LesotoMateanong Community29°35’6” S 29°17’20” E 3 febbraio 2017, Lesoto ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Stuart McLean, our guide for the day, arrived sharp at 06h00 to pick us up in his Toyota Land Cruiser RV (nice car!). We piled our warm gear, walking sticks and munchies into his car and set off.
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LesotoThabana Ntlenyana29°32’53” S 29°13’8” E
3 febbraio 2017, Lesoto ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
On the other side of the Pass it was clear although still very cloudy. Stuart stopped at all the good places to show us Drakensberg siskin, dark-capped yellow warbler, mountain wheatear, and even CapeLeggi altro
LesotoHodgson’s Peaks29°33’13” S 29°13’47” E 3 febbraio 2017, Lesoto ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
The wild flowers on the mountain scenery were very pretty. Here are some to admire.
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Wild poppy grew everywhere around the new road. Stuart said it's a pioneer species which explained it.
Sud AfricaThe Twelve Apostles29°35’53” S 29°18’43” E 3 febbraio 2017, Sud Africa ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
What goes up has to come down and so we had to descend the RSA side of Sani Pass. We stopped again at the top for a comfort break and to take pictures of the cloud hanging like a white cloth over theLeggi altro
Sud AfricaGarden Castle29°51’18” S 29°17’52” E 4 febbraio 2017, Sud Africa ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After yesterday's adventure today was looking quite tame, which is not a bad thing. We left The Old Hatchery peacefully after breakfast and turned right on the Drakensberg Gardens road instead of leftLeggi altro
Sud AfricaCostmore29°43’56” S 29°33’33” E 4 febbraio 2017, Sud Africa ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
We had a bigger adventure in the afternoon.
Decided to find the road we went on with Stuart yesterday out of Himeville. This was great to start with - the white storks and bald ibis were still in theLeggi altro
Sud AfricaDargle Stream29°29’36” S 30°10’32” E 5 febbraio 2017, Sud Africa ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Of course we woke at 06h00 - and we had arranged for our stuff to be portered back to the car at 08h00 - so we were ready early!!
In the end we left The Old Hatchery just after 8.
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Sud AfricaLimit Hill28°31’18” S 29°48’54” E 6 febbraio 2017, Sud Africa ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Naunton's was nice. The room was comfortable with a big window on a rather lovely garden.
The big excitement was this morning with lots of birds in the garden even in the rain. There was a pair ofLeggi altro
Sud AfricaNewcastle27°39’12” S 29°38’3” E 6 febbraio 2017, Sud Africa ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We were a bit lazier today as we didn't have far to go. After all the excitement of baby cuckoos we had breakfast in Naunton's dining room (R100 each - ouch!) and then packed up the car in the rain.Leggi altro
Sud AfricaMemel27°41’9” S 29°33’48” E 7 febbraio 2017, Sud Africa ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Schalk came for breakfast and then we went birding in the Seekoeivlei. It was quite wet and there were one or two watery 4x4 spots we had to swim through.
We checked in at the first bird hide - whichLeggi altro
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Below the mist.
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View at the top...
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Now we're above the mist/cloud!