Holiday pics from South Africa

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

Hi all,

promised I would put up some nice photos from my trip, so here they are!!!!

Picked some of the best from over 600!!!!

First up I will start with a place we visited in the Drakensburg area called sani valley, a huge lake dammed off for fishing, with wildlife on the plains surrounding...

Next set of pics I will put up are of Umfolozi game reserve. 100,000 km of protected wild bush....

Then a coastal reserve/marshland called Mapelene....

And finally some pictures of Ushaka marine world, a huge themed aquarium in Durban, built in a shipwreck!

will take a while to edit and post all of them so may take a couple of days!!

jump

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

So still in the evenings....and it hadn't rained for 3 months!

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

This is probably one of the best pics I have ever taken!

same dam...

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

Wonderful view of valley from hill we climbed....

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

one of the wild burchill's zebra that roum the plains surrounding the lake....

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

Moving up the valley and up a track that you can see on the next picture, we drove accross the border to lesotho (small country within south africa) and climbed 2900m by 4x4. Took a few hours but was worth the view, got to see a village at the top of the pass (sani pass) and drink at the highest pub in the whole of africa!!

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

view down the track we came up, goes far into the distance....was one bumpy ride!!

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

local tribesman enjoying the view while playing a strange instrument!!

rykitten · Jun 24, 2004

Wow. Absolutely breath taking. Did you feel peaceful while you were there? I am now adding Sani Valley on my list of places to experience. :nod:

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

village at the top....whole community of sheep farmers, bread and beer makers....bit cold up there!

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

local wildlife at 2900m+ !!! Loosely translated they are called 'ice rats'!

jumpman · Jun 24, 2004

Hi rykitten,

yes very peaceful. The view is awesome! The locals were very friendly as well, got shown into their stone and cow dung huts, and tried the beer and bread...amazing!

Its a bit colder than you would think as well, see this stream below near the top that doesn't get much sun!!

Will post more pics of the second part of the holiday tomorrow when we went on safari in mfolozi......

yours sleepily...

jump

Doggfather · Jun 24, 2004

great pictures jumpman

cometcattle · Jun 24, 2004

Incredible pics! :nod:

Thanx for sharing, I can't wait to see the rest.

DOLORES · Jun 25, 2004

I LOVE IT! my dad has been in Mozambique!

and the pictures are awesome!

and yours are really good....REALLY good i must say

i want to go there when im older

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