Go! Drive & Camp

Heeding the call of the wild

“We had not visited Mapungubwe National Park before, but when I heard the very rare Pel’s fishing owl appears around there, my husband, Sarel, and I decided to pack our camping gear – plus binoculars and camera, of course – into our Isuzu KB300 double cab bakkie and go. It was June last year,

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