S1 - Ep 326 - Kenton-on-Sea - Natural Splendour Waiting to be Explored!

Our drive through the captivating coastal town of Kenton-on-Sea, where natural beauty unfolds at every turn. As we paused on the bridge spanning the Boesmans River, the picturesque view of the marina below was beautiful. Venturing further, the town's enchanting allure unfolded before our eyes. The harmonious fusion of lush greenery, undulating sand dunes, and the vast expanse of the ocean created a spectacle that surpassed imagination. One particular spot allowed us to venture tantalisingly close to the beach, providing uninterrupted views that left us in awe. Positioned between the Kariega River on one side, the Boesmans River on the other, and the mighty Indian Ocean on the third, Kenton-on-Sea is a treasure trove of natural splendour waiting to be explored. #DustBugs #adventuretravel #southafrica #southafricavlog #travelongravel #easternncape #kentononsea
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[@tonynz9954]

Thanks for showing us the beautiful views around Kenton-on-Sea. I will never forget in the mid 1970's jumping on and off Oom van Rensburgs bakkie knocking on doors in Kenton , selling appels en pere. A little history about Kenton you might not be aware of. The famous James Hendry from Djuma has his parents retired here and he often frequents that restaurant to drink "applel juice ".😂🥃

[@DustBugsTravel]

It is beautiful indeed, there is zero doubt about that! 🚙🤩 Cool memory you have of selling apples and pears door-to-door back in the day! I had no idea about James Hendry and his parents, thanks for the info! 😁 I love apple juice too!

[@munesumangava9751]

That tree was just special! God’s umbrella!

[@alangrove2642]

The Centre of The Known Universe. No place better than Bushmans and Kenton.

[@kelvinnaidoo8674]

Good morning thank you for sharing with me lovely place well groomed and very clean lovely trees and not forgetting the beautiful beach just love it ❤❤❤❤❤

[@DustBugsTravel]

You're so very welcome! We couldn't be happier sharing all this beauty with folks who also appreciate it! 🚙🤩 And it was truly without limits in this part of the Sunshine Coast. Thank you for travelling with us! 🌊☀️

[@BruceRead]

Thank you for sharing! Kenton is my favourite place on earth! I live in Australia now and miss Kenton terribly!! I could watch this video over and over…

[@beatrixfourie9792]

Want to sing "what a wonderful world". Thanks

[@DustBugsTravel]

True story! 🌍💚 I'll sing right along with you! 🚙🎶

[@munesumangava9751]

I have beautiful memories of Kariega Main Beach…👏👏👏 Thank you!

[@SonjaFroneman]

Stanley’s het die beste kos!

[@DustBugsTravel]

And the most stunning views! 🌊😍

[@61sunset]

Oh my word, that place is stunning. You didn't need a drone view, with that view from the restaurant. SA is spectacular nature wise. What I love about it too, Kenton, is that it's not built up with houses one on top of the other. Really hope they keep it that way. Interesting facts about the birds, animals and insects from Sonia. ❤ it guys, thanks a stack.

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm happy you enjoyed Kenton! 🚙😁 The view from the restaurant blew my mind too! 🌊🌳 In hindsight, I do wish I flew the drone there, I think the view of the river snaking like that would be an awesome one from the air! The way the houses have been integrated into nature, is exemplary and it's a really pretty town! Thanks for joining us!

[@gramou]

Good to see my old home town, grew up there. My oupa lived there since I was born- I went to that primary school from ‘99-‘04. Left Kenton itself in ‘09. What a privilege it was to live there

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you for watching our video of your old hometown! 🚙🤩 It is indeed a spectacularly beautiful place and you were lucky to spend a good chunk of your life there!

