Journey Jotters

Bitten by the travel bug

Welcome to this fourth post in my Face to Face series of interviews with people who travel or provide travel-related services. My guest this time is Amie Larsen from Safari365. She was instrumental in customizing the itinerary for our wonderful South Africa trip in December 2019. Amie and I did this interview in the fall …

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On the last day of the Garden Route, we planned to drive to the Cape Winelands/Franschhoek Valley to experience its famed vineyards before heading to Cape Town the following day for the last part of our trip. The drive from Brenton Haven to our hotel was about 280 miles (about 450 km), a drive of …

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Our fourth day, we were to fly down from aha Makalali to the Garden Route. We had to forego our game drive that morning as our transfer to Hoedspruit Airport was at 8 am. Phimi and her staff ensured that a hot breakfast was made especially for us, so we didn’t go hungry. The drive …

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