In May of this year, we celebrated spreading our wings by heading off on a whirlwind 14 day round trip exploration from Cape Town up to the Kalagadi. However this road trip wasn’t just about time on the road or nights spent in the tent. We had a little bucket list of activities and sights to cross off.

The Northern Cape was a previously unknown stretch of land for us and so we decided to slowly make our way up the West coast of South Africa, stopping in Paternoster, Springbok, Richtersveld and Augrabies before spending 3 days exploring the Kgalagadi.

In May of this year we decided to celebrate leaving our corporate jobs with a Round Trip from Cape Town to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Northern Cape of South Africa. We spent an amazing 14 days travelling in a hired 4×4, camping under the stars and exploring

As one walks through the streets, the energy of the city can be felt between coffee shops, fancy hotels, dilapidated buildings and glass skyscrapers, a vibrance that keeps people coming back for more.

Living in KwaZulu-Natal for most of our lives has meant that we are no strangers to the Underberg and Drakensberg region and so it became our first choice for a slow 9 nights away to relax after the most intense year.

We decided to take the Garden Route through to Knysna, then onto Morgan’s Bay before cutting in land through Mthatha, to end our journey on the other side of the country in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal. The trip took us 3 full days with two overnight stops. All in all, we travelled roughly 1815 km with a total drive time of just under 23 hours.