[@charlietreston4035]

Hi guys beautiful views in every direction kenton has a busy high street with lots of different shops. Driving through the suburbs the houses are amazing the people who live here are truly blessed. Loved the bowling club tennis had a relaxed vibe the town lives up to its name bare foot capital the flora is stunning and sustains such an amazing amount of wildlife lovely place to park up and watch the boat being brought up the bank i could see myself sitting there the beaches and the dunes just outstanding and the drone footage was brilliant. Cherry on the cake the views from the restaurant unbelievable!! What a fantastic place no wonder the wise old farmers retire there most sun shine in the country. Kenton i believe is in Surrey in England. The guy who settled there from kenton its lucky he didn't come from a village in Lincolnshire called Spittal on the street lol thanks for letting me along cheerio till the next one

[@DustBugsTravel]

Beautiful views in every direction, you said it! 🚙😁 The vegetation is simply incredible in this area and the rivers, beaches, dunes and of course the ocean all spectacular! The folks who live here, are truly blessed. It's great that they seem to care so much for their environment too! 🌳🌊 I also enjoyed watching the boat come in! ⛵ Spittal sounds like a town I may just have to give a skip! 🤭

[@koosvonlandsberg5353]

Waardeer julle rustige ondervindings 😊

[@zibeletshongweni8605]

“That is wild”❤ ❤

[@hannesvanniekerk9675]

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you. I really enjoyed your company and fun.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Likewise! 🚙😁 Thank you for joining us in Kenton!

[@susannaemmerich1166]

That is indeed a spectacular tree. Another beautiful place, thank you!!!!!!🙃❤🙏

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you for visiting Kenton-on-Sea with us! 🚙🌊 Glad you're in agreement about that spectacular tree! 🌳💚 It turned out to be one of many, but that one was very special!

[@munesumangava9751]

Had a photoshoot on Middle beach …… beautiful views!

[@franspistorius1886]

Thank you for showcasing this part of the country, all the recent visits were spectacular. Love the dunes, sea, river mouths and bush. Good good good. Like your red tie btw Curtis. Happy travelling

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm so glad you're enjoying the spectacle of natural beauty which is to be found everywhere along the Sunshine Coast! 🌊☀️ We're happy to be sharing our experiences in this gorgeous part of our country! Thank you for watching! 🚙🇿🇦

[@SonjaFroneman]

Kenton is awesome! Dankie! ❤

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm happy you enjoyed Kenton! You guys are certainly blessed with an abundance of natural beauty everywhere one looks! 🌳🌊

[@tendaimudarikwa3942]

Thank you, l always look forward, seeing the beauty of Kenton on Sea every time I travel from East London to Gqeberha

[@DustBugsTravel]

I agree with you! It is such an incredibly beautiful stretch on that road which you must know so well! 🚙😁

[@terrimeyer3815]

❤kenton❤ one of the cutest coastal towns on that side of the coast. You out did yourself showing off this town. It is a dream holiday...dream retirement village ....dream dream destination. I absolutely need to go spend a few days there 🎉🎉. Thanks you guys. 🎉🎉 salt on orange Sonia 😢😂😢😮😮😮but that tree was magnificent 😊😊

[@DustBugsTravel]

Sonia says I must tell you don't knock it until you've tried it! 😁🍊 But she's glad you like her tree too! 🌳💚 Kenton is a gorgeous place and offers so much to anyone and everyone who decides to live or holiday here! Not only is the beauty incredible, but the atmosphere is one of a laid-back place with friendly folks who look after their environment. It was great to see and experience! 🚙👌🏻

[@terrimeyer3815]

@@DustBugsTravel no I'm with u Curtis....no salt.!!!! My hubby does the salt thing on lemons and limes.....lol. ek gril my dood😜🤢🤪

[@munesumangava9751]

I have salt on most fruits, thank you! Sweet and sour trick!!! Yum

[@annawitter5161]

Wow! Kenton-on -sea primary school! Big tourist attraction...traffic slows to crawl as people lean out of windows to take photos....🤣🤣😂😂Enjoyed the Methodist church, lovely building. Yes, nothing like the Open Bowels Championship. That is n amazing tree! A tree will spread out to where its roots go, so that tree must have very spreading roots. Stunning drone footage! Such a beautiful view! I love the knees having a discussion. Mine do too. Left knee: come on, we can do this! Right knee: another day maybe. Right now I have a Knee-grain!!! Views from the restaurant are truly exceptional.

