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Canopy Tour in Magaliesburg Gauteng. Have you ever tried Canopy Tour? Never heard of? Me too. Recently I went to the Travel Fair in North Gate and received a booklet with information. There are 6 Canopy Tours in South Africa; the biggest is Tsitsikamma near Knysna in Cape area. In Gauteng you can go to the real Canopy Tour near Magaliesburg or Ama Zwing Zwing Tour, which is the same type of adventure. I wanted to try something new and not hiking, although it was a lot of hiking as well. Basically, Canopy Tour is when you slide on a line over Ysterhoot Cloof to the different side of ravine and you do it 10 times, because there are 11 decks. To go there you can start from William Nicol Drive (R511) and stay on it until you cross N4 and reach R104/R27, then turn left, go to Sparkling Waters Hotel and Spa. The office for Canopy Tours situated in the Hotel. I booked my place in a group for a specific time and (or, Gosh!) I was late. My group left without me and I went with ...

My trip to Nairobi, part II Nairobi’s National Park is a big tourist attraction and it is situated not far from the city. From the park you can see buildings and International airport. The price to enter into the national Park in October for international visitors was $50 per person, (compare this to the price for Kenyan citizen- 500 Ksh). You can go in a hired car (for 4000 Ksh per day approximately) or you can hire a car with the driver in a park (the later can cost you +- $70 ). Park rules prohibit to go out of the car in the park.We all remember how an american tourist was mouled by a lioness. The best time to come to Nairobi National Park is in the early morning; then according to our driver you can see lion and leopard, may be a rhino. Rhinos are sitting in the water the whole day, because their skin is very sensitive to the sun. Usually, you will be able to see only small part of their horn, which looks like a stick or a brunch of a tree. Our driver (his name is Dan)tol...

My trip to Nairobi, Kenya. Once in a while, I have to go for a seminar or a conference. This year conference was in Kenya; timing was good- October. El Ninjo (the rainy season )did not start yet, but animals started to migrate. Kenya is a world capital of safari . A lot of tourists are going there to see “the real Africa”. Of course it was interesting to go there, not to mention that after I started to blog more and met with some bloggers on travel chats on Internet, I got to know the most experienced, “seasoned” travellers were in Kenya several times. So, I am going to Kenya. I went to travel clinic and had vaccination against yellow fever and tablets for prophylaxis from malaria well in advance before my trip. Applied for a single entry visa; it was possible to do it electronically; made my life much easier. Currently all medical services are on high alert because of several cases of people who had Ebola fever in South Africa and Guinea, so custom services check for si...

Part II Golden Gate Highlands National Park. The same day, but in the afternoon I went to the Golden Gate National Park. This park situated approximately 1 hour from Harrismith. The road is very convenient. From Warden street in Harrismith you have to find way to N5, go on a highway and drive to the right from Harrismith until you see R712. Turn left to R712 and you are on the road to Clarens, little town in a middle of Maluti Mountains. Clarens is a nice place to stay for weekend, and to go around and explore. Right after Clarens (it took me 10 minutes) I saw mountains. Should be Golden Gate National Park. I recalled what I’ve read on Internet about Golden Gate. Golden Gate belongs to Sun Parks. Golden Gate is home to many animals: wildebeest, eland, blesbok, springbok and zebra, and rare birds: bold ibis and bearded vulture. There are several view points: Ribbokkop, which is the highest point in the park, Zuluhoek lookout and Drakensberg view. 21 hotels in the vicinity c...