Prince Albert, South Africa

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2017
  • Mally and David Skok take us on a tour around the beautiful Karoo town of Prince Albert. After lunch, they head out on the Weltevrede Road and explore the surrounding mountains.

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  • @lemohangsebekho8328
    @lemohangsebekho8328 2 года назад +9

    One thing I admire the most is the cleanliness. This is a true tourist town.

  • @hannahprents236
    @hannahprents236 Год назад +3

    Beautifull country town we are going to visit we luv it. Big City cant beat this. Since the anc took over.! 28y ago all the citys are in one huge big mess. Keep the good work we need more country towns like this. God bless

  • @nickykolenda8225
    @nickykolenda8225 8 месяцев назад

    Beautifully captured. Going to spend a weekend soon. Thank you for the incredible footage.

  • @steventudetv7870
    @steventudetv7870 3 года назад +8

    I live in a town called Oudtshoorn which is 1 hour and 20 minutes away from Prince Albert. But prince Albert is way more beautiful than my town because it's right between the mountains you could go on an adventure in the mountains everyday!!

  • @hattin1187
    @hattin1187 3 года назад +14

    What a wonderful place.I have visited many small South African towns and they all have wide streets with beautiful buildings with varied architecture. Some beautiful buildings I have seen in Victoria West but sadly being abandoned. Will definitely visit Prince Albert next time I get away from Cold England

  • @mickeyt1371
    @mickeyt1371 3 года назад +7

    Excellent video!...thanks for sharing...(from a South African in Montreal)

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      Thank you! I hope you are enjoying life in Canada. We live in the US these days, but still love to go back.

  • @carlyblankevoort3856
    @carlyblankevoort3856 3 года назад +7

    Stunning town! There's so much more than you even showed! Love the drone footage of those beyond exquisite mountains.

  • @josephvanwyk2088
    @josephvanwyk2088 Год назад +2

    That canyon scenery is amazing. So many gems Gautengers don't know we have. Only went through the karoo as a kid. But I recall it felt like being in a western.

    • @davidskok8889
      @davidskok8889 Год назад

      After traveling to many parts of the world, this is still amongst of my favorite scenery!

  • @patricksmith2353
    @patricksmith2353 Год назад +1

    Stunning pictures and the views are amazing

  • @HS-pz3sq
    @HS-pz3sq 3 года назад +3

    Beautiful safe countryside with fresh clean air, water and safe environment where life is simple at its own pace. What more do you want?

  • @nikolamusic6314
    @nikolamusic6314 6 лет назад +13

    I live there!!!! Good video!!! Love it. So happy u only have good things to say about our town (:

    • @grahamfil777
      @grahamfil777 5 лет назад

      Hi! I'm planning to go to the Karoo during the December holidays, do you have any recommendations?

    • @AmenAmenAmen2010
      @AmenAmenAmen2010 Год назад

      Wonderful
      Nikola do you still live there?

  • @dazd240
    @dazd240 Год назад +2

    What a beautiful little town, love the cottages! Really enjoyed watching!

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  Год назад +1

      I hope you get a chance to visit some day!

    • @dazd240
      @dazd240 Год назад +1

      @@DavidSkok1 definitely on my bucket list for next visit!

  • @sararichardson737
    @sararichardson737 Год назад

    I discovered Prins Albert Christmas 1999 and saw in the new year in the valley of desolation in Graafreinet . I made great friends in PA and returned every year since then up to 2007. Revisited in 2013. So many changes. The happiest of times the loveliest of people. Wild and warm.

  • @molouw1
    @molouw1 3 года назад

    Who would imagine how precious these vids would become during lockdown 2020 2021 thx 4 effort

  • @hattin1187
    @hattin1187 3 года назад +3

    Beautiful houses in Prince Albert and well kept small town .I shall be visiting soon cant wait to get away from chilly UK

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      Enjoy your stay! Take a drive out to the Weltevreden Fig Farm, and enjoy the scenery along the drive. (Best to do later in the afternoon for the best light.)

