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River View

Miss Moss
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Monday 6 May, 2013
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Miss Moss // River View

we’ve been wanting to visit River View for a long time, and so really had no better excuse to go than to celebrate our anniversary weekend. not being hotel types, we much prefer to find chilled out (and budget friendly) self-catering joints where you can just relax, read, cook, eat and sleep for a few days. luckily you can find so many places that tick those boxes within a few hours from Cape Town.

River View is just outside Calitzdorp, a town in the Klein Karoo that’s a leisurely 4 hour drive from Cape Town along Route 62 (depending on how many stops you make along the way). owners Colin & Bronwyn left the city to set up home in the Matjiesvlei valley, and as every day passed we became more & more envious of their slice of paradise.

if you manage to stay there (and I urge you do) then you’ll no doubt be paid a visit by Jock – the doe-eyed jack russell terrier who strangely always pitches up around eating time… as well as Jessie, the beautiful boer greyhound, who has a bit more style and finesse than old Jock – but i think that’s part of her clever ploy to get doggie treats. we were more than happy to oblige, in exchange for having temporary pets for 3 days.

and now we’re home again, missing it already.

ps: many of you asked in my Kruger Park post what camera and filters I use. those & these were shot with a Canon 5D mark III and edited in Lightroom, making use of VSCO filters when I’m feeling fancy.

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12 Comments
  1. Den

    Monday 6 May, 2013 7:04 pm

    amazing! happy anniversary guys xx

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  2. Reptilia

    Monday 6 May, 2013 7:34 pm

    Amazing place! i would love to be there right now!

    http://www.justreptilia.com

    xx

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  3. Kerry

    Monday 6 May, 2013 7:40 pm

    Beautiful! I love route 62 and the karoo in general, this is bookmarked for the next time we´re home, definitely going to visit. (also, this is not intentionally all in caps lock, i cant seem to write lower case… sorry.)

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  4. Kerry

    Monday 6 May, 2013 7:41 pm

    ok… forget the caps lock comment… *blonde moment

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  5. Megs

    Tuesday 7 May, 2013 2:09 am

    I can’t get over how much this looks like near to where I live in Arizona! Amazing…we have all the same plant life, too! How interesting! Beautiful!

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  6. EIleen

    Tuesday 7 May, 2013 2:23 am

    wow. take me to river view! Your photos are absolutely stunning. thank you for the cyber vacation!

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  7. fotojack

    Tuesday 7 May, 2013 7:09 am

    Beautiful images, beautiful dog– so much gorgeousness!

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  8. Molly Hare

    Tuesday 7 May, 2013 9:53 am

    This looks exactly like Arizona. Crazy how two places so far apart can seem so similar…

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  9. Philippa Berrington-Blew

    Tuesday 7 May, 2013 10:17 am

    Simply breath-taking. Can’t wait to go…

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  10. Mark g

    Tuesday 7 May, 2013 2:33 pm

    This place is magic. My wife and I have also been here and loved it. Thanks for sharing these lovely photos.

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  11. Joy

    Tuesday 7 May, 2013 4:29 pm

    the entire place is ridiculously picturesque!

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  12. Laura Bear

    Thursday 9 May, 2013 7:50 pm

    WOW WHAT BEAUTIFUL IMAGES. <3 I FEEL MORE RELAXED JUST LOOKING AT THEM.

    Reply
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