Other Travels that we have been on (2)

Other Travels that we have been on (2)

Knysna

When we first traveled to Knysna to camp, I booked at Buffalo Bay caravan park. I had heard that it was spectacular.

So we drove down from Johannesburg and when we arrived the entire Johannesburg was camping at Buffalo Bay. Tents were almost touching each other and there appeared to be no real demarcated sites. My wife said she was not camping there. Anyway, I went in to have a look and the lady at reception said that the park was overbooked. So, they had placed us in the other park, called Buffelskop. It was on the road out of town. We drove off, not to happy with the park. But, on arriving at Buffelskop, we were pleasantly surprised. It was spectacular. As the name suggests, it was on a head. So the sites were layered up the side of the mountain, and all over looked the sea. Each site was demarcated and there was no falling over your neighbors guy ropes. We have been back to Knysna many times and always book at Buffelskop. 

Its a great park and in my view streets ahead of the main park. The view is great.

The view from our campsite at Buffelskop Caravan Park

Our 2 sites at the park. These two are "alone" on one landing and very close to the ablutions.

Our Jurgens Avion L. We have had the caravan for 15 years.

On the beach at Buffels Baai. Thi sis the main swimming beach at the town.

Sue arranged a trip on the cat for me. It was really great but unfortunately we could not sail through the heads as the swells were to big. It was still an enjoyable afternoon.

Sunset at Buffels Baai

On the way home, we got caught in some roadworks and had to wait for quiet a while for the "Go" signal.

Mozambique

Having heard so much about Mozambique and also abut how amazing Beline was, we finally decided to go and see for ourselves. We decided that due to the many complaints regarding the Komatipoort border post, we would travel via the Kruger Park. This actually turned out to be a good idea and the border crossing was quick and easy. However, the road beyond the border was almost non-existent. But, after travelling thought many local villages and stopping to ask a lady who was herding her cattle, we finally made it. 

Our campsite was amazing, in that it was huge, had a reed wall around it, had private ablutions as well as a restaurant and very small shop. The only drawback was that it was on a lagoon, and actually nowhere near the sea. We were hoping to do some snorkeling, but that was not possible in the lagoon.

A friendly hippo. It was a infant, but that mouth was still very large. The hippo would join us for walks, but it was always good to be weary about the size if the animal and also that they kill more people than any other animal, in Africa.

Heading out from our overnight stay and onto the road to Kruger park. We stayed over a few nights at Mopani camp so that we cold use the Giriyondo border post. This proved to be a good decision, as we were the only people at the border crossing.

Our campsite in Beline. We stayed at the laguna camp. he campsites were awesome and large. We had more than enough room for the dome tent, tent extension as well as our off road trailer and trailer tent. There was also a braai area, and each site has a private ablution. The water is heated via a donkey.

Above is the dome tent and extension and below id the off road trailer with the tent erected. Both these are on one site !

We wanted to go to the beach (Laguna is on the lagoon and you cannot cross unless you have a boat, which we did not) so we went int Beline town where we managed to "catch" a boat across to the beach.

The restaurant at Laguna camp. The food was good and we had no problems.

Picture of our kitchen area in the off road trailer.

View from the restaurant at laguna Camp down to the lagoon.

One one of the days we drove across to Xai Xai and found a very nice beach restaurant and beach. had a good swim and a few cold beers.

this old landy was at a bar which we found, quiet by accident, at the very end of the lagoon. It was really nice to sit there with a few cocktails and enjoy the afternoon.

From this bar, we found a "road" which took us to the beach. It was extremely sandy, however my discovery managed to get down to the seaside and back up again. We had a few swims there.

Choose which way you would like t go !!!

This is the bar at the end of the lagoon where we enjoyed a few cocktails. You can "park" outside.

It was a good holiday, but I'm not sure that we will go back to Beline again.