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Photo by Eben P

From Hermanus, make your way to Yes, it’s true, with the fuel cost sky- the overseas trip next on your bucket list
Cape Agulhas, where the Indian and rocketing, a road trip around the country and live in this moment. What better way
Atlantic Oceans meet. This part of the might prove to be astronomically to do it than experiencing the wonders of
coast is actually a Whale Sanctuary Marine expensive, but there’s no guarantee that the wildlife and wildflowers right here at
Protected Area and, between July and things will get better, so perhaps forgo home?
November, all forms of water transport in
the proximity of the whales are prohibited,
but you will be able to view these
magnificent mammals from the De Hoop
Dunes and the De Hoop Nature Reserve
through binoculars.
From there, follow the Garden Route,
through Wilderness and Knysna, to
Plettenberg Bay, where you’ll be able to
see the resident Cape Fur Seal colony at
their breeding site.
On your way back up to the Highveld,
be sure to swing past the Wild Coast for
some rough and ready experiences in Photo by George Gillams
the rugged and unspoilt countryside,
amongst indigenous forest and mangrove
swamps.
Many travel blogs promise warmer
weather in SA during August, but up here
on the Highveld, the month can be brutal,
with frost, chilly winds and dust. That said,
they say that this is an excellent time for
game-spotting as the vegetation in the
veld is thinner and the wildlife tend to
congregate around the water holes, which
makes them easier to spot. So when you
get back to Gauteng, be sure to round
your trip off by visiting one of the nearby
game reserves, such as the Pilanesberg
National Park, Dinokeng Game Reserve,
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature Reserve, or Photo by Dan Grinwis
the Rietvlei Nature Reserve.

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