The Great Trek is now over, we have travelled from Capetown to the Mozambiqu and Eswatini borders and skirted Lesotho and now returned to Capetown. We have seen all the large animals except for whales and added at least 6 bird species to add to ebird. Walked with elephants, played with monkeys, flirted with parrots! We saw great scenery, camped under the stars, endured a storm deluge, drove in a small car on roads suitable only for 4x4s, dived in the Indian ocean and met great people. When I return to the UK I will reveal all.

We have had an awesome journey so far with wildlife, birds, flora and scenery ro please eveybody interested in travel. Imagine mountains (Golden Gate) that look like they are paintings, a Cherry farm with sweet, succulent cherries and an assortment of Cherry products to fill a supermrket, a visit to the Mountain National Zebra Park with a wide range of birds and wildlife, the 2 days in Addo with Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, Leopard and much more. I will tell all on my return and share photos. We are niw in the TsiTsikamma forest.

We have been in Sodwana for the last 3 days, diving on the coral reef, turtles hatching, big 5 (lion, giraffe, buffalo, leopard, elephant) plus much more, at least 15 bird species recorded in my ebird listings (trumpeter hornbill, emerald dove, ti ker bird, pels owl, and much more with details later)

I am popping my head in to say hi! We have been on the road and are now midway. Sitting down and having the timetable contribute here is a luxury with bird and wildlife watching, exploring, setting up camp and then breaking it down and then of course the road travel.Hippos, elephants, giraffe, buffalo, hyena, monkeys, baboons, warthogs and much more besides are everywhere. Then the birds, 200 species already ticked up. What's not to love.

We are travelling to Durban, we had a fantastic day in the Drakensberg Mountains. We had intended to camp overnight, but with the build up of thunderstorms I decide to choose caution over valour and decided to stop at a camp with self catering overnight. It was a great idea as the beds are comfortable and the site is clean. The gardens are really nice. 👌 on our travels I have seen several new lifers, birds that I have not registered before. Some we have photographed, some not. Durbs, here we come!