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Enthusiastic traveller – with a passion for wildlife

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    • Welcome to Big 5 Travel !
    • Unforgettable stay – at Parsons Hilltop Safari Camp
    • Back in Kruger National Park – Christmas 2019
    • All the Big5 and more.. during 3 days stay within the Kruger
    • CAPE TOWN
    • Cape Peninsula
    • National Parks and Game Reserves
    • African Wildlife
    • My beautiful home country – NORWAY
    • Road trip in Norway-along 10 of the scenic routes
    • The beautiful region Hardanger – and its scenic routes
    • Atlanterhavsvegen – one of the world´s most beautiful drives ?
    • Norwegian Scenic Route -VALDRESFLYE – one of the highest mountain roads
    • Norwegian Scenic Route-RONDANE – Along the blue mountains
    • Celebrating the 1150th anniversary of the unification of Norway
    • BALESTRAND and the GAULARFJELLET SCENIC ROUTE
    • SOGNEFJELLET SCENIC ROUTE -summer 2022
    • HAMARØY – Breathtakingly Beautiful – and known for Knut Hamsun´s home
    • The picturesque Kjerringøy – on the coast of Nordland
    • ALTA – the gateway to FINNMARK
  • Big5Travel
    • WHAT IS BIG5TRAVEL ?
  • Africa
    • My first meeting with – South Africa
    • Roundtrips
      • South Africa Roundtrip – New Year 2007 – March 2008
        • #1 – POLOKWANE – The Ranch Resort
        • #2 – 5 days in the Kruger National Park
        • #3 – HAZYVIEW – THE PANORAMA ROUTE – MALELANE
        • #4 – HAZYVIEW – MALELANE
        • #5 – ST. LUCIA AND THE WETLAND PARK
        • #6 – HLUHLUWE IMFOLOZI PARK – DRAKENBERG
        • #7 – DURBAN and MARGATE at the coast of KwazZulu-Natal
        • #8 – THE WILD COAST
        • #9 – SUNSHINE COAST – Port Alfred – Kenton On Sea – Addo Elephant Park
        • #10 – Visiting GARDEN ROUTE -Jeffrey´s Bay – Plettenberg Bay – Wilderness – Mossel Bay
        • #11 – Part of Route 62 – From Oudtshoorn to Langebaan at the West Coast
        • #12 – Hermanus – and Stellenbosch wine district
        • #13 – Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula
    • National Parks and Game Reserves
    • Wildlife
      • Lions
      • Leopard
      • Rhinoceros – RHINO
      • Elephant
      • African Buffalo
      • Cheetah
      • Hyenas and Wild dogs
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  • Norway
    • NORWAY – known for its unique landscape
      • NORWEGIAN SCENIC ROUTES – Drives through beautiful scenery
        • Norwegian Scenic Route – JÆREN
        • Norwegian Scenic Route- RYFYLKE-part1
        • Norwegian Scenic Route-RYFYLKE-part2
        • Norwegian Scenic Route-HARDANGER-part1
        • Norwegian Scenic Route-HARDANGER-part2
        • Norwegian Scenic Route-HARDANGER-part3
        • Norwegian Scenic Route-HARDANGERVIDDA
        • Norwegian Scenic Route – SOGNEFJELLET
        • Norwegian Scenic Route-ATLANTERHAVSVEGEN
        • Norwegian Scenic Route -VALDRESFLYE – one of the highest mountain roads
        • Norwegian Scenic Route-RONDANE – Along the blue mountains
        • VARANGER – storm-carved nature and cultural gems
      • WESTERN NORWAY – The highest concentration of fjords
        • HARDANGER – Fruit flowering, fjords, mountains, glacier, cider – and more
        • JÆREN – unique coastal area
          • HØG-JÆREN – “On the roof of Jæren”
          • BRYNE – at central Jæren
        • STAVANGER – Oil Capital of Norway
          • Gamle Stavanger – Old Stavanger
        • PREIKESTOLEN – PULPIT ROCK – The hike that rocks!
        • BALESTRAND and the GAULARFJELLET SCENIC ROUTE
        • SOGNEFJELLET SCENIC ROUTE -summer 2022
      • NORTHERN NORWAY – the land of the midnight sun
        • HAMARØY – Breathtakingly Beautiful – and known for Knut Hamsun´s home
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NORWEGIAN SCENIC ROUTES – Drives through beautiful scenery

https://www.nasjonaleturistveger.no/en/routes The Norwegian Scenic Routes attraction comprises 18 drives through beautiful Norwegian scenery. These routes are meant to bring you closer to nature in a…

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My first meeting with – South Africa

My first meeting with Africa – was South Africa. This was in December 1993, just before Nelson Mandela became primeminister and the end of apartheid.…

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National Parks and Game Reserves

South Africa An overview over National Parks, Game Reserves, Nature Conservancies and private Game Reserveres we have visited. These descriptions include both facts, maps and…

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National Parks and Game Reserves15/03/2023

Another unique safari- experience at Parsons Hilltop

Three years ago, we wanted to visit a private safari camp and get a more authentic safari experience besides only going on a self-drive safari […]

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National Parks and Game Reserves11/03/2023

Back in South Africa! The first stop: Pilanesberg Game Reserve

PILANESBERG GAME RESERVE Fantastic to be back in South Africa!! Three years since the last time, just before the pandemic.With a rental car from Johannesburg, […]

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Northern Norway, Norwegian Scenic Route02/02/2023

Havøysund-Along the World´s Northernmost Scenic Route

Finnmark has two scenic routes; Havøysund and Varanger. The first scenic route we visited was Havøysund – which runs parallel to Nordkapp/the North Cape, from […]

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Northern Norway, Uncategorized02/02/2023

NORTHERN NORWAY- the land of the midnight sun

General information on Northern Norway and an article on the Norwegian Scenic Route Varanger – are now on my website.Read more using the link: ( […]

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Northern Norway, Norwegian Scenic Route17/11/2022

ALTA – the gateway to FINNMARK

Finnmark – Norway’s northernmost and easternmost county – was my goal for the road trip this summer. I have never been as far north in […]

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Northern Norway28/09/2022

HAMARØY – Breathtakingly Beautiful – and known for Knut Hamsun´s home

Hamarøy and the author Knut Hamsun On my way north to Finnmark I also visited the beautiful peninsula of Hamarøy in Nordland county. Hamarøy is […]

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Northern Norway10/09/2022

The picturesque Kjerringøy – on the coast of Nordland

On the coast of Nordland county, just a half-hour drive north of Bodø, you will find the beautiful peninsula Kjerringøy. It has an idyllic, coastal-alpine […]

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Norwegian Scenic Route06/09/2022

SOGNEFJELLET SCENIC ROUTE -summer 2022

SOGNEFJELLSVEGEN Sognefjellsvegen – another Norwegian scenic route – is the highest mountain road in Northern Europe that winds its way through the Jotunheimen mountains. It […]

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Norwegian Scenic Route, Western Norway24/08/2022

BALESTRAND and the GAULARFJELLET SCENIC ROUTE

This summer I am going to Finnmark by car, driving from my hometown Stavanger. It is a long journey but I will visit several places […]

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Uncategorized02/07/2022

Celebrating the 1150th anniversary of the unification of Norway

HAFRSFJORD – 1150th anniversary Around the year 872, Harald Fairhair defeated his opponents and became the first King of Norway. This is 1150 years ago […]

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