Month: April 2016

Kimberley accommodation: The Protea Hotel Kimberley

Swimming pool next to the windmill

When we were planning our road trip to the Garden Route, we shortened our driving time per day. Driving all the way from Johannesburg to Oudtshoorn takes approximately 14 hours, and I did not think the kids could sit in a car that long. On the first driving day, we drove from Johannesburg to Kimberley (South …

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Padkos: Delicious Food for A South African Road Trip

Padkos- food on a South African road trip

We recently went on a two-week-long road trip through six of South Africa’s nine provinces. The first thing to remember when planning a road trip is what you eat on your way to your destination. In South Africa, we call this padkos. Directly translated, it would be road food. Padkos is an essential element of …

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