Clarens Guide

Ornithological Notes After the drama of last week’s Twitch, the news of arrests in the murder of Daan Wybenga is good indeed and reminds us...

One of the most important things about living in a community is that you are a part of it; for better, for worse; for richer,...

One of the most important things about living in a community is that you are a part of it; for better, for worse; for richer,...

Millions of years in the baking… While the Park is habitat to a range of plant, animal and bird species, it was the outstanding geological...

All smiles this week.  The sun shines, spring is sprung, the grass is riz.  In short, all we need is a serious rainy season to...

Being back in Clarens is a serious reality check.  For starters, life moves so quickly here that it is almost impossible to distinguish one day...

Oh, the joys of travel: A week free of twitching and wrestling with an intransigent keyboard, a change of altitude and diet, and new faces...

Okay, okay.  So there was no snow last week and the Big Blue overhead suggests that it may be somewhere ahead.  Maybe next year.  Simple...

Last week I suggested that Clarens was on something of a roll.  Well, in terms of building anyway.  Imagine my surprise when the long weekend...

As might be expected, your faithful correspondent was resplendent in a deer-stalker hat and heavily camouflaged track suit, pursuing several species of rare and exotic...