UK Van Lifers Discover what South Africa is really like [S9-E5]

Leaving Eswatini we arrive back in South Africa and get to see the real side of this country.

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[motivate-today]

Those roads remind me of my 57 years in East and Southern Africa. Bumpy, yes, but I miss them, and the cold mornings changing into warm to hot days. "You can take the man out of Africa, but you can't take Africa out of the man" Anon.

[spawnbringer]

you literally have no idea of how exceptionally lucky you are to have seen a leopard up that close! thats a memory for ever

[fiddlestix]

There is an old saying that goes "God lives in Africa and visits everywhere else"

[magdavanzyl]

No springboks in the Kruger guys. Those were impala.
Thx for sharing. Love every moment.❤

[robchurchill]

I'm glad to see you enjoying South Africa. It's the best country as we have it all. It's why I'm still here. Couldn't handle living in the UK.

[rdmitchell]

Marianne and Chris, Thank you! My lovely wife Claire was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers in September of 2020 and we've been following you since then. Claire can no longer follow a movie or TV show plot but she (and I) love watching your adventures. She lights up every Sunday when I invite her into my office to watch your latest update. We are living vicariously through you. Many Thanks!

[heloisepotgieter]

I grew up in Kruger and watching you drive the familiar roads and seeing home through your innocence and glee gave a whole new perspective for me, and I realised how blasé me and my fellow Park inhabitants are. Thank you for that...

[deebee.]

All those years you have been traveling to all those countries, now you have got the cream of all creams on top. What a great life you have. ❤

[ErikaHuntly]

We should be so grateful living here in SA. ❤❤❤

[Stevenewmansa]

The huge bird is a Kori Bustard. The heaviest flighted bird in the world. The buck/ antelope (not deer) were impala.

[colleenrodamer]

Africa has better roads than India thank you for sharing your life with us. Many blessings from North Texas.❤

[juanitacourtaillac]

I have to say that you guys were extremely lucky with animal sightings. I've lived in South Africa all my life and visited Kruger numerous times and I've never experienced sightings like that in two days. Wow, wow, wow. The leopard is the most elusive animal and you had 2 sightings. Lion, OMW we travelled for 4 days through Kruger and didn't sight one. You saw everything except a Cheetah. Vultures at a kill site and a hyena with carcass. You guys were truly blessed with this trip. There are so many rest camps in Kruger with Curio shops that you could have gotten a sticker from? It's wild but the camp sites are very commercialised. I'm thoroughly enjoying seeing my country through your eyes. Thank you. ❤

[desthomas]

I went to South Africa in 1975 to work for a couple of years. I'm still here.

[sgc]

I'm South African expat in New Zealand. Your videos made me miss the beauty of Africa. ❤

[stephenearle]

Glad you enjoyed our country’s finest park. You very very lucky to have had two leopard sightings in one day. Just for interest, the large bird you saw is a Kori Bustard and the antelopes in the South are Impala, not Springbuck. The monkeys on the bridge are Chacma baboons from the old world monkey family.

[FeelFree]

Gosh I was watching and I just started crying when I saw all the animals and the leopard really gave me such a sense of nostalgia.. there is no place like home

[MrMONGIBEL]

Very nice episode, I greatly appreciate your gratitude for Mother Nature, and your background music. You make a very harmonious couple.

[kidMclean]

I dont often miss SA as I have been gone many years but when I see videos like this I really do miss it. Such a beautiful country 😊

[seamus]

The Kruger park is an experience not to be rushed....can't get enough of it

[sulethofmeyr]

Always lovely to see my country through the eyes of people not from here. Thank you. Winter is a popular time to visit the Kruger. During our summer holiday everyone goes to the coastal towns and cities. A few minutes away from where I live in Pretoria we have a hiking trial in the middle of a suburb where we see some buck/deer and zebras every time we go for a hike there. No fences between the walking trial winding up and down over the stream and under the trees and the animals. No dangerous animals though.