Chalet - Bedroom/Lounge (1)

Chalet - Bedroom/Lounge (2)

Chalet - Bedroom/Lounge (3)

Chalet - Kitchen (1)

Chalet - Passage (1)

Chalet - Kitchen (2)

The Chalet (1)

The Chalet (2)

The Patio

View From Patio

This is the great view we got to look at whilst sitting back and relaxing enjoying a couple of beers and some biltong.

Other Chalets

African Intelligence (1)

I just love African intelligence. These chaps were told to take the crate off the back of the truck. All they had was a tractor, some logs and a chain. Well, as you can see, their first attempt wasn't very successful. They managed to push the crate off the side of the truck, by mistake I might add.

African Intelligence (2)

Of course by now a few people had heard the great big bang and had come to watch these guys fix their problem. Looks like a

African Intelligence (3)

With a little help, they hook the chains on the corners and pull the box up right.

African Intelligence (4)

Wheh hey. We're upright now. Lets got check inside.

African Intelligence (5)

Oops. From where I was, I could hear one of the guys say

Bridal Veil Falls (1)

Bridal Veil Falls (2)

Bridal Veil Falls (3)

Bridal Veil Falls (4)

Bridal Veil Falls (5)

Bridal Veil Falls (6)

Bridal Veil Falls (7)

Bridal Veil Falls (8)

Horse Shoe Falls (1)

Horse Shoe Falls (2)

Horse Shoe Falls (3)

Horse Shoe Falls (4)

Lone Creek Falls (1)

Lone Creek Falls (2)

Lone Creek Falls (3)

Lone Creek Falls (4)

Lone Creek Falls (5)

Lone Creek Falls (6)

Lone Creek Falls (7)

Baboon

The first bit of wildlife we saw, and it wasn't even in a game reserve. This chappy was just on the side of the road near the car park of the Lone Creek Falls.

Valley View

The view downstream from the Mac Mac Falls.

Mac Mac Falls (1)

Mac Mac Falls (2)

Mac Mac Falls Sign

Pilgrim's Rest (1)

When in Mpumalanga, you have to stop off at Pilgrim's Rest. This is an old mining town with most of the original buildings still standing.

Pilgrim's Rest - Bank

Pilgrim's Rest - Post Office

Pilgrim's Rest - Royal Hotel

Pilgrim's Rest (2)

The Pinnacle (1)

The Pinnacle is a large column of rocks which has had all the other soil and rocks around it eroded over time.

The Pinnacle (2)

Claire

Colin

The Rain Forest

This is the

Over the Escarpment (1)

This is the view from the very top of the hill that God's Window is on. You can see for miles towards the east on a clear day. Unfortunately, there was a fair amount of haze when we were there. It was in front of this view that I proposed to Claire

Over the Escarpment (2)

Over the Escarpment (3)

Over the Escarpment (4)

Over the Escarpment (5)

Just at the edge of the horizon you can see the Blydepoort Dam.

Over the Escarpment (6)

A bit of a close look of the Blydepoort Dam.

Claire on a Rock

I took this just before I proposed - I had to capture the moment before.

Over the Escarpment (7)

The Otherside (1)

The pictures before showed the view over the edge of the escarpment; this is the view towards the west on top of the same hill.

The Otherside (2)

The Otherside (3)

Happy Claire

About 10 minutes after I proposed.

The Moon

The Otherside (4)

Where To Now?

God's Window View (1)

The view from God's Window. It isn't as nice as the view further up the hill, but it's the most famous.

God's Window View (2)

God's Window View Point

It doesn't look like much, and they really don't want you falling, except for maybe those that can squeeze through the hole in the fence.

I Clean Your Windows

But I left the Windowlene in the car.

Impala (1)

The first wild animal we saw in the Kruger Park. Very pretty buck, not to be confused with the Springbok, and very tasty too. Oh and there are plenty of them in the Kruger Park.

Impala (2)

Impala (3)

Impala (4)

Crocodile

Just a

Female Kudu (1)

Female Kudu (2)

Female Kudu (3)

Vervet Monkey

Bathing Hippos (1)

Bathing Hippos (2)

Hippos

Bathing Hippos (3)

Warthog (1)

Giraffe (1)

Giraffe (2)

Giraffe (3)

Warthog (2)

Bushbuck (1)

Bushbuck (2)

Bushbuck (3)

Day Water Lily (1)

I saw these in the pond at the Olifants Camp in the Kruger Park.

