Monday, January 3, 2011

Tzaneen

While up in the hills around Tzaneen, we popped over to Haenertsburg to do a 10k hike. It was a cloudy day, and being at altitudes between 1400 and 1600m, we were actually in the clouds for much of the hike. 

Here is Tig, at the high point on the hike; note the invisible majesty of the 2126m "Iron Crown" behind her.



























Then from the tower point we weren't able to see Densey's Nose (1812 m) and Stylkop (1900m) on the horizon.

After passing "Patrick's Point" (assuming I had one), we stopped at majestic Jan's Knoll, where you note a bit of blue sky became visible.





The rest of the hike involved a few remnant natural tropical forests (a rarity in these parts), and a lot of pine and eucalyptus tree farms. 





























There was even a spot known as "Eland Rubbing Rock". I had a photo of Tig rubbing her Eland, but it was a little shrouded by fog...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Nice poncho buddy!
So are you going to be blogging when we do Brokeback Canyon?

Unknown said...

I could swear that's an old red dress of Mom's.