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Logement dans le Drakensberg

The Cavern est un réseau de vacances qui vous offre un logement dans le Drakensberg. Il est situé dans la Province du Kwa Zulu Natal. Tirant son nom de la « caverne des cannibales », le réseau est situé sur les 3000 hectares d’une réserve de montagnes privée limitrophe au Parc National de l’Amphithéâtre du […]

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Birding Blog June 2016

It’s a quiet time of year for birds. The aloes are still flowering, but the main flush is past. Gurney’s Sugarbirds were still present, but no longer jousting over prime spots. But every change sees something happening. The trees and bushes that produce small fruits do so most abundantly now. There’s a very good reason.

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Here be dragons

South Africa’s Drakensberg range – the spectacular ‘Dragon Mountains’ – are a vertical rush of towering cliffs, flat-topped peaks and high-level walking trails Words and photography by Laurence Mitchell The landscape is unexpectedly green, a folded blanket of lush slopes that extend to vertiginous cliffs in the west. Pockets of dense woodland lie in the

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Birding Blog May 2016

It’s Aloe time, and this year the Aloe arborescens around the balcony are better than ever. This has to be the place to see Gurney’s Sugarbird in their dozens, some of them at arm’s length, and singing a lovely rippling song. Lots of aerial dogfights, one wonders why in the midst of plenty. Just as

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