Holiday pics from South Africa

[jumpman]

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!!

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[jumpman]

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

 

[jumpman]

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

same dam...

 

[jumpman]

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

 

[jumpman]

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

 

[jumpman]

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]

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

 

[jumpman]

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

 

[rykitten]

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.

 

[jumpman]

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

 

[jumpman]

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

 

[jumpman]

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...

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[Doggfather]

great pictures jumpman

 

[cometcattle]

Incredible pics!

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

 

[DOLORES]

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