South African Road Trip

Day 1-Tuesday Feb 8th

To get an early start, me and 4 of my housemates woke up  at 7am to begin an 8 hr drive eastward along the southern coast of South Africa. Our destination was Sedgefield which sat right beside Wilderness National Park. After battling to decide who would get the horrible seat of sitting in the middle of the backseat, we began our journey. The drive consisted of beautiful views of the South African coastline on the right and breathtaking scenery of the mountains to the left of us. It was a long ride but rather smooth do to the lack of traffic and the road conditions we're surprisingly good almost to the likeness of the highways back home. We settled in for the night at this hostel called AfroVibe lol (the logo had a pick over the O haha). The hostel sat right on a lagoon that lead directly into the Indian Ocean.  The dorm style rooms were pretty clean and we received great hospitality.  I'd definitely recommend it to anyone.

Day 2-Wednesday Feb 9th

Eagered to begin a day of Awesome adeventures we gathered our things together at 6am. My housemates were adement about taking a swim in the Indian Ocean before leaving but It was entirely too early for me, so I just went to the rooftop of the hostel and enjoyed the sounds of the ocean.

We were scheduled to be at Willderness national park at 8am to begin a day of Kloofing, Absailing, and Canoeing. Once arriving at the park we were greeted by our tour guide named Steve who was born and raised in the area hailing from the koosa tribe. Steve was pretty cool he was americanized but still very into his people, he spoke over 7 different languages and kept  us laughing pretty much the whole day. To start our adventures we began with Kloofing. Kloof is an afrikaans word for clift. Now the process of kloofing was that we go down a river in between the nearby mountains and jump off of certain clifts into deep pools of water. The jumps ranged from 3meters to 12meters. I have a mild fear of heights so I didnt jump off anything higher than 6meters which was still pretty high lol. Equipped with wet suits and life jackets we hiked 40 minutes through the jungle... literally. Steve said watch out for leopards and baboons, I said God please dont let me see either lol. Once we got to the river it was cold yet refreshing. We would go through bouts of swimming and climbing over rocks and of course the best part jumping off of the clifts!!.After 4hrs and 4km journey the kloofing came to an end and we prepared for the next event of the day...Absailling!!!

Now absailling was definitely the most trying event for me. The way it worked was that we hiked up another mountain and came to a canyon opening that held a beautiful waterfall. The idea was to be attached to a rope and climb down into the cayon where at one point you are hanging in mid air where you will then slide down the rope into a canoe. I must admit I was stupid nervous doing this. It wasnt until I was almost into the canoe that I realized...man this would make a great photo haha. But nonetheless I enjoyed it but I'll probably never do it again...well maybe lol. And of course lastly we canoed back to shore where we were picked up.

Satified that I had down some pretty amazing outdoor adventures we brought the day to close by checking into another hostel called the Amakaya Backpackers. Now this hostel completely blow me away. It was
pretty much a very nice house that had a nice fire pit area for gatherings and a bar with a billiards table upstairs. And the owners brought us in like we were family, I must say it was easy for me to make myself comfortable.

Last Day- Thursday Feb 10th

On the last day of our trip we had one last feat to accomplish...well at least my housemates did. That was bungy jump from the largest bungy jump in the world with a fall of 216meters. Running for 200meters seemed long to me I couldnt imagine falling for that long. The whole morning they were like come on Sam jump with us...just do it man it'll be fun. I told them I woudnt jump for them or anybody, not even if they paid for it. If all of your friends jumped off of a bridge.. would you? HECK NOOOOO lol. But it was definitely an experience to see them do it. I just couldnt comprehend falling for sooo long it was crazy.


All in all the trip was excellent. I was reluctant to go at first but I am definitely glad I made the trip. I've always believed that Memories are made by doing not saying and this trip is definitely going into my memory's museum. And to top it all off the way back to cape town..we heard President Zuma give his live State of the Nation Address on the radio. It was just a mind-blowing experience that I would have paid a million dollars for.