by Lynnette Blackie | Aug 30, 2026 | 100km Nieu-Bethesda Camino, Karoo Mini Camino, Nieu-Bethesda Mini Camino
Some of the best conversations of your relationship will happen on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. There are many ways to spend time with your partner. Restaurants, weekends away, the occasional holiday that involves a swimming pool and very little ambition....
by Lynnette Blackie | Aug 17, 2026 | Camino Accommodation
Let’s get one thing straight before we go any further. When people hear the word “camino,” a certain image tends to form unbidden in the mind – a damp sleeping bag, a freeze-dried meal that requires optimism to enjoy, and a tent that seemed...
by Lynnette Blackie | Jul 21, 2026 | 100km Nieu-Bethesda Camino, Karoo Mini Camino, Nieu-Bethesda Mini Camino
A completely objective and not-at-all-biased guide to getting your people across the finish line – before the walk has even started. So you’ve found it. The walk. The one that’s been living rent-free in your head since you first read about it,...
by Lynnette Blackie | Jul 6, 2026 | 100km Nieu-Bethesda Camino, Karoo Mini Camino, Nieu-Bethesda Mini Camino
You think you know what you’re getting into. You don’t. Most people arrive in the Karoo with a rough idea of what to expect: flat land, dry heat, empty roads. And yes, some of that is true. But the Karoo has a habit of delivering things you never thought...
by Lynnette Blackie | Jun 17, 2026 | 100km Nieu-Bethesda Camino, Karoo Mini Camino, Nieu-Bethesda Mini Camino
There’s a particular kind of cold that exists only in the Karoo – the kind that bites at dawn and disappears by ten, leaving you wondering if you imagined it. If you’re weighing up a winter booking for the Nieu-Bethesda Camino and feeling a little...