[@desh7120]

I’ve recently joined the knee pain brigade and am NOT happy about it 😩

[@annawitter5161]

@@desh7120 Me too!! Osteo arthritis. About witch? Nothing can be dung....

[@DustBugsTravel]

@Anna Witter Everything is super cool to us in every place we get, so I'll always hang out the window for a school, hospital, office building. The list goes on! 🚙🤩 The bowls and tennis facilities were outstanding and clearly a huge pastime in this beautiful place! 🎱🎾 And so is the caring for their gorgeous trees, which had Sonia quite entranced! 🌳💚 The knees are certainly protesting a little more nowadays! 😫

[@annawitter5161]

@@DustBugsTravel Hey! I just see the funny side of most things, and love to hang out of that window alongside you! Thanks for noticing things that others dont. Yes, the knees are getting so darn painful!!!

[@irenemasterson146]

Wow what a beautiful place so neat. It’s like heaven. So lovely to see how well maintained it is. Well done your drone footage and choice of music absolutely stunning. So happy to have see. Kenton on Sea through your eyes

[@1812nico]

Hi you two! Kenton is definitely an exceptional town. What more can one ask for than the endless blue skies, endless blue sea and great white beaches? The greenery everywhere with those interesting trees with their twisted trunks and curvy branches was amazing. Even more so that gigantic tree, big enough to adorn three plots. Your music made the drone capture of the river mouth and the green living areas something majestic. I really loved it! If you keep on with this expert photography you are going to end up in Hollywood! I will be there, hitching a ride, as soon as you hit the road for your next trip. Keep safe!

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm so glad you're so taken with Kenton and I don't blame you for a single second! 🚙🤩 Everything you mentioned, makes this town a joy to visit and I'm sure an even bigger one to live in. We got lyrical about the trees again here because it's just incredible how many there are and how incredibly beautiful they are! 🌳💚 Thank you for the compliment on my photography, I appreciate that so much! 😊

[@mariusroos]

Places like this one put me straight into holiday mode! Another one well done. The bowling club is stunning and i enjoyed the drone footage taking us all the way to the sea. You are becoming a master in the drone handling. The other places you visited were stunning. Thank you so much for this one. We surely have beautiful places in our country. Well done. Till the next one in my usual seat!

[@desh7120]

Perfectly articulated - “puts me straight into holiday mode” as well! How lucky are we, to enjoy these marvellous excursions without leaving home 😂 Especially those among us who for various reasons aren’t in a position to be able to do so!

[@DustBugsTravel]

@Marius Roos I get that holiday mode situation all too well! 🚙🏖️ They clearly take their bowls very seriously here and it shows in the stunning grounds and faciliites! I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the drone shots again, I do enjoy flying it over such beauty! 🌊🌳 I look forward to you in your usual seat on our weekend travels! 😁

[@DustBugsTravel]

@Des H We're always happy to have you along, albeit virtually. Natural beauty such as this is meant to be shared! 🚙🌳🌊

[@desh7120]

Superb drone footage and fabulously moody music - gave me goosebumps! Another absolutely marvellous trip - and that magnificent tree deserved all the oohing and aahing you showered upon it! I am so in awe of these gorgeous Eastern Cape coastal towns you’ve been showcasing!

[@DustBugsTravel]

Let me tell you, Sonia oohed and aahed for some time about 'her' tree! 🌳💚 It was just such a beautiful speciment of, I believe, a wild fig tree! The Sunshine Coast certainly did not disappoint and we enjoyed every moment we spent there. I do remember the Eastern Cape as being beautiful, but not quite this beautiful! 🚙😍

[@munesumangava9751]

Oh the beautiful drone shots👌👌👌👌👌👌👏

[@artyschopy]

These videos are so nice and the banter is so charming.

