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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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Winter is about to kick up a notch to #LevelEpic 🌧️🌊❄️ . . And with the swell unplayable, it may just be time to forget about the #surf and invest in enough red #wine to last you through the coming Cape storm. I'll certainly be packing a few bottles of @BaleiaWines #syrah to stave off the sub-zero temperatures at @kagga_kamma in the #cederberg this coming weekend! . . And don't forget the #baleia #coffee either - there can be no better way to start your #outdoor day ☕ . . #BaleiaWines #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #IsuzuSA #WithYouForTheLongRun (at Clovelly, Western Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCaiRdTpO8G/?igshid=1885m7cliwa5w

#levelepic #surf #wine #syrah #cederberg #baleia #coffee #outdoor #baleiawines #ozoneafrica #andbreathe #spotafrica #getloststayfound #isuzusa #withyouforthelongrun

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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Tuning in to the #BushTV 🔥 🔥 🔥 . . This is just one of the joys you can expect when you #roadtrip into the arid desert unfolding within the @northerncapetourism region. This vast province allows you to escape into the amber dunescape of the remote #Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park & experience unique establishments such as #XausLodge. . . Here, we disconnected from Planet Normal as part of a wild #camping trip with the exceptional @tfpd_sa crew, reconnecting with nature upon the surreal and tranquil edge of a giant (and very dry) heart-shaped pan. . . Long hikes with the #Khomani #San guides; back-of-beyond game drives; sundowners on sweeping dunes; up close and insightful time with the earthy #Bushman people: outstanding gourmet cuisine, and views extending into trance time across the #Kalahari landscape ... It made for unreal mind space as we traversed the #noordkaap on #BeyondAukoerebis, our third adventure with @isuzusa and @frontrunnerza 🙏 😊 ☀ . . #IsuzuSa #TheresWorkToDo #WithYouForTheLongRun #DunlopTyresSA #FrontrunnerZA #BornToRoam #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #travel #BeanThereCoffee #TopWraps #OrnateDesigns #GiantBicycles #giantlivrsa #TribalTourist #ifollowthetribe (at !Xaus Lodge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7iGB-wpVkp/?igshid=113t0nl3136xp

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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So excited to share more information around our upcoming @beyondexped #BeyondBicornis Expedition, where @petervankets and I will get to experience a brand-new African #adventure 🌍 🐘 🦁 Once again, our brilliant @isuzusa off-road machines will be central to this exhilarating #roadtrip, starting from #Angola, and negotiating 10 000km of untamed back roads via #Namibia, #Botswana & #RSA. The focus of the #2020 Expedition will be #rhinoconservation, and we will once again endeavour to highlight the excellent work done by the #NGO @childreninthewilderness in some of the most remote corners of #africa 🐾🌳🐾 We're very pleased to once again have @frontrunnerza, @spotafrica & @dunloptyres on board, and also welcome @outdoorwarehouseza as part of the #BeyondExpeditions Team. Best news of all is that we'll hook up with @touchandgo.com.na to experience some 100% Namibian desert adrenaline ☀️🙌🏻☀️ #IsuzuSA #TheresWorkToDo #WithYouForTheLongRun #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #DunlopTyresSA #GrandTrek #citw #outdoorWarehouse #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound (at Cape Town - South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B68HDq3p45D/?igshid=1uhxufbnhvvnz

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jacquesmarais · 5 years

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Going to be a cold and wet day in #baviaanskloof today as the @ecobound_adventures #transbaviaans2019 #Repeat #mtb marathon takes on this gruelling 230km crank from #Willowmore to #jeffreysbay. Watch out for those watercrossings as you pedal through the glorious @kouga_baviaans Region, and look out for #DieOom and his @sonyalphasa cameras in the @isuzusa #isuzuMUX 👌 🙌🏻 😊 #IsuzuSA #TransBaviaans #Kouga #mountainbike #GiantBikes #giantlivrsa (at Die Handelsmark) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1QZFSAHM2M/?igshid=j1ngoukdwiaq

#baviaanskloof #transbaviaans2019 #repeat #mtb #willowmore #jeffreysbay #dieoom #isuzumux #isuzusa #transbaviaans #kouga #mountainbike #giantbikes #giantlivrsa

