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Hunting for Fossils in the Cradle of Humankind

Hunting for Fossils in the Cradle of Humankind

by 2summers | Mar 20, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Day Trips, Parks/Nature Reserves, Tours

I recently learned a bonkers statistic: Around 40% of all of the hominid fossils ever discovered were unearthed in the Cradle of Humankind. In other words, close to half of all the known fossils from our human ancestors — in the entire world — came out of...
Hiking the Drakensberg’s Spectacular Tugela Gorge

Hiking the Drakensberg’s Spectacular Tugela Gorge

by 2summers | Mar 7, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, KwaZulu-Natal, Parks/Nature Reserves

The Drakensberg Mountains fly under the radar in South Africa’s tourism scene. Everyone goes to Cape Town and the Kruger and the Garden Route, but the Drakensberg doesn’t often make it onto that “must-see” tourist itinerary. Even I’m...
Ezemvelo: Great Hiking Close to Joburg

Ezemvelo: Great Hiking Close to Joburg

by 2summers | Feb 20, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Johannesburg, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves

Those of you who follow me on Instagram may have noticed I’ve been hiking a lot lately. I’ve always loved to hike. But for some reason — maybe because I now have a car that can take me to any hiking trail in South Africa — I’ve started...
The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Marakele National Park

The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Marakele National Park

by 2summers | Feb 8, 2024 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Limpopo, Lodging, Parks/Nature Reserves

I am way behind in publishing this final installment of the Blogitects’ December Limpopo roadtrip. (Read the first three installments here, here, and here.) Marakele National Park was our last stop on the journey and Thorsten and I were both running out of steam...
The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Magoebaskloof

The Blogitects Do Limpopo: Magoebaskloof

by 2summers | Jan 6, 2024 | Arts and Culture, Joburg Weekend Getaways, Limpopo, Lodging, The Blogitects

Magoebaskloof was the first stop on the Blogitects’ Limpopo road trip. Read about our second and third stops. As I mentioned in my previous post, Thorsten and I (a.k.a. the Blogitects) took a 10-day road trip through Limpopo in the second half of December. I’ve...
Greylene the Suzuki Jimny Hits the Road

Greylene the Suzuki Jimny Hits the Road

by 2summers | Nov 14, 2023 | Joburg Weekend Getaways, Roadtripping

For those of you who didn’t see on social media already, I bought a car. Her name is Greylene and she is a 2022 Suzuki Jimny. Greylene and me in front of a weird boat in Deneysville (more on Deneysville in a minute). Thorsten threw out the name as a joke but I...
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Heather Mason

I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.

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