[@thepenelopejones]

Aaaah Kenton-on-Sea ~ the old adage of "I must get down to the sea again...." is so appropriate for this beautiful seaside haven❤ Thank you DB, I felt all my stress melt away at the first glimpse of the ocean, the cobblestone road and vast canopies of the trees💟

[@DustBugsTravel]

It's true, one can't help but feel totally relaxed when immersed in such incredible natural beauty on all sides! 🚙🌳🌊 I'm so glad you enjoyed the visit to Kenton, a truly beautiful place. 😍

[@thepenelopejones]

@@DustBugsTravel

[@dorothyparker8328]

We lived in Alicedale when our kids were little - 1960-1962 - and we took them to the beach at Kenton-on-sea over the weekends. It was so different then, just a few beach houses! But we loved it, so peaceful.

[@DustBugsTravel]

I can only imagine how different it must've looked all those years ago! It's not a small place at all anymore! I'm glad our video reminded you of some special times in your life! 🚙😊 We appreciate you watching, thank you!

[@funkdunk]

What a stunning place, what a magnificent tree, I really enjoy Sonia's enthusiasm for nature and places...I wish we could bottle it and sell it 😂 and what a spot and incredible magnificence of that view from the restaurant. I was wondering whether we were going to have today's edition after your areas river's adventures, and we did. I assume that you were holding the camera, driving the Kwid, dodging the potholes and listening intently to Sonia too...now that's multitasking. Thanks again for sharing your adventures and providing all your viewers a peek into our truly beautiful country 😊

[@DustBugsTravel]

Kenton is a fantastically beautiful place which we've never seen before this trip and it did not disappoint! 🌳🌊 It took me a while to convince my darling wife to do this travelling thing with me, but the bug has bitten good and solid, which gives me great joy! Her enthusiasm really knows no bounds and it's one of the many reasons that she's the perfect travelling companion! 🚙🥰 The Kwiddie has literally become an extension of my left arm with my right arm almost always out of the window. Sonia won't agree with you that I always listen to her intently, but I try! 😈 After a power outage of 23.5 hours in our area, we fortunately have power again, but the water damage in certain parts of our region is extensive! Our thoughts are with all those who have suffered losses and have been displaced as a result. 😨

[@rosemarymoolman6765]

Kenton is such a beautiful town. I love all the beautiful and huge trees. Then ofcourse, you both make all these travels so special. Thank you! ❤❤

[@DustBugsTravel]

It is indeed a gorgeous town and you know by now how the trees got to us too! 🌳💚 We appreciate you travelling along with us and always happy to hear you have a good time! 🚙🤩

[@nanellevantonder3767]

The huge trees are Wild fig trees. We have strict conservation laws here in order to preserve our unique and wonderful nature. Ndlambe municipality is tops and keep our area clean and pristine.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you for the info, the trees are truly superb! 🌳💚 We did see the Ndlambe Conservation boards up at several locations, which were fantastic to see! 🚙👌🏻

[@desh7120]

Thank you for sharing! So heartening!

[@ronnykenny3965]

Driven past 100s of times but never been in, we are unfortunately those " hurry up & get there" travelers. Quite sad really, thank you for showing us what we've been missing Curtis & Sonja, don't travel often these days but will definitely do a stop over next time we go to E L . Curtis have you come across any followers while chatting to the locals? If not I'm pretty sure they'll subscribe once they know about your channel. Enjoy & safe travels 🚗

[@DustBugsTravel]

Don't you worry, we used to travel that way too, until we realised that every single town has special things and places to visit and you'll see that too when you start venturing off the main roads. 🚙🛣️ We're meeting an increasing number of folks on our travels who recognise me from our videos. I have to chuckle, they often first see the Kwiddie and then check if it's us. Too funny! 😁

[@ronnykenny3965]

👏🥳🚗

[@natienotnagel175]

Pragtig

[@Neil1952100]

Really enjoying your visit to the Eastern Cape. I haven't been there since 2018, and that was only PE. Thanks a lot for touring and showing use these places.

