by Sarah Gallo | Feb 18, 2015 | Africa, South Africa, What Gets Your Heart Pumping
If you’re a hiker and/or in pretty good shape, do yourself a favor and climb Table Mountain via the India Venster Route. It is not for anyone with a fear of heights, or for beginner hikers. I wouldn’t recommend completing it without a guide or a local (thanks...
by Sarah Gallo | Feb 14, 2015 | Africa, South Africa
If you’re not afraid of the dark or small spaces, you must head to the Cango Caves (Klein Karoo) and sign up for their Adventure Tour! The tour includes the first two main chambers (a bit touristy), but then continues to four “adventure chambers,” and 3500 steps later...
by Sarah Gallo | Feb 9, 2015 | Africa, Reviews, South Africa, Tour Company Reviews, What Gets Your Heart Pumping
The day had come: Bloukrans Bridge. The World’s Highest Bungee Bridge Jump! Run by Face Adrenalin, the Bloukrans Bungee will give you such a load of exactly that: Adrenaline. After harnessing up, I followed our guide onto the pass below the bridge and, let me tell...
by Sarah Gallo | Jan 26, 2015 | Africa, Reviews, South Africa, Tour Company Reviews
Did you know that the closest living relative to a hippo is a whale? Or, that hippos actually walk the streets of St. Lucia on cooler afternoons? Well, we didn’t before taking a hippo and croc cruise on the St. Lucia Estuary, offered by Heritage Tours. Heritage Tours...
by Sarah Gallo | Nov 26, 2014 | Africa, South Africa
A little over a year ago I sat on my bed in Buenos Aires overcome with emotion while watching the live coverage of the New York City Marathon. My dad was running it for his first time and I had wanted more than anything to be there to cheer him on. But I was 3203 km...