Drakensbergs
VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Tue 8 Dec 2015 21:23
Below is the valley of the Tulega river:
A bit further up it has cut a very impressive knife gorge, seen here with an intrepid explorer therein:
And this is the justly famous amphitheatre which contains the world's second highest waterfall - or it would, but for the drought, with the gorge under the sunlit rock in the centreground:
The plateau in the distance is at 3000m.
And although there are no lions there is other wildlife:
This guy is a stream frog; there are several species in SA, all very similar and I'm not sure which one he is. And here is a nice snake, probably preying on all the frogs:
And a very unusual butterfly with bare forewings, present in large numbers:
The whole area is famous for Bushman rock paintings, which date from several thousand years ago until relatively recently - they were pushed out of the area/exterminated by advancing black tribes like the Zulu shortly before Europeans arrived. Here are some we found; much more spectacular examples exist:
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