My road trip to Limpopo!

As mentioned to you a few weeks ago, I was very kindly invited (I told you South Africans were friendly!) to spend ten days in Magoebaskloof, Limpopo. So at 6.30 am on Wednesday 19^th March, Mike and I headed for South Africa’s most northern province, which is a good 7 hours drive away! Although it was a long drive it was a beautiful one as the road takes you right through the Drakensberg mountain:

At 1 pm, we arrived on the beautiful avocado farm owned by Mike’s parents, which is situated right at the top of the Magoebaskloof Mountain. The village itself is mainly made up of large farms, forests, dams and waterfalls. It is simply stunning... no wonder I fell in love with the whole place within a few minutes!

The view from Mike's balcony

Along with avocados, they also grow kiwis, raspberries, pepper dews, lemons and blueberries, which Claire, Mike’s mum, uses to make jams and cordials!

During my stay on the Thabeng Farm, we did a range of different things from socialising (it was great to meet and get to know people my age) to fishing, cheese tasting at an organic dairy farm, riding a bike through the thick forest and attending an open air concert. One evening we also went for a night out with one of Mike’s friend in Hoedspruit, a town situated 1.5 hours from Magoebaskloof. Hoedspruit is surrounded by game reserves and we stayed overnight in an amazing estate called the Wildlife Estate. This is a big area made up of big houses, all of which are tucked away and isolated in the bush. They don’t have any big animals but it is still wild so in the morning we had some warthogs come to the house as well as a wild cat!

Here are some of the highlights of my stay in pictures:

The chameleon which I found :)

Praying Mantis - very  cool insect

Rain Spider who lived in the house - not so cool!

Katie and Purdey 

Avos!!!

Very friendly Warthogs - Wildlife Estate

 

Cheese and Wine - Organic Dairy Farm

Walk in the rain forest on Mike's property

 

As you can see, Magoebaskloof is an absolutely gorgeous place. I feel very lucky indeed to have been given the opportunity to discover another part of South Africa, experience new things and meet some more great people. I’m really not looking forward to saying goodbye to everyone and everything in under 2 weeks L L L

Watch this space for my next post about my final week at Saint Anthony’s Home. I honestly cannot believe I have been here for over 7 months... where did the time go...???

Isabel x