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jacquesmarais · 5 years

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Currently chilling - on and off the @giantlivrsa bikes - as the @isuzusa #BeyondAukoerebis Expedition rolls through spectacular #Namibia. Our stay in #Luderitz was short, but we did make time to explore the gorgeous German architecture and taste some traditional local delicacies, as in #apfelstrudel, ja! Our @frontrunnerza tents and hammocks are the bomb, and the #campsite at @gondwanalodges puts @nwrinsta at #SharkIsland to shame. Only disappointment of the trip so far, so kudos to the guys at #CanyonRoadHouse. @petervankets, @maraiskaryn and #dieooms just got back from a gorgeous wilderness ride on the #giantbicycles, and we'll soon head down to the canyon proper to crack a @teubeswyne Karoobossie Sparkling as the sun sets over the craggy Namib landscape 🇳🇦🌵👌 #BeyondAukoerebis #IsuzuSa #WithYouForTheLongRun #DunlopTyresSA #FrontrunnerZA #BornToRoam #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #NorthernCape #Namibia #DarlingBrew #NamaquaWestCoastWineRoute #BeanThereCoffee #TopWraps #OrnateDesigns #GiantBicycles #giantlivrsa #TribalTourist #ifollowthetribe #GarminSA #beatyesterday (at Gondwana Cañon Lodge) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzNsQmkJ7vv/?igshid=c57bbrwi2psq

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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I bought a tiny @djisouthafrica #djimini early in 2020. Around the size of a fattish Cape sparrow, this is about as backpackable and non-invasive as a drone can get. The images below are the last visual harvest from this tiny little fly-machine with makulu-skop, after a raptor at #CedarFalls decided it resembled a rather stupid bird. Said falcon made short shrift of the drone as it hovered in the airspace above one of the rugged #baviaanskloof gorges, striking it disdainfully and shattering it in a dozen pieces. RIP, my magical aerial friend :-( Moving on. The photos recovered from the drone's SD Card do one thing: they capture a gargantuan vastidiousness (yes, I know this is not a word) within this World Heritage Site wilderness space. The #trailrunners participating in last weekend's @leopardtrailrun literally become a real-time #WheresWally puzzle as they recede to miniscule specks within the unrelenting natural grandeur. Serrated peaks, convoluted gorges, mountain meadows, shimmering rooigras ridgelines, shard-shattered scree slopes, kloofs awash with restios sedges ... there's so much more to this space than just the 3-day stage run. Utter nature immersion awaits in a hideaway world where visitors will discover Shamanic San rock art; a meandering #mtb trail and flow-track; wild horses roaming upon grassland plains and mind-expanding breathing space ... Book 2021 now with @ecobound_adventures 🐆 #ECOBOUND #ecotourism #leopardrun #leopardtrail #Kouga #KougaTourism #polarsa #polargritX #IsuzuSA #TheresWorkToDo #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #CoreMerino #naturalwool #djisa #flydji #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at The Leopard Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGm6NfMJrq5/?igshid=1foh9satg0kd2

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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We live in a truly wonderful and incredibly diverse country 💙 On our @beyondexped #BeyondLockdown Expedition, driven by @isuzusa, we traveled to every province throughout SA, and it was such an amazing privilege to experience so many amazing cultures, each in their own right 👍🏻 . . Amazing stories shared; hundreds of handshakes and hugs; miles of mind-blowing landscapes; and beautiful friendships shaped ... all while experiencing this breathtaking #adventure playground we get to call our #SouthAfrica! . . HAPPY #HERITAGEDAY to all of you brilliant people! And once again, Thank You #IsuzuSA for making this journey possible, and to the @dunloptyres rubber for safely taking us there! . . #WITHYOUFORTHELONGRUN #Isuzu #DunlopTyresSA #TakeTheRoad #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #BeyondExpeditions #playlocal #staylocal #travel (at South Africa Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFgqY0YJ9x-/?igshid=p9fro9ti2n82

#beyondlockdown #adventure #southafrica #heritageday #isuzusa #withyouforthelongrun #isuzu #dunloptyressa #taketheroad #frontrunnerza #borntoroam #spotafrica #getloststayfound #beyondexpeditions #playlocal #staylocal #travel

