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Serene

The name rolls gently and easily off the tongue – Segaia – a name you’re not likely to forget once you’ve visited this charming lodge which is a mere 20km from Pretoria and less than an hour from Johannesburg and O.R. Tambo International Airport. One of the jewels of northern Gauteng, Segaia Bush Retreat offers an escape to the magic of the bush that reminds of areas far more remote. It is the perfect getaway for weary, ‘traffic-jammed’ city dwellers who do not want to spend hours on the road to get to a weekend destination but require an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity combined with fresh air.
Info source URL: https://www.sa-venues.com/visit/segaiabushretreat/

20 March 202020 March 2020Landscape, Picture of the day, Travel

Rise

Knysna Indigenous Forest – This wide strip of dense timberland, which includes Diepwalle Forest, Garden of Eden, Goudveld Forest, Groeneweide Nature Walk and Jubilee Creek, covers a total of 60 500 ha on the southern slopes of the Outeniqua Mountains between Mossel Bay and the Krom River near Humansdorp. The Animals to be found in this forested wonderland include one last surviving cow belonging to the famous Knysna elephant herd, leopard, bushpig, baboon, vervet monkey honey badger, bushbuck and blue duiker. But it is for their trees and the birdlife they support that these forests are most noteworthy Species include stinkwood, kalander, kershout, hard pear, white pear, yellowwood, assegai and the pink-flowered Cape chestnut.”
Info source URL: https://www.places.co.za/html/knysna_if.html

19 March 202019 March 2020Nature, Picture of the day, Travel

Sombre

Umhlanga Rocks is an upmarket seaside resort north of Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal on the east coast of South Africa. Together Umhlanga and Umdloti form the Sugar Coast, formerly sugar cane plantations. It is one of the most popular holiday destinations. The beautiful surroundings were originally coastal dune forest. Rivers flow from the Drakensberg Mountains down through the Valley of the Thousand Hills to the coast at the sea. Rolling green hills rise up on the ridge behind Umhlanga Rocks, which is on the beach of the Indian ocean.
Info source URL: https://www.afristay.com/a/umhlanga-rocks/#more_info

17 March 202017 March 2020Landscape, Picture of the day, Travel