Nelspruit Travel Blogs

We stayed at Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve. It was an amazing place! We saw all the "big 5" plus a cheetah and wild dog, which I was told is rare. Much earlier then I'm used to, we got up to do our morning game drive. I couldn't believe how chilly the air was, and I need a sweater. It was amazing…

Located in the north-east corner of the country, Nelspruit is the capital of Mpumalanga, South Africa's newest and fastest growing province. The city is an excellent base from which to explore the region's hotspots like the world-famous Kruger National Park, the Blyde River Canyon, God's Window, Bo…

Quatre jours de safari dans l'énorme parc Kruger!  Incroyable.  J'ai vu tous les animaux possible, et certains à qques mètres seulement!  Giraffes, éléphants, rhinocéros, singes, léopards, et bien d'autres...  En plus, le responsable du tour était complètement débile.&…

The Blyde River Canyon area of Mpumalanga province features a number of picturesque tourist-friendly stops that can all be visited on a day-trip from Nelspruit. Mpumalanga literally means, where the sun (langa) goes out (puma) in Zulu and is often translated as "land where the sun rises" or som…

After 6 months of travelling many things have happened. I saw whalesharks in Mozambique, heard lions roaring in Serengeti, smelled exotic spices in Zanzibar. Froze on the way to the summit of Kilimanjaro and sweated in the deserts of Oman. Met Xhosa people with painted faces in South Africa, sipped black tea with Pakistani workers in the Emirates and walked with Buddhist monks around stupas in Nepal...

Flew into Nelspruit today.  William picked me up and we drove over to Gold Valley and the lodge.  In a word... Breathtaking!  Met everyone at the lodge... Matt and Sylvia, the kids - Savannah and Amber, the chef - Ursula and of course my guide, William.  Got settled in and then …

The end of April and the beginning of May 2009 I visited South-Africa & Swaziland with my parents and sister for 16 days. This vacation was all about the safaris and wild animals! We were very excited about it and we couldn't wait to see the first wild animals. We visited Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ohrigstad, Pelgrim's Rest, Kruger National Park, Swaziland, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand, Hluhluwe Wildpark, St. Lucia, Durban, Drakensbergen ans lots of little villages inbetween.

What and awesome trip! I highly recommend it. Johannesberg was OK, fairly typical city. Cape Town was fantastic, visit the nearby beaches too! I went for a shark dive, but unfortunately there was a very bad accident that day(not with sharks), so I didn't get to go in the water, but I'd still recommend it. The obligatory safari at Kruger was very cool, with an additional day and a half spent at the Mohlabetsi private reserve, an excellent lodge/reserve!

The agent who picked up the car the next morning –blissfully unaware of the hardship we had put it through- dropped us off in town, where we ran a few errands and then got on a minibus to bring us right back to Maputo. How much easier it was to travel without all that baggage! In Maputo we had a …

        It's currently about 10.48 pm and I’m writing before I go to bed. We arrived in South Africa at eight something am and the first thing we did was stand in a long line for passport control. I think there were several tour groups on our flight and another f…

De reden om uberhaupt in Nelspruit te verblijven is tweeledig. De auto heeft een contractuele kleine servicebeurt nodig, na alweer 5000 km rijden, en we willen alvast het Mozambikaanse visum regelen. Helaas heeft het consulaat de prijzen drastisch verhoogd, waardoor het waaschijnlijk aan de grens g…

Het is helaas niet anders, maar ook vandaag wat verplichte nummers. Vroeg op voor een bezoek aan Pilgrims Rest en de grotten en ''als klap op de vuurpijl" naar de Shangaanstam. Maar wij beginnen bij de druipsteengrotten. Leuke toer, helemaal leuk zijn de vleermuizen. De gids spreeks heel duidelijk …