From my Friend Joe at Due South Motorcycle Tours.
Greetings,
I
trust all is well in your neck of the woods! You may have noticed a month
skipped on the ‘Communique’…
This end Due South has enjoyed two superb rides
from the end of October through till the end of November. A big thank you to my
American guests on the ‘Cape Conquest’ tour and the lovely review from Vance
(BMW MOA) on Tripadvisor.
Last weekend I rode home after the ‘Lowveld Legend’
tour which was well appreciated by my first ever… Greenlanders… The chaps were
amazing guests and loved getting up close and personal with Big Game in the
Kruger Park mid-tour, the roads and scenery were as always appreciated as was
the food and drink. We managed to dodge most of the summer rainJ
Tour
Focus – ‘Epic SA Tour (18 days)’
This
is our longest set tour. South Africa is an incredibly diverse country with
amazing scenery and wildlife, the tour is aimed squarely at those with a little
more time wishing to taste this diversity and see as much of the country as
possible. The tour covers approx. 6,000 km and includes 3x countries and 7 of 9
Provinces… Scenery ranges from Highveld Plains at approx.. 2,000 meters above
sea level up into the twisty mountain passes of Lesotho (‘Roof of Africa’) and
down into the rustic, arid but incredibly beautiful Great and Little Karoo’s. A
few days spent in the Sub Tropical ‘Wild Coast’ and ‘Zululand’ with its rolling
hills skirting the base of the Drakensberg Mountains and into the mountains of
Swaziland (‘Switzerland in Africa’). Big Game Viewing is a highlight with Three
excursions: Kruger National Park (Big5), iSimangaliso Wetlands (UNESCO Wildlife
Heritage site) where the Game Drives stops for s pot of snorkelling and a beach
‘Braai” (BBQ). In the Cape, Great White Shark Cage Viewing (Gansbaai), brings
the viewer up close to ‘Jaws’…Next
‘Epic SA’ Tour 03 to 21 March 2015… bookings open…
SA
News – Wild Horses
Kaapsehoop is a small
sleepy village less than 50km from Nelspruit (Mbombela) overlooking the
Barberton Basin. The ‘camp’ was established around 1880 when a myriad of
travellers from all over the globe flocked to South Africa to stake their claims
in the lucrative goldfields of the Lowveld. Barberton, Pilgrims Rest and
Kaapsehoop being central to their fortune hunting. However once the mega gold
reef was discovered on the Highveld, the word soon got out and most dropped what
they were doing to rush up to the new found camp up on the ‘Reef” (Johannesburg)
to stake their claims. The legend goes that these fortune seekers released
whatever horses they could not take with them into the lush vegetation
surrounding the mining camp. Due to the altitude above the Barberton basin the
area was conducive to avoiding the heat and Tsetse Fly which caused havoc during
those pioneering days taking the lives of both oxen and men. These hardy horses
have since proliferated in these mountains and have become synonymous with the
village of Kaapsehoop with several hundred running free in the countryside and
often seen in the village itself… in a word ‘magnificent’…
Nelson
Mandela
It has been a year since
the passing of Nelson Mandela. Over this past year we have paid homage to the
man with an image and quotation… Rest in Peace… ‘Madiba’
Google
Words
‘Google’ the following
words (type in ‘South Africa’ followed by the relevant word and enjoy the images
and info):
Long Tom Pass, Swaziland
Mountains, Lesotho Mountains, Blyde Canyon, God’s Window, Kruger Park,
iSimangaliso Wetlands, Kaapsehoop, Oribi Gorge, Wild Coast, Hogsback, Panorama
Route, Cape Town, Chapman’s Peak, Gansbaai Sharks, Little Karoo, Valley of
Desolation, Route 62, Great Karoo, Storms River Mouth, Cape Agulhas, Wine Farms,
Table Mountain, Camps Bay, Hermanus, Cape Point…
Brochure (Electronic)
Contact Joe at the email address below for your copy of his Eletronic Brochure.
Regards,
Joe
+2783
652 4040
Due
South Motorcycle Tours – South Africa
Email info@due-south.co.za
Webpage www.due-south.co.za
life's
a journey... enjoy the ride...
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