Landscapes of South Africa, Winter 2010

Sunset with a tree at Kapama reserve in Mpalunga, near Kruger park and Hoedspruit.

“Dragon” mountains lay behind zebra and impala in the “bush” at Kapama Reserve.

Water Buffalo bathe in late evening in Kapama Reserve, Kruger.

Platteklip Gorge route ascending to the top of Table Mountain.

View back from top of Platteklip Gorge to Table View, eastern Cape Town suburbs.

View of Thelema’s orchards in Stellenbosch, Western Cape.


Hike through the Franschhoek pass yielded these stellar views, fog rolling over the jagged peaks.

A lone tree punctuates the Paarl landscape.

View of the Stellenbosch mountains from the Soms Delta barn.

A fine boulder a the otherwise ridiculous Ernie Els winery.

Vines and mountains in Stellenbosch, near Uva Mira.

Southern Stellenbosch: more mountains, younger vines.

Our arrival into Franschhoek valley.

Sunset view of Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope, seen from Uva Mira’s terrace in Stellenbosch.

A cloudy sunset from the Upper Kloof, Cape Town.

“The Old” Lighthouse, Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope.

A view of Cape Point through a rock cravasse, Cape of Good Hope.

Hout Bay, just south of Cape Town, viewed from the famous Chapman’s Drive.

View of Cape Town and Table Mountain from Robben Island.

Back to Franschhoek: southerly descent after a rainy day into the valley.

A swath of ranchland in transition to diverse bushland a the Kapama Reserve.

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