    • @hattin1187
      @hattin1187 3 года назад

      @@DavidSkok1 Thank you David much appreciated.

  • @claudielemoine4864
    @claudielemoine4864 3 года назад +1

    Incredible how much PA has changed! I left in 1999. Such a pretty little town!

  • @Rubik3x
    @Rubik3x 6 лет назад +4

    What a lovely place to be.

  • @LitoGeorge
    @LitoGeorge Год назад +4

    David, you come across as a lovely, extremely patient man. Your wife is insufferable to say the least - I can only imagine how you long to be free at times! Excellent drone footage, extremely high quality video footage, and wonderful adventurous spirit capping it all off. Die Hel's road is quite benign really, with some rocky spots towards the end. Easily done in a regular car with some care. Prins Albert has changed so much since I was last there in 2007 odd. Its become quite a hoity toity hamlet! Thanks for the upload mate.

  • @Mrbobinge
    @Mrbobinge Год назад

    Frangipani flower @ 7:45 . Took me back to youthful Durban in 1957. Its name popped into the head from those 66 years ago.
    Must've been your glorious imagery on such a glorious SA Day. Oh well, back to Eurogloom outside my window right now. (now now, as we used to speak).

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  Год назад

      Glad to bring back some good memories! In case you are hankering after more interesting South African scenery, I posted this video of a spectacular hike in Nature's Valley:
      ruclips.net/video/o4EHkykDHHc/видео.html

  • @katerose8393
    @katerose8393 3 года назад +2

    Ahhh I enjoyed this so much. There are a handful of places I've fallen in love with at first sight, and Prince Albert was definitely one. The relief at not having died on the Swartberg Pass road might have contributed, but the feeling of first driving into the town at dusk was magical, and it just got better from there. We also stayed at the Dennehof which is probably my favourite guest house in the world, sadly now also sold.
    Watching this after being trapped in the cold grey rainy UK for 18 months, it seems as unlikely I could have been there as flying to the moon 😭

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      Is the same Kate Rose that I know so well? If so, how nice to hear from you! How are you? I have many great memories of the late '70's and 80's time spent with you and other friends in SA around that time. Sending love!

    • @katerose8393
      @katerose8393 3 года назад

      @@DavidSkok1 I'm afraid not! Been in the UK my whole life, I've only been maybe 6 weeks in SA on various trips :) . Sorry!

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      @@katerose8393 Thanks!

  • @neilarmitage6632
    @neilarmitage6632 Год назад +1

    Nice town. Was there about 10 years ago, not sure now

  • @minnoux
    @minnoux 3 года назад

    Thoroughly enjoyed watching this lovely video....Thankyou x

  • @vaughangarrick
    @vaughangarrick 2 года назад

    Wonderful video. I saw things one doesn't see in magazines

  • @ch3231
    @ch3231 3 года назад

    Having been there, brought back lovely memories. So beautiful.

  • @timmiebuchner9283
    @timmiebuchner9283 2 года назад +4

    lots of small lovely towns like this in South Africa, hot in summer and cold in winter.

  • @jacquesvantonder2158
    @jacquesvantonder2158 10 месяцев назад

    Hi guys,
    I happened on your video again. What a blast. Last time I enquired about dear Emmy, and you said that she has her good days. I do hope all is well with Emmy. She's a fellow Cancerian, and what a lovely creature!!! I have to say, looking ay the video again, Mally is sooo her mother's daughter, both interms of looks and mannerism. Lol
    I've long since moved on, used to be a Woolies manager in Plett and attended a great B day bash of her's.
    It actually was the biggest and party if that entire year!
    Do let me know if she's still with us. All I can say, is what a lady!!!
    Xxx!!!

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  10 месяцев назад

      Jacques, how nice of you to write with such kind comments about Emmy. Sadly she passed away in 2021. She was about 90, so had lived a good life. She is sadly missed by all of us in her family, but we celebrate the many lovely moments that she gave us. I hope all is well with you. Sending our family's best regards!