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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Expedition: #BeyondLockdown Timeline: Day 9 Distance: 3 491km Province: Northwest Region: #GrootMarico Destination: #RiverStill & #MaricoEye . . "There is no other place I know that is so heavy with atmosphere, so strangely and darkly impregnated with that stuff of life that bears the authentic stamp of South-Africa" . — Herman Charles Bosman . . . And Breathe... The dust-devil scrub land of the #NorthWest flickered into view after a near-1000km drive via the #FreeState flat lands, fuelled by mediocre Wimpy coffee and the decidedly retro lang-arm tunes of #OFM (as an Oom, this is sort of my vibes these days, so I'm not complaining). . . I'm a huge fan of Herman Charles Bosman, which means #GrootMarico has been on my radar since I first read 'Mafeking Road' and 'Cask of Jerepigo' many a moon ago. This quirky little dorp is enveloped by the Marico Biosphere Reserve, including the Molopo and Marico river systems, and characterized by dolomite outcrops and an expansive deciduous montane bush veldt ecosystem. . . One of our key adventures here was a sublime #freedive into the #MaricoEye sink hole, a crystal clear spring approximately 18 deep and secreted away on a farm where a 68kg boerboel by the name of Bwana is in charge of access control. Once you manage to slip past this Shcwarzenneger canine, what awaits is one of the most astounding aqua experiences you can have anywhere in southern Africa. . . The spring is approximately 80m across and covered in giant green lilypads. And when you dip your head below the water surface, a wonder-world of blue and green hues will seduce you into the glorious, cool embrace. Schools of tilapia flock languidly within the glittering refraction of the midday sun's rays as you fin into a surreal mindspace amidst the gentle sway of entwined lily stalks. . . None of this would have been possible without the support of @isuzusa and their kickass vehicles or @Dunloptyres_SA 🙏 . . #IsuzuSa #WithYouForTheLongRun #DunlopTyresSA #TakeTheRoad #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #PolarSA #ListenToYourBody #BaleiaWines #BeyondExpeditions #NorthwestProvince #noordwes #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at Groot Marico, RiverStill guest farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzXghPJ07N/?igshid=1ubfssas2vqai

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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Expedition: #BeyondLockdown Timeline: Day 7 Distance: 2 524km Province: Northern Cape Region: #KarooGariep Destination: #KarooGariep Nature Reserve . . "Africa ... You can see a sunset and believe you have witnessed the Hand of God. You watch the slow lope of a lioness & forget to breathe. You marvel at the tripod of a giraffe bent to water. In Africa, there are iridescent blues on the wings of birds that you do not see anywhere else in nature. In Africa, in the midday heart, you can see blisters in the atmosphere. When you are in Africa, you feel primordial, rocked in the cradle of the world.” . - Jodi Picoult . . . We have left behind the seas of sand shaping the vast swathe of the #Kalahari, and sailed the tarmac tides into the heart of an endless grassland ocean. YR.NO pinpoints us at 'Faugh a Ballagh' - an ancient Irish war cry translated as 'Clear the Way' - but our view from a lone koppie looks across the 'mini-serengeti' of the @karoo_gariepnature_reserve . I will let the images of this amazing space tell the tale of our stay here upon the sedge-lined shores of the windswept #SeekoeiRiver. You WANT to stop near #Hanover to #playlocal & #staylocal, & meet these huge-hearted locals. There certainly couldn't be a better place to test our @isuzusa work-horses & @dunloptyres 🙌🏻👌🏻 . Scale scattered rock kopjes looming under a billion-star sky; bullet down a gold-washed jeep track; paddle the glacial chop of the Seekoei estuary; or stand entranced at rock engravings dating back to when #Khoisan ranged far and wide upon these plains ... . So go for it. Support tourism & help change the lives of thousands of folk dependent upon your contribution to their local economy. The next leg of our 'Long Drive to support SA Tourism' will see us telling the stories of #GrootMarico in Northwest Province, where we visited the breathtaking #MaricoEye sink hole to free-dive this fresh-water phenomenon. . #IsuzuSa #WithYouForTheLongRun #DunlopTyresSA #TakeTheRoad #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #BaleiaWines #PolarSA #ListenToYourBody #BeyondExpeditions #NorthernCape #noordkaap #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe https://www.instagram.com/p/CDvXtPCJfZC/?igshid=8y263mgi4g37

