The GPS road tracklog
from Pilanesberg to Pretoria
from 2018/11/05 to 2018/11/07
Pretoria
Monday, November 5 I left Pilanesberg NP for Pretoria, wiki
here,
where I arrived at the beginning of afternoon to install me
for three days at Backpackers International.
Pretoria-1
Tuesday, November 6 I took Gautrain in Hatfield to go to visit the
center of Pretoria and mainly Church Square, heart of Pretoria, which is
surrounded by imposing buildings of the second half of the 19th century.
In the center throne the statue of Paul Kruger, wiki
here.
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Pretoria-2
Wednesday, November 7 I took again Gautrain for the center of Pretoria
in order to go to South Africa National Parks in the park of the
University of South Africa at the bottom of Telkom Tower. Indeed I had
not succeeded in carrying out by Internet the reservations of the camp
sites in Kruger National Park. The way on foot from the station to the
office and return including the time of the reservations lasted two
hours. At the return I left in search of a postcard to send in France;
it was a true play of track during more than one hour. Finally I took
again the train to return to Backpackers International.
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The GPS road tracklog
from Pretoria to Piet Retief
from 2018/11/08 to 2018/11/09
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Centurion
Thursday, November 8 by leaving Backpackers International in Pretoria
and before honoring the invitation by Marianne and Kobus friends of
Marie-Jeanne I visited Voortrekker Monument, wiki
here, which commemorates the great migration of the boers from 1830
to 1840, wiki
here. In the ground floor a exhibit presents tapestries as well as
laces manufactured on the spot. The reception by Marianne and Kobus in
their house in Centurion was very cordial and was occasion to collect
information for the continuation of my journey in Southern Africa. I
bivouacked on the spot.
Piet Retief
Friday, November 9 I left my friends Marianne and Kobus to go to two
stages in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. I stopped in Piet Retief at Waterside
Lodge to spend the night.
The GPS road tracklog
from Piet Retief to Hluhluwe
from 2018/11/10 to 2018/11/10
Hluhluwe Backpacker
Saturday, November 10 I arrived at the end of the morning at Backpacker
at 2.4 km from the entrance gate of the Hluhluwe park because there was
no more place available in the camps. I undertook at once the visit of
the park. The following day Sunday, November 11 as of 5:00 in the
morning at the opening of the park I began my second visit by traversing
200 km in 12:00 to try to see lions and leopards without success.
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The GPS road tracklog
into Hluhluwe
from 2018/11/11 to 2018/11/11
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