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Jonker Fourie of Firefly the Travel Guy brings you the beauty of the Eastern Cape through his camera lens. A province of diverse scenery, history and cultures.
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05/12/2024

The 39 Steps Waterfall in Hogsback. You get to this little waterfall after an easy walk through the Arboretum.

This photo was taken during a fairly dry spell so the waterfall wasn't in full flow.

04/12/2024

Kareedouw in the Langkloof was established in 1905 as a Dutch Reformed Church congregation. The church is on the southern side of town, with the Tsitsikamma Mountains right behind it.

03/12/2024

How do you like my tuxedo? They say penguins always make you happy. Have you ever tried looking at one and not smile? During this coming holiday, why don't you head on down to SANCCOB in the Cape Recife Nature Reserve and learn a little more about these very endangered birds?

02/12/2024

There's a cat in the grass. Finding one of the Mountain Zebra National Park's big cats on a Cheetah Tracking Walk in the park.

29/11/2024

The Shipwreck Hall in the Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld has some excellent information on shipwrecks around Port Elizabeth. The displays contain a lot of artefacts salvaged from wrecks like the Sacramento, Amsterdam and Doddington. One item that forms the centrepiece display is a cannon salvaged from the Portuguese galleon Sacramento wreck site near Schoenmakerskop in the 1970s. The Sacramento ran aground in a storm on this coastline in 1647 with 72 survivors making it to land before starting their 1400km walk to present-day Maputo.

28/11/2024

Red Hartebeest on the plains of the Mountain Zebra National Park.

The Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama), also called the Cape Hartebeest, is one of the fastest antelope in Africa and can reach speeds of up to 70km/h. When alarmed, their evasion tactic is to induce confusion by running in a zigzag pattern, making it difficult for predators to catch them. Their distinctive curving horns start to form the shape of a heart and is joined at the base.

27/11/2024

On the Eastern Cape roads, you often see warning signs for pedestrians, cows, kudu and even warthog. In Addo Elephant National Park there are warning signs for dung beetles. But technically that's not a public road as such. There is one road though where you'll get a warning sign for buffalo. The R63 going out of Graaff-Reinet in the direction of Murraysburg runs through the Camdeboo National Park and it is possible to have Cape Buffalo cross the road on this short stretch.

Planning a visit to the Karoo Heartland?
Visit the Karoo Heartland website at www.karooheartland.com for more information on things to see, accommodation, restaurants and activities

26/11/2024

Holiday time in PE doesn't just mean spending time on the beach and swimming. The rock with the gap and little tidal pool below Something Good is also a very popular spot to sit and fish from.

25/11/2024

Welcome to Cradock. Over the last year or so, Cradock has seen a mural transformation, with a series of beautiful murals going up all over town.

22/11/2024

The remains of the United Congregational Church are on the Elands River dirt road between Rocklands and Patensie. According to the cornerstone, the church was built in 1966, but I'm not sure why they stopped using it or didn't repurpose it.

21/11/2024

The little waterfall and pool at the start of the Mouth Trail to the suspension bridge over Storms River Mouth. It's only a 1km walk along a boardwalk to get to the river mouth and it is one of the most popular attractions on the Garden Route.

20/11/2024

Sunrise in Jeffreys Bay

19/11/2024

There aren't many places left where you can find an honesty shop. Nieu-Bethesda has one, though, at the Blue Cupboard Honesty Shop on Martin Street. You can wander onto the stoep and browse through the items for sale. If you find something you like, you leave the money in a special container, and off you go.

18/11/2024

The beautiful Tsitsikamma coastline with some of the Garden Route National Park's Tsitsikamma section accommodation. Not hard to see why the accommodation in the park is so popular and sought after.

15/11/2024

A Bovinae roadblock on the Golden Mile dirt road near Cannon Rocks

14/11/2024

A Karoo sunset seen from the Valley of Desolation outside Graaff-Reinet

13/11/2024

Surfing just before sunrise in Jeffreys Bay

12/11/2024

Empty laborers' cottages on a farm near Middelburg in the Karoo Heartland

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