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Worth visiting

Posted in Holiday South Africa, Kalahari-Woestyn, Karoo, konsentrasie kampe, Namakwaland, Namaqualand, Namaqualand daisies, Noord-Wes Kaap Provinsie, North West Cape Province, Onseepkans, Pofadder, SANPARKS, South Africa, South Africa National Parks, Springbok, Suid-Afrika, tagged Anne Frank, Augrabies Falls, Augrabies National Park, Azerbaijan, Cape Province, Daisies, Holiday South Africa, Kalahari-Woestyn, Karoo, konsentrasie kampe, Namakwaland, Namaqualand, Namaqualand daisies, National Parks of South Africa, Noord-Wes Kaap Provinsie, North West Cape Province, Onseepkans, Pofadder, SANPARKS, South Africa, South African flowers, Springbok, Suid-Afrika on 29/03/2008| 3 Comments »

Ek was deur Skoor gevra om drie inskrywings van my blog te kies wat ek baie van hou, so, hier is hulle. Die eerste inskrywing is van ‘n plek wat ek nog nie besoek het nie: Die Noord-Wes gedeelte van ons land. ‘n Baie goeie vriendin van my het daar gebly en so ver ek weet het sy nog familie daar: Pofadder.

English readers: scroll down for English. This entry is about other entries on my blog.

Klik Hier vir Onseepkans, Pofadder, Springbok.

Image: ww.sleeping-out.co.za

The Augrabies Falls National Park is also in that area – see the red star on the map…click HERE to visit the South African National Parks website linked to the Augrabies Falls Park and other National Parks too, of cours. The word “Augrabies” is derived from the Khoi word which means…”noisy one”…

Augrabies Falls

About 120 km west of Upington, in a barren and desolate land of sand, scrub and rock, the broad Orange River plunges through a massive canyon in a sudden and dramatic sequence of rapids and cascades. The waters descend through the ravine to breach the main gorge. Here, the Augrabies waterfalls drop, sheer at first and then in a misty tumble of cataracts, to the turbulent, rock-enclosed pool 200 m below.

The Augrabies Falls are without doubt the most impressive waterfalls along the Orange River and are located approximately 120 km downstream of Upington. The falls occur at a point where the Orange River alters from a wide slowly flowing river traversing sandy soils to a fast flowing narrow river cutting its way through ancient granites.
Read ON THIS SITE more about the Augrabies Waterfall and see more awesome pictures too! Follow the “Wildlife” link to read about Pangolins! Coelacanths – the African Fish Eagle -the Shangaan, the Xhosas, Shaka, the King of the Zulu, Sterkfontein Caves (a World Heritage site). Nongqawuse – Prophetess of Doom.The Xhosa people were almost led to commit suicide in the 1800’s by a fourteen-year-old ‘prophetess’; who claimed she had received a message from the ancestors.

Jasper visited Azerbaijan and if you click HERE you can see more pictures on his blog. Azerbaijan is a country I would like to visit – these Eastern European countries do attract me!
Rosalind blogged about the Jewish concentration camps and inspired me to blog about Anne Frank and the South African concentration camps.

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Drakensberg Mountains

Posted in Drakensberg map, Drakensberg mountains, Drakensberg Mountains map, Drakensberge, hiking in South Africa, hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains, Mount Aux Sources, movies, National Anthem, National Bird of South Africa, National Fish South Africa, National flower of South Africa, National Symbols, Protea, South Africa, Springbok, tagged Coat of arms, Drakensberg map, Drakensberg Mountain map, Drakensberg mountains, Drakensberge, hiking in South Africa, hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains, Mount Aux Sources, movies, National Anthem, National Anthem of South Africa, National Bird, National fish of South Africa, National flower of South Africa, National Symbols of South Africa, Protea, South Africa, Springbok on 02/02/2008| 4 Comments »

Click to access drakensberg.pdf

The pdf has loads about the mountain.

Drakensberg Map

On this link, you will find two map links – very detailed and beautiful.

Click HERE to visit different places of the Drakensberg mountain and you can also make bookings from this link. This mountain range stretches from the Northern part of South Africa to the Southern part of the country. The highest peak is Mount Aux Sources, about 4300 m. I was on Mount Aux Sources when I was 15 with a school hiking trip! Two of our teachers went with us. We were about 20-30 students, 15 and 16 years old. I can remember we travelled through Qwa-Qwa –Eastern Free State -and we parked the coaches at Witsieshoek. From there you are sort of already at the foothills of the mountain and it wouldn’t take you that long to the summit. Just a few hours. But hey, be prepared for two chain ladders and strong winds. You have your kit on your back: tent, rucksack, sleeping bag, whatever you take with you – and you go up the ladder with everything. Some of the students were scared and our teacher used a rope to tie around one another to make them feel more safe. I think I just prayed all the way up! There is a hut on Mount Aux Sources, but when we arrived there, the roof was down! So, we just slept wherever we felt safe – away from trees because of the possibility of thunder and lightning.

There are many caves in “The Berg” where you can sleep when going on a hiking trip. Click HERE to see the caves and links, they tell you also about CAVE ETIQUETTE on the cave-index page! You can also read on the “hut” link where to find huts to stay on your trip! And on THIS LINK you can see a gallery of the peaks in “The Berg” and their names. This is really a MUST go place to go on holiday, make sure you don’t miss out!

The flower is South Africa’s National Flower, the King Protea.