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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Expedition: #BeyondLockdown Timeline: Day 2 Distance: 476km Region: #NamaquaWestCoast Destination: #Bloupunt, Strandfontein . . The hunt for #headspace on our 4th @beyondexped road trip saw us going feral along the insanely rugged @namaquawestcoast shoreline. Ocean-side sea cliffs soar above the tempestuous Atlantic Ocean, and the Viswater #trailrun route traverses what arguably rates as one of the most dramatic sections of coast in all of #SouthAfrica. . . This is feel-good country, for sure, and you can sense the benefits to your mind, body and soul as you breathe in the sea air, and reconnect with the real world. Time in the #greatoutdoors is the best natural medicine to counter stress, anxiety and all the pressures forced upon us by our hectic lives, and one way to slow it all down is a visit to the Weskus. . . Best of all, if you visit to #playlocal and #staylocal, you end up supporting #tourism at grass-roots level, and will change the lives of thousands of people dependent upon your contribution to the local economy. Thank you for welcoming us to your #heartland, @monikadejager and @fryers_cove_vineyards: nothing beats #Doringbaai & #Strandfontein 🤟🌊💙 . . Tomorrow, our 'Long Drive to support #SAtourism' takes us to the arid @kalaharireddune Route and #KalahariTrails Nature Reserve to connect with the #KhomaniSan people and their wild and wonderful desert landscape. Much gratitude to @isuzusa for driving our 4th #BeyondExpeditions project, and to @dunloptyres for their support. #IsuzuSa #WithYouForTheLongRun #DunlopTyresSA #TakeTheRoad #frontrunnerza #BornToRoam #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #BeyondExpeditions #visitnwc #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at Strandfontein West Coast, Cape province) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDeJQdaJHiF/?igshid=1utcgogdvgn6

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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The natural grandeur packaged with a winter escape into the sandstone heaven that is @kagga_kamma Nature Reserve is utterly unique. We went in search of snow, first and foremost, but clear skies on the final night saw me bank perfect #startrails in crisp, #subzero conditions. . . That is the beauty of the great outdoors at #kaggakamma: you will never be bored. The snow came on Saturday - and with a billion-star display that evening to boot - and the memories we made will surely last for life. . . A huge Thank You to Tania and all the staff at this superb nature reserve; these are incredibly tough times for the hospitality industry, but this humble and dedicated crew never put a foot wrong in keeping their guests both safe and entertained ... loads more images to follow 💙🌟 . . #KaggaKamma #cederberg #redkaroo #nature #getoutside #playlocal #staylocal #IsuzuSA #WithYouForTheLongRun #FrontrunnerZA #BornToRoam #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCp35XmJNx-/?igshid=o3n2vayt8kwz

#startrails #subzero #kaggakamma #cederberg #redkaroo #nature #getoutside #playlocal #staylocal #isuzusa #withyouforthelongrun #frontrunnerza #borntoroam #ozoneafrica #andbreathe

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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"Trees are poems that Earth writes upon the Sky. We fell them down and turn them into Paper, that we may record our Emptiness." . Khalil Gibran . . The 'Meeting Tree' at @dehoopreserve in the #Overstrand Region certainly rates as one of those 'remarkable trees' you only encounter a few times in your wanderings upon Planet Earth. These #ficuscapensis giants reach up to 35m in height and grow hundreds of years old. . . Most impressively, their canopies often spread wider than they are tall, creating arboreal ecosystems supporting burds, insects, reptiles and mammals, all depending on the tree for food, shelter and sustenance. At #dehoopnaturereserve, you will often see bontebok, eland or mountain zebra resting in the shade of its ample crown; baboons, vervet monkeys and bulbuls feeding on the sweet, wild figs; flocks of roosting hadeda ibis and other nesting birds; and geckos, lizards and snakes hunting amidst the branches for millions of insects living in, on and around these amazing woodland specimens. They truly are independent #ecosystems 🍃🦎🐛 . . The fig trees of this world-renowned #naturereserve also serve as natural beacons for visitors to DeHoop. This is where your guided #naturehike will start, or where you can rest in glorious shade after a #mountainbike ride; or relax during the heat of the day while relishing one of #figtree Restaurant's delectable picnic baskets. . . What a privilege to join @just_anneke, @michellelombardi68 and the crew from @dehoopvleimtb to recce the new #mtb routes for this annual event. Let's just say the #flatrock #singletrack is going to blow your mind! And if you've been wondering where to go for a first post #lockdown #mtb experience, this is it 💙👌🚲 . . #DeHoopVlei #mtblife #IsuzuSA #WithYouForTheLongRun #FrontrunnerZA #BornToRoam #giantlivrsa #giantbicycles #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at De Hoop Collection Nature Reserve) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB2fAHLpUn1/?igshid=1deu61phgwq6i

