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Karen Watkins

Valley of wonders

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

WE’RE already well into the New Year and your energy levels are already losing steam, what to do?

Overberg meander

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

With the rapidly falling rand it makes cents to stay home and that's exactly what we did.

Adventure in Kogelberg

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

WHAT do you do when the only thing between your buttocks and a heap of boulders is a flimsy lilo?

Joys of urban hiking

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

ONE day soon it will be possible to hike, run and partially cycle a circular route through Constantia, Tokai Park, Vlakkenberg and Cecilia Forest.

It’s all about the challenge

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

HIKING was beginning to lose its shine for Torben Wiborg until he set himself the challenge of climbing the old Western Cape’s highest peaks measuring 1 600m, a ...

Good Hope getaway fun

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

THANK goodness it wasn’t boiling hot. Small mercy as we trudged along a dirt road in the middle of nowhere.

Rock art, rats and rivers

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

Devil’s Knuckles, Rhino Peak and Garden Castle are landmarks of the southern Drakensberg – the tip of the Dragon’s Tail although technically this basalt formation ...

Tale of culture, nature

Karen Watkins|Published 9 years ago

"Here's the best part," is what Aren Apikyan said as we suddenly lurched, suspended mid-air.

How serene is my valley

Karen Watkins|Published 10 years ago

No pain, no gain - this echoed through my head as I puffed uphill sweat trickling down my spine.

Celebrating the Sahara

Karen Watkins|Published 11 years ago

Fire eaters, belly-dancers, stilt walkers, and surely every camel in the desert striding in a slow-motion cascade of muscle and bone - they were all there, at the ...