Pilanesberg Game Reserve

A day at Pilanesberg Game Reserve

Hippo family, sunning their hides.

There was a lot of birdlife. I saw terapins swimming, and a baby crocodile in the reeds.

Elephants, giraffe, zebra, and the normal plethora of antelope, bushpigs, and the like scedaddled around.

There were much less animals to see than I remembered when I lived here in the mid 1980's, but it might be because of the good rainfall the past few months and the waterholes being full, as well as the bush being lush. Pilanesberg is quite a large reserve.

Where?

Pilanesberg near Rustenburg and right next to Sun City
North West Province of South Africa

Canon Camera

I used a Canon 400D Camerawith a Canon 300mm Lens
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Links to other events since I left Cape Town on 1 April 2012

Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2012
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
 - my furry friends at the Inn
Broke my arm in August 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff in storage
Mpumalanga Trip Feb 2013

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Living in Rustenburg

Staying at the Travellers Inn in Rustenburg

I am staying with family who are looking after me very well. I am very grateful for their help and support the past few months. I don't know what I would have done without them.

Gone back to work? Yuck!!! Yoikes!!!

I would rather try and work for myself.

The Travellers Inn is situated in the central CBD of Rustenburg, in the North West Province of South Africa.

It is a lovely place with an established garden, huge trees, a haven, and very affordable at that.

The rooms are spacious and well appointed with bar-fridge, tv, fan, desk and chair, en-suite bathrooms, bed(s) and all the normal accoutrements. The family rooms have a double sleeper-couch, and the VIP rooms have lock-up garages.

Various accommodation options: Dinner, Bed and Breakfast, Self Catering, Camping (2-man tents only) and Backpackers dormitory.

This is the pool and 'lapa' (Backpackers).

Great swimming pool to cool off in the hot summer days, the most interesting pub I've ever seen, pool table, dart-board, and intimate conference facilities (max 20 people).

See more on my Accommodation in Africa South website i.e. what a marketing page would look like e.g. Travellers Inn.

Where?

North West Province of South Africa

Canon Camera

I used a Canon 400D Camerawith a Canon 300mm Lens

Links to blogs of events since I left Cape Town on 1 April  2012

Utopia Nov 2012
Buffelspoort Dam Nov 2012
Olifantsnek Dam Feb 2013
Pilanesberg Aug 2012
Photography Course Oct 2012
Margaret Roberts Herb Farm
Dikhololo Game Farm July 2012
Overberg April 2012 till end June 2012
Living in Rustenburg July 2012 to date
 - my furry friends in Rustenburg
Broke my arm in August 2012
Cape Town Dec 2012 - To paint my flat and put Hugh's stuff in storage
Hazyview Mpumalanga Feb 2013 - Kruger Park Lodge - to follow
Hartbeespoort Dam Yacht Club Marina
Second operation to remove plate and fix tendons
Cameras and Photographic Equipment I use

Travellers Inn in Rustenburg

Travellers Inn - home away from home

We spent the weekend at Traveller's Inn in Rustenburg. It is an oasis in the middle of Rustenburg. The garden is well-established so you are surrounded by plants. The pub is easily the most cosy and interesting I have ever seen. They also have a swimming pool, pool table, and dartboard to play "killer" darts.

Some of the units have garages so that travelling sales(wo)men can keep their merchandise safe and lock it up at night. You can have all meals included, or Bed and Breakfast (B&B), and even ask for sarmies (sandwiches) to take with you for a packed lunch. They also have a Backpackers. During the Soccer World Cup people raved about the place and are still coming back for revisits from all over the world. The place is so popular that they have customers who sometimes sit and wait in the bar in the hope that someone will cancel or not pitch.

Their emblem is a meerkat and they have 2 resident meerkat and a squirrel. Their telephone number is 014 592 7658.

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Rustenburg - Rietvlei valley

The first pic is of a kingfisher between the branches. We were having lunch at a lovely pub with a magnificent view of the valley. See below.

This is a view of the valley where I had my 6.5 hectare plot and 440 sq m house when I lived in Rustenburg and worked for Rustenburg Platinum Mines in the 80's. The road that goes over the mountain goes to Swartruggens and Koster where I was born.