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September; • the Awesome Africa Music Festival at Midmar Dam, KwaZulu-Natal; • the Macufe, or 10-day Mangaung African Cultural Festival, in Bloemfontein; • the White Mountain Folk Music Festival at Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal; • the Vrede Paddadors, Rooivleis en Kultuurfees (translating as the Peace, Frog Thirst, Red Meat and Culture Festival) at Vrede in the Free State; • the Lekkerhoekie Opskop Afrikaans music festival in Centurion, Gauteng in October; • the Herman Charles Bosman Weekend held in the Groot Marico, North West celebrating the famous author’s life and work; • the Rocking the Daisies Music and Lifestyle Festival held in Darling, Western Cape; • the Rustler’s Valley New Year’s Gathering held in Ficksburg, Free State in December; • the Earthdance festival in Cape Town; and • the Rio Carnival-style Cape Town Festival in March, among many more. Relax you’re with us With a choice of 16 hotels nationwide, offering unforgettable experiences, Premier Hotels & Resorts is the ideal place to plan your perfect getaway and get that perfect family selfie. Many more festivals World Class Africa Book your leisure accommodation today Central Reservations: 086 111 5555 info@premierhotels.co.za Visit www.premierhotels.co.za for more information. MZANZI TRAVEL| www.mzanzitravel.co.za|ISSUE 4 | 65
Sustainable Tourism FORMIDABLE RICHTERSVELD… WHERE THE EARTH’S CREATION BEGAN By Stef Terblanche I www.jaquesmarais.co.za / SONY first spent time in the ever-alluring and enchanting Richtersveld in the north-western corner of South Africa some years ago. Waking up early one morning, on about my second or third day camped beside the Gariep River, also known as the Orange River, I was met by a ghost-like figure emerging in the distance out of the early morning mist and desert dust. Josef Damroch was his name, and he was covered from the tip of his hat to his shoes in white-grey dust. The 60-year old had walked most of the 40km from the settlement of Kuboes to tend to his livestock. Behind him followed a flock of goats and sheep. And all around him, as the sun shifted higher, opened up a vista of dark, rock strewn desert mountains cascading down to a narrow stretch of sandy plain, covered www.jaquesmarais.co.za / SONY in the only green vegetation for many miles. Running through this, the river constantly changed its mood from rushing noisily down a series of rapids to a sedate and almost motionless flow, with reed-covered islands bursting with bird life in the middle. For me this was the enduring image of the Richtersveld that has remained with me ever since. Since then, nothing much has changed, just as nothing has changed for centuries, and yet every day is different, bringing new discoveries and surprises, with everything constantly changing. The locals like to refer to this special corner of the earth as the place where God’s creation began. They may well be right, for the Richtersveld National Park and the neighbouring Richtersveld 66 |ISSUE 4|www.mzanzitravel.co.za | MZANZI TRAVEL
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