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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"Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the Sea, and touch the Sky, Let your Soul and Spirits Fly, Into the Mystic" . - Van Morrison . . Dawn worship at my 'Church of the Great Outdoors' this morning ...We kept the numbers down to ensure self-isolation, but this is something that comes naturally when you #surf, anyway. Instead of pews, we had boards navigating the swell, and we gave praise as aqua lines charged towards the shore, their crashing chorus echoing from high granite cliffs soaring like the buttresses of a godly cathedral. . . The ocean is the source of life and the original place of baptism. Even now, when you paddle out into the surging tide, you do it to search for inspiration, drown out the cacophony of man-made noise, to re-establish the epicentre of your equilibrium and to find your inner flow. . . The ocean is enchanting. The ocean is vast and endless. It is both daunting and gentle, vibrant and alive, and if you are a disciple, it will constantly beckon you with its siren song. To me, it will always be the sacrament I search out when I need to cleanse mind, body and soul. . . #oZone #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe #patagonia #letmypeoplegosurfing #IsuzuSA #WithYouForTheLongRun #SpotAfrica #GetLostStayFound (at South Africa Cape Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2ySA3piwE/?igshid=7uttq4qypwqb

#surf #ozone #ozoneafrica #andbreathe #patagonia #letmypeoplegosurfing #isuzusa #withyouforthelongrun #spotafrica #getloststayfound

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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The @isuzusa #isuzuMUX winking cheekily at the start of a few days of #COVID19 shooting in the @hessequa_tourism region. A specific focus will look at how the rural people of @gvbconservancy & surrounds has been trying to cope with the devastating effects of the ongoing #lockdown. So great to include @aileenoutside, @rohangermishuys, @fleurvaneeden, @artofdonovanjulius and a whole bunch of top Platteland Peeps in this upcoming article 🙏🤙 #gvbconservancy #Hessequa #silvermountainmusicfestival #IsuzuSA #sonyza #sonyxperiaza #southafrica #travel #playlocal #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at Grootvadersbosch Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAkxObuptMu/?igshid=232b0kcm75sy

#isuzumux #covid19 #lockdown #gvbconservancy #hessequa #silvermountainmusicfestival #isuzusa #sonyza #sonyxperiaza #southafrica #travel #playlocal #ozoneafrica #andbreathe

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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One place I certainly want to go back to after #lockdown 💙🍃 . . Just to the south of Kimberley is a hidden gem of a national park by the name of #Mokala. In Setswana, this means the 'Kingdom of Thorn Trees', and the park is the most perfect example of savanna-thornsveldt you will find anywhere in the Northern Cape, or for that matter anywhere else in South Africa. . . Utter natural splendour and superb wildlife encounters are virtually guaranteed, with endangered game as the park's main focus. Sable and roan antelope, aardwolf, caracal, aardvark, African hedgehog, tsessebe ... you are bound to tick a host of peculiar beasties off your must-see mammal list. . . The @isuzusa #KBbakkie was the perfect vehicle for this savanna paradise, with enough height to allow easy game viewing and nonsense go-anywhere gumption. And there was certainly no complaints regarding leg room from the kids in the back. . . We ventured to the unfenced Haak-and-Steek Camp Site, where all five of us crammed into a tent set upon the edge of the water hole ... This was proper Africa: only us, the night jars, a star-struck sky, howling jackal and contorted camel-thorn trees silhouetted against the flicker of the camp fire. . . Oh ja, there was the midnight black rhino that came snorting right up to the tent just after midnight. This made for a few tense moments, but he bolted once I shone the torch to warn him away. Truly a nature experience no money can buy! . . #IsuzuSa #WithYouForTheLongRun #WithYouWayaWaya #mokala #sanparks #NorthernCape #noordkaap #nature #naturalimmunity #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at Mokala National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAGXXIPpPfW/?igshid=b9zkco17pist

#lockdown #mokala #kbbakkie #isuzusa #withyouforthelongrun #withyouwayawaya #sanparks #northerncape #noordkaap #nature #naturalimmunity #ozoneafrica #andbreathe

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jacquesmarais · 4 years

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Okay, so we've been #socialdistancing like bosses. Look at the photos if you don't believe us (I've even disinfected the whole of the inside of the @isuzusa #isuzuMUX. We've been good children but we miss the #churchofthegreatoutdoirs and we wanna go play outside now #prettyplease #surf #trailrun #mtb #WithYouForTheLongRun #IsuzuSA #oZoneAfrica #AndBreathe (at Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CADBT-PpaBz/?igshid=1l6x51utnlj9l

#socialdistancing #isuzumux #churchofthegreatoutdoirs #prettyplease #surf #trailrun #mtb #withyouforthelongrun #isuzusa #ozoneafrica #andbreathe

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