HESSEQUA AT ITS BEST

When the request came in for me to undertake a trip in a brand new motorhome and review five municipal campsites that fall under the umbrella of the Hessequa Municipality, I was on the phone making the necessary arrangements before you could say Jack Sprat. The trip would start at the Witsand Caravan Park, then we’d move on to the Jongensfontein Caravan Park, followed by Ellensrust Caravan Park, Preekstoel Caravan Park and ending at Gourits Caravan Park. It didn’t take long to plan the trip as August is out-of-season and most of the campsites had freely available camping stands and chalets. The drive to our first stay was scenic, with wide, rolling expanses of bright yellow canola flowers in bloom all along the way.

WITSAND CARAVAN PARK

We arrived at Witsand Caravan Park in the evening and it was spitting with rain, but that did not put us off, as we were in the well-appointed Discover FunX