Day Water Lily (2)

Impala Statue

Impala Lily (1)

Whilst not a lily in the sense most people think, these are very striking and beautiful, and it only flowers in the dry winter months. It's also called a Sabi Star, which is quite appropriate considering Sabi is just down the road.

Impala Lily (2)

Impala Lily (3)

Giraffe Crossing (1)

I bet he thinks the grass is greener on the other side.

Giraffe Crossing (2)

Giraffe Crossing (3)

Like everyone in South Africa, the giraffe only decided to check for traffic once he was already in the road.

Buffalo (1)

Buffalo (2)

Grazing Giraffe (1)

Grazing Giraffe (2)

Grazing Giraffe (3)

Mum

Kudu Bull

How's this for an impressive kudu bull.

A Baby Vervet Monkey

This little chap was just minding his own business on the side of the road. Very cute.

Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill (1)

The striking yellow bill caught my eye in what is generally a brown landscape. Another very pretty bird.

Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill (2)

Southern Yellowbilled Hornbill (3)

A Bauble Tree

I have no idea what this tree really is, but there are a fair few of these trees in the Kruger Park. They look like baubles or round tennis ball sized melons, hence I called it a bauble tree.

Preening Baboons

Ground Hornbill

Elephant (1)

Elephant (2)

We were lucky to spot this herd stroling through the long grass.

Elephant (3)

Elephant (4)

Elephant (5)

Kudu Cow

Herd of Bathing Hippos (1)

I have never seen this many hippos all at once. They were all bunched together on one side of a watering hole.

Herd of Bathing Hippos (2)

Herd of Bathing Hippos (3)

Cape Glossy Starling (2)

Cape Glossy Starling (1)

What is it with striking birds in the middle of dry South Africa? This beautiful bird was resting on a post at the Lower Sabi camp we stopped at for a drink.

Elephant (6)

Elephant (7)

Elephant (8)

Lower Sabi View (1)

The beautiful view from the deck at the Lower Sabi camp. We sat and enjoyed an ice-cold beer taking the view in.

Lower Sabi View (2)

Another Vervet Monkey

Elephant (9)

Elephant (10)

Elephant (11)

Elephant (12)

Elephant (13)

Another Kudu Bull

Another impressive kudu bull.

Grazing Kudu Bull (1)

Grazing Kudu Bull (2)

Elephant (14)

Buffalo (3)

Buffalo (4)

Buffalo (5)

Hazyview Cabanas

Lisbon Falls (1)

Lisbon Falls (2)

Lisbon Falls (3)

Lisbon Falls (4)

Lisbon Falls (5)

Lisbon Falls (6)

Lisbon Falls (7)

Lisbon Falls (8)

Downstream Lisbon Falls

Berlin Falls (1)

Berlin Falls (2)

Berlin Falls (3)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (1)

Colourful Lizard (1)

I spotted this little chappy whilst we were walking around the Bourke's Luck Potholes.

Colourful Lizard (2)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (2)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (3)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (4)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (5)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (6)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (7)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (8)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (9)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (10)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (11)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (12)

Why do people insist on throwing money into pools of water?

Bourke's Luck Potholes (13)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (14)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (15)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (16)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (17)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (18)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (19)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (20)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (21)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (22)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (23)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (24)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (25)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (26)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (27)

The beginnings of another pothole.

Bourke's Luck Potholes (28)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (29)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (30)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (31)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (32)

Potholes in the process of being naturally bored.

Bourke's Luck Potholes (33)

Pothole River (1)

The river bed just above the Bourke's Luck Potholes. This relatively slow flowing river is responsible for most of the pothole that have been bored into the soft rock.

Pothole River (2)

Bourke's Luck Potholes (34)

Downstream Pothole River

The Three Rondavels (1)

The Three Rondavels are the 3 naturally formed round hut like shapes in the Blyde River Canyon.

The Three Rondavels (2)

Blyde River Canyon (1)

A great view down the Blyde River Canyon

The Three Rondavels (3)

Blyde River Canyon (2)

The Three Rondavels (4)

Claire

The Blyde River (1)

The Blyde River meanders through the canyon.

The Blyde River (2)

Blyde River Canyon (3)

The Three Rondavels (5)

The Three Rondavels (6)

Blyde River Canyon (4)