  • @deliafredericks7578
    @deliafredericks7578 Год назад

    Beautiful

  • @Homoprimatesapiens
    @Homoprimatesapiens 3 года назад +2

    Wonderfull and so different from other places. Looks like a very hot place especially in summer times.

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад +1

      It does get hot in the summer, but it's a dry heat which makes it quite bearable. We've been there in December and January and still really enjoyed it. But best times to visit are fall and spring.

    • @diclick7063
      @diclick7063 3 года назад +1

      I need a nice quiet relaxing holiday, I think this is a nice place to stay. 👌🇦🇮

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад +1

      @@diclick7063 If that's what you are after, I think you'll love it!

  • @josephngendahimana4979
    @josephngendahimana4979 2 года назад

    that's right! i have a curiosit to arrive there! thanks mama! GOD bless you so much!

  • @patagonia8084
    @patagonia8084 Год назад

    Love rsa . Très très chique 😁
    Hi from France

  • @GlendaHayward
    @GlendaHayward 3 года назад +1

    Just come across. I believe my grandparents were born in Prince Albert then moved to Kimberly. That would be over 100 yrs ago.

  • @tieniestoffberg8597
    @tieniestoffberg8597 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed watching it.
    Background music a nuisance but it surely added another town to my bucket list.

  • @sararichardson737
    @sararichardson737 Год назад

    We drove to Die hel in a backie! It was bumpy but we arrived ,shaken, not stirred.

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  Год назад

      One of my all time favorite drives! Such unspoiled countryside, and spectacular views.

  • @valsables5299
    @valsables5299 3 года назад +1

    They even have a bordello there too. Actually 3

  • @gacha_x_roblox425
    @gacha_x_roblox425 3 года назад +2

    helped me with a school project thanks -w-

  • @jacquesvantonder2158
    @jacquesvantonder2158 3 года назад +2

    BEAUTIFULLY DONE! How is your dear mum? I knew Emmy when I was the clothing manager at Woolies in Plett. A very special person!

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      Thanks Jacques. Emmie is getting on these days. Nearly 90 now. Fortunately she still has many good days. But we have lovely memories of taking her to Prince Albert. She loved the Karoo. Sending our best regards to you.

    • @jacquesvantonder2158
      @jacquesvantonder2158 3 года назад

      @@DavidSkok1 Hi David. Please send her my love! Many thanks for the reply!!!

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      @@jacquesvantonder2158 Will do!

  • @joyanderson3278
    @joyanderson3278 3 года назад +3

    The background music is too loud it kills the feeling one wants to find while looking at the place.

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      Hi Joy, thanks for your feedback. Always helpful for us amateurs trying to get better.

  • @dimkov
    @dimkov 7 месяцев назад

    Очень красивая женщина!

  • @alcenofolchini6971
    @alcenofolchini6971 9 месяцев назад

    I visited do many towns in South Africa, o don't remember this one, let me ask my wife😂

  • @reginabilliet2031
    @reginabilliet2031 6 лет назад +3

    Very nice movie. But Prince Albert and Queen Victoria never came to Prince Albert or South Africa.

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  6 лет назад +2

      Hi Regina, we discovered that as we went in to the museum. We were so disappointed to learn it after seeing how interesting Prince Albert was as a person in the TV Series "Victoria". But fortunately, that doesn't take away from the magic of the town.

  • @noahjsmit
    @noahjsmit 3 года назад

    Nothing better than Karoo geology by drone. How's that kloof 😲

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      Incredible! And such great colors.

  • @fraseredkins2509
    @fraseredkins2509 3 года назад

    Rigby !!!

  • @fraseredkins2509
    @fraseredkins2509 3 года назад

    Rugby Hough are you still there ?? Rugby

  • @gerriepretoruis1138
    @gerriepretoruis1138 2 года назад

    Is daar ni n afr weergawe ni mmm dankbaar

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  2 года назад

      Jammer, maar nee

    • @gerriepretoruis1138
      @gerriepretoruis1138 2 года назад

      @@DavidSkok1 🤔

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  2 года назад

      @@gerriepretoruis1138
      Ek praat ongelukkig nie Afrikaans nie. (Ek moes Google Translate gebruik om dit aan u te skryf.)