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm happy to hear that, thank you! 🚙😁 The Eastern Cape has such magnificent scenery and natural beauty, it's actually incredible! We're just too happy to share our experiences and all the beauty with folks like you who also appreciate it! 🌳🌊 Perhaps when you visit the EC again, you could drop in at some of these places too!

[@gregorydavids5304]

Beautiful drone view with matching music. What an amazing place - sheer beauty.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Thank you, I'm always happy to hear when viewers enjoy the drone shots! 🌊🤩 Kenton is truly a spectacularly beautiful place. 🚙😍

[@deonzar]

Lovely place this Kenton-on-Sea, stayed here once many moons ago. What made me laugh though is this text that comes at the bottom as you talk...sometimes it is way off....and sometimes it is "foreign"..lol. Anyway thanx for showing us again another holiday place.

[@DustBugsTravel]

It really is a beautiful place, I'm sure you had a good time there too! 🚙🏖️ I've had chuckles at the close captioning too myself and turn it off immediately if it somehow got activated again! 🤣

[@deonzar]

@@DustBugsTravel 😁😁

[@robmurgatroyd2561]

Spent weekend in Kenton on Sea Dec 1974. Was on my way hitch hiking from Cape Town to Zululand just before going off for national service Jan 75

[@DustBugsTravel]

It must've been a cool place for a last hurrah before you went for national service. 😁 I hope you still treasure some great memories of that weekend! 🚙

[@sicko_the_ew]

The big tree with all the roots is some species of wild fig. A lot of them start out as "stranglers" on other trees, although "passengers" might be a more apt name. The wild fig will eventually take over, and the host tree will ultimately die off, but they coexist for many years, often. Basically the same trick, only with rocks is pulled by the rock breakers. Stick a root into a little crack, and grow and expand it. (Given that they've been around here for literally hundreds of thousands of years, I wonder how many groups of bare rocks one sees owe their arrangement to some long-departed fig tree? Must be quite a few, although I suppose when the tree dies it rots away, and the cracks it forced open might fall closed again.) We had neighbours who had a big fig tree that attacked their house, so they had to cut it down. Fig trees and houses don't coexist happily. A house is too much like a nice rock to crack open, for a fig tree. There was a group of houses on the other side of the highway from us, once, whose owners all coexisted with an enormous Swamp Fig (I might have the name wrong). These have a tendency to "banyan" or to grow like the Wonderboom near Pretoria does. A tree finds some nice swamp to grow in, gets biggish, and drops down a new trunk from the end of one of its branches, and this happens again and again over a few hundred years maybe. In the end you get one tree with "a whole forest of trunks" that takes up maybe an acre of land in the old measurements. Sad thing about our "local Wonderboom" is that the original inhabitants of the houses moved on, crime levels increased radically (lots of murders and home invasions in the area eventually), and the new people cut down the trunks all of the original owners had allowed to grow into about three different yards, from a park outside. (That would've been fair enough, given how dangerous the place had become, but someone went into the park and cut down all the parts of the tree that grew outside of those yards, too. And then maybe worst of all, last time I visited the area for old times sake, and walked past, the houses where the "banyan tree" had been cut down were in ruins, with broken windows. Looks like the walls they put up didn't save them, in the end.) Damn! I was on a bright and cheery path there for a while. Sorry about meandering into a bit of a downer at the end of it all.

[@DustBugsTravel]

Interesting read. Another viewer also mentioned that the big, beautiful tree is a wild fig tree. We didn't specifically look for any damage caused by the trees, but none were evident to our ignorant eyes. 🤷🏻‍♂️ We just admire the beauty wherever we go and don't think too much about any consequences of that beauty. As with everything in life, I'm sure there are pros and cons though. 🌳💚

[@sicko_the_ew]

@@DustBugsTravel The trees just live. The idea of their doing damage is a purely human one (they become other living things that turn out inconvenient to us, basically). A few years ago I saw a wild fig (just a little one, getting started in life) that had rooted in the gutters up on top of the Durban City Hall. I'd guess it's been removed by now, but it's also possible that it's being left there by someone who would like it to damage the city hall - maybe to allow a lovely new one to be built. (By his cousin, maybe.) They're quite good at surviving just about anywhere, but you don't want them near your walls or foundations.

