Showing posts with label where to stay in Addo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label where to stay in Addo. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Monday, 13 April 2015
Spekboom
The indigenous and evergreen Spekboom occurs widespread in the Eastern Cape, especially right here in the Sundays River Valley.
There is even a Spekboom Tented Camp in the Addo Elephant National Park!
Addo's Suikerbossie Nursery owner, Stef Pringle, says that spekboom makes a gorgeous garden plant used to add colourful and lush dimension to an indigenous aloe or succulent garden with its sappy green foliage and spectacular display of pink/purple flowers from October/November. This will attract numerous bird species as well as insects *[and elephants ;) ] to your garden. This beautiful indigenous plant is very hardy, requires minimal attention and easy to grow from cuttings. Great contribution to our environment by cultivation and growing spekboom.
It can reach heights of about 2.5m to 5m tall 'trees'. Locals use them as hedges to prevent dust from entering the homestead while some farmers are planting Spekboom for it's exceptional ability to take big quantities of carbon dioxide out of the air and convert it into oxygen. It has enormous carbon-storing capabilities. Its capacity to offset harmful carbon emissions is compared to that of moist, subtropical forest. This remarkable plant is unique in that it stores solar energy to photosynthesise at night. This makes spekboom thicket 10 times more effective per hectare at carbon fixing than any tropical rain forest. Each hectare of spekboom could capture 4,2 tons of carbon yearly. The makes South Africa very popular on the international carbon dioxide sequestration commercial market.
The stem, which can reach a diameter of 20cm, has a corklike appearance. The bright green fleshy leaves have an egg like shape. As the tree ages the colour turn yellowish.
The English name, Elephant food, originates from the habit of elephants to eat the top shoots of the "trees", causing the plants to grow and spread horizontally.
Want to read more? Spekboom Anthony Mills shares some info in Spekboom The Miracle Plant. Fascinating reading!
Want to buy?
Go online to The Spekboom Foundation or call Johan Swart:
Send us a email and we will get into contact with you. We can do any order from 1 plant to 1 000 000 plants.
SPEKBOOM ROOTED PLANTS GROWN IN RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES
Prices:
1-49 Plants R50 each
50-5000 Plants R40 each
5000 or more Plants R30 each
50-5000 Plants R40 each
5000 or more Plants R30 each
Call Johan Swart
TEL: 042 230 0440
FAX: 042 230 0575
MOBILE: 076 737 3694
FAX: 042 230 0575
MOBILE: 076 737 3694
Email: karoo@kirkwood.co.za
Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Monday, 16 February 2015
Op pad vir die grote trek: Blue Monday on a Sunday River... | ANWB Motor
Op pad vir die grote trek: Blue Monday on a Sunday River... | ANWB Motor
Michiel van Dam and friends travelled through Addo on this fabulous adventure. I only had the privilege of spending some time at breakfast with them, but that was enough to be caught up in their enthusiasm. With bikes waiting be be gunned into action, they prepped each other for the day while reminiscing on the previous day's activities.
Crisscross Adventures showed them an Addo adventure or two that they loved. And Chrislin African Lodge's chef, Jean, treated them to the best meal they'd had so far! I'm proud to say that our country had not delivered one unsavoury meal either! Jean just topped the others, apparently! Being described as the Jamie Oliver of South Africa was a real feather in Jean's cap!
We wish them safe and happy travels while we delight in the quirky anecdotes from their blog!
Michiel van Dam and friends travelled through Addo on this fabulous adventure. I only had the privilege of spending some time at breakfast with them, but that was enough to be caught up in their enthusiasm. With bikes waiting be be gunned into action, they prepped each other for the day while reminiscing on the previous day's activities.
Crisscross Adventures showed them an Addo adventure or two that they loved. And Chrislin African Lodge's chef, Jean, treated them to the best meal they'd had so far! I'm proud to say that our country had not delivered one unsavoury meal either! Jean just topped the others, apparently! Being described as the Jamie Oliver of South Africa was a real feather in Jean's cap!
We wish them safe and happy travels while we delight in the quirky anecdotes from their blog!
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Chrislin African Lodge, Addo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Chrislin African Lodge
A recent Tripadvisor review:
As everybody else says, Chrislin is a highly recommended place to stay. It's not only with mud huts. Delicious meals, clean rooms and well trained staff. We could feel the owners' diligent efforts trying to create all the possible comforts in the farmland, which they've succeeded. We spent there for three nights and it was a totally relaxing and joyful experience. I also want to add that we were surprised at the quality of vegetarian meals that our daughter specially requested. Many thanks.
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