    • @gerriepretoruis1138
      @gerriepretoruis1138 2 года назад

      @@DavidSkok1 is gud so dankie baie wardeer

  • @davesouthwick970
    @davesouthwick970 3 года назад +1

    Lovely clip. Just have an ominous feeling that Prince Albert will shortly be renamed after something sounding vaguely like an STD, as per PE 😏

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      That would really be a shame!

    • @davesouthwick970
      @davesouthwick970 3 года назад

      I see one person is unhappy with my comment regarding PE's new "name" 🤣 Have yet to meet anyone who can pronounce it without saturating their facemask with saliva 🙄

  • @sunshineb7006
    @sunshineb7006 3 года назад

    I wish so much that I could move there. I'm stuck in joburg, doing the corporate rat race

  • @eugenemathlong2716
    @eugenemathlong2716 3 года назад +1

    No footage of places where the Colourdes and Blacks live?

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      We did not visit that part of town, sticking primarily to the typical tourist experience.

  • @gloriavigne3113
    @gloriavigne3113 Год назад

    9

  • @williamwebbs1952
    @williamwebbs1952 2 года назад

    Absolutely beautiful town i don't mean to sound ignorance but do blacks live in this town

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  2 года назад +1

      Yes they do.

    • @timeandattention3945
      @timeandattention3945 2 года назад +1

      @@DavidSkok1 in the actual town you visited ? 🤔 not talking about the outskirts are you ?

    • @julirose5078
      @julirose5078 2 года назад +2

      Welcome to South Africa!!! 😎😎😎

  • @koosvanzyl2605
    @koosvanzyl2605 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful. Just wonder why the awful music?

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Koos! Sorry the music is not to your taste.

  • @jintoo7489
    @jintoo7489 3 года назад

    Sweet lord.... That gravel sound is irritating!!

  • @pepperhead2789
    @pepperhead2789 4 года назад

    Is it a dump like Prince Albert Saskatchewan Canada?

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  4 года назад +2

      Most definitely not! This Prince Albert is as charming as they come.

  • @johfu4705
    @johfu4705 3 года назад +4

    Beautiful town but just stop the blasphemy

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад

      Thank you for the kind feedback. That is very helpful to understand, and we will take it into consideration in all future videos. Unfortunately this has become a figure of speech in US conversational English, but is no excuse.

  • @moonwitch1
    @moonwitch1 Год назад +1

    I always find the music so annoying

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  Год назад

      Sorry about that . When you make videos like this, the hardest part is trying to find appropriate music. It's an incredibly painful process that inevitably ends up in a compromise just to end the pain of searching.

  • @davidzurnamer2484
    @davidzurnamer2484 3 года назад

    The music is just so UNtypical!! Get real!

  • @eekay5710
    @eekay5710 Год назад

    Goodness me! Please, more of the town and less of this woman and her talk, talk, talk! 🙄 Wanted to see the little town, but had to look in her face all the time. 🥺🥴 Will see if I can find another vid of Prince Albert. Irritating!

  • @magdelenelouw558
    @magdelenelouw558 3 года назад +1

    Play better. Music. It. Spoil. The. View

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад +1

      Sorry you didn't like the music. That is so difficult to get right for everyone, as people's tastes are so different. But I appreciate your comment!

    • @diclick7063
      @diclick7063 3 года назад +1

      I think this is not about music, is about this beautiful place I am going there after the lock down are you coming with me David.?🇦🇮

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  3 года назад +1

      @@diclick7063 Oh yeah!

    • @diclick7063
      @diclick7063 3 года назад

      @@DavidSkok1 I will get back to you soon. 👍

  • @knighttemplar6415
    @knighttemplar6415 4 года назад

    Horror village

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  4 года назад

      Tio - what makes you say that?

    • @knighttemplar6415
      @knighttemplar6415 4 года назад

      Ghost tour in prince albert

    • @DavidSkok1
      @DavidSkok1  4 года назад

      @@knighttemplar6415 I haven't done it. Was it good?