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South African Honeybush Tea

Indigenous honeybush tea is a South African delight. Every time I drink a cup, it takes me back to rich growing regions in the coastal fynbos biome. The tea is made from leaves of the Cape honeybush plant. The honeybush shrub produces flowers with a fragrant, rich “honey-like smell, giving the plant and tea its…

Tsitsikamma and Transkei South Africa

By: suemtravels November 5, 2017July 4, 2020

Africa, Durban, Garden Route, South AfricaAddo Elephant Park, Baboon, Bushbuck, Bushpig, Cape Siskin, Caracal, Coffee Bay, Dutch East India Trading Company, Eastern Cape, Eden District, Fiscal Flycatcher, Forest Buzzard, Garden Route, George, Grahamstown, Harkerville, Honey Badger, Knysna, Knysna Fire 2017, Knysna Yacht Harbor, Large-Spotted Genet, Little Angels Preschool, Mawotsheni Village, Mossel Bay, Mountain Fynbos, N2 Highway, Narina Trogon, Old Rectory Plettenberg Bay, Plettenberg Bay, Port Alfred, Port Elizabeth, Port Shepstone, Port St. Johns, Pre School Mawotsheni, Protea Canary, Rameron Pigeon, Sedgefield-Knysna-Plettenberg Bay Area, Seychelles, Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Sombre Bulbul, Southport, Thesen Islands, Transkei, Transkei Cattle, Transvaal, Tsitsikamma, Tsitsikamma Hiking Trail, Vervet Monkey, Victorin's Warbler, Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape Province, Woodmill Lane Knysna, Zinzi1 Comment

Driving the Garden Route The drive from Hermanus to KwaZulu-Natal was an adventure! I underestimated it, got lost during side excursions, and was challenged every day. The N2 is the “safe” route, but for most of the journey, there’s no median separating opposing traffic. You face the onslaught of erratic oncoming traffic, including drivers passing…

Garden Route – South Africa’s Hidden Stretch of Paradise

By: suemtravels September 26, 2017January 21, 2020

Africa, Garden Route, South AfricaAddo Elephant Park, Barrydale, Birds of Eden, Bloukrans Bridge, Blue Flag Beaches, Calitzdorp, Camdeboo, Cango Caves, Canola Fields Swellendam, Cape Dutch, Cape Town, Colesberg, De Bergkant Lodge, De Krans Wine Cellar, Dolphin Hiking Trail, Doornkloof Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape’s private Big 5 Game Reserves, Garden Route, George, Gondwana Game Reserve, Great Karoo, Great Karoo in the Western Cape, Heidelberg, Indian Ocean Coast, Jeffreys Bay, Kariega Game Reserve, Karoo, Karoo Plains, Karoo Traditional Architecture, Klein Karoo, Knysna, Knysna Elephant Park, Knysna Lagoon, Knysna Monkeyland, Knysna Oyster Hatchery, Koos Raubenheimer Dam, Kweekvallei, Lalibela Game Reserve, Langeberg Mountains, Little Karoo, Monkeyland Free Roaming Primate Sanctuary, Montagu, Mossel Bay, N2 Route, Nelson Mandela Bay, Otter Hiking Trail, Oudtshoorn Ostrich Farm, Outeniqua Mountains, Outeniqua Pass, Outenique Yellowwood, Plettenberg Bay, Port Elizabeth, Prince Albert, Prince Albert Circuit, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg, Pumba Big 5 Game Reserve, Ramsar Wilderness, Robberg Hike Plettenberg Bay, Route R62, Sandrift River, Shamwari Game Reserve, Shark Cage Diving, South Africa, Storms River, Storms River Adventure Center, Swartberg Mountains, Swartberg Pass, Swellendam, The Fernery, Tradouw Valley, Tsitsikamma Canopy Tour, Tsitsikamma National Park, Tsitsikamma Waterfall Zipline Adventure, Victorian Architecture South Africa, Whale Watching, Wheat and Canola Fields, Woodcutters' Journey, Yellowwood2 Comments

The Garden Route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth is one of many “hidden stretches of paradise” in South Africa. Although I previously visited points along the circuit, driving the Garden Route is my next adventure. I’ll begin the drive in October and am researching the area to decide which direction to take and what…