenic stroll or relaxing horse ride.
Many trails run through the reserve which take you all though the sandstone cliffs, to the majestic waterfalls and allow for fabulous birding opportunities. You get here via boat and can wither walk on boardwalks through the forest or above the roof of the forest where the views are simply stunning.
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