[@martinlloyd5650]

At 28min 30s if you had climbed the sand dune you would have had amazing acces to beautiful beaches.

[@DustBugsTravel]

And if my knees could handle it on that particular day after a steep climb earlier that day, I would've loved to do so! 😁

[@martinlloyd5650]

Omw, that slipped my mind, but Curtis could have flown the drone there and got beautiful scenery😀 Keep up the anazing work, just love your content🥰

[@gideonvanloggerenberg4831]

We want the aunty to walk with you.

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm not sure who the aunty is. 🤷🏻‍♂️ My wife Sonia is unable to walk for long distances or on uneven surfaces because of serious knee issues. She's totally happy exploring by car and that's exactly what she'll do! 🥰

[@mzeinvestments9176]

Roads similar to Cape St Francis

[@DustBugsTravel]

Interesting observation. I don't know the roads well enough to compare. 🚙🛣️

[@SuperCoetzee]

Why do we never see Sonja

[@DustBugsTravel]

Sonia isn't keen on being filmed, so until she hopefully changes her mind one day, I'll respect that. 🥰

[@user39h2j8il]

We respect her privacy. I also do not like the selfie culture prevalent today.

[@BelindaPapenfus-tm6qg]

Goodday thank you very much I enjoy your travel can I have n picture off your wife I only see you greetings from Belinda port Elizabeth

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad you enjoy our travels! 🚙😁 My wife, Sonia, is extremely camera-shy and not keen to be filmed at all. I'm hoping one day she will change her mind. 🥰

[@user39h2j8il]

Your videos are excellent. Really saddens me to see how even the pristine sunshine coast is being sprayed with toxic chemicals and chemtrails from east to west. Crimes against humanity.

[@DustBugsTravel]

I'm glad you enjoy our videos. 🚙😁 I don't have the necessary info nor background to respond to the second part of your comment. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ingeborgvanderveer789]

Aha dit voelde als een soort ‘Britannia rules the world’ episode, en een toepasselijke opmaat naar dit weekend van Trooping the colour als koning Charles naar verluid als vorst te paard in de stoet zal rijden. Lots of green, bowling and rugby on tv at Stanley’s restaurant, alles klopt. Als ook alle tuintjes aangeharkt en een keurige Anglican Church. Hier even geen Voortrekkers monumenten te zien, al dacht ik stiekem even waar is dat VOC schip om deze plek op de Britten te veroveren 😂? Oh die heerlijke typische Britse groene parkbanken die rond 26 minuten langs de weg staan met uitzicht op zee, daar zou ik wel een hele dag op kunnen zitten rustig genieten van het uitzicht, een goed boek en af en toe wat lekkers uit de picknickmand 🌊🥪🫖. Sinaasappel met zout, daar had ik nooit van gehoord ! dus dat moet ik ook eens proberen al kan ik me nog niet echt voorstellen hoe dat smaakt. Last but not least, zo indrukwekkend die enorme boom die de gehele weg overspant, if only that tree could talk to us … 🌱🪴🌳😍

[@DustBugsTravel]

Your keen eye certainly spotted a lot of detail in Kenton! 🚙🤩 The scenery on the coastline with the river flushing into the ocean, was quite the sight! Not to mention the super green vegetation and of course the stunning trees dotted all around town! 🌳💚 There was indeed no Voortrekker monument here, unless we missed it somehow. 🤷🏻‍♂️ We didn't sit on the park benches, but we sat at the boat launch for a long time, it was lovely! 🌊⛵