Drakensberg Photo Gallery by dorff at pbase.com

Drakensberg

Giant's Castle area of the KZN Drakensberg. Summertime means lots of rain and this of course is bad for gear and also for shutter speeds. Well, this is about a week's worth of rambling, never too far from shelter.

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Giant's view	Giant's view	Sandstone boulders line the grassy slopes like bones cast aside	Champagne falls	Champagne falls
Mountain_stream.jpg	Playing with rain (stuck inside)	Playing with rain (stuck inside)	Playing with rain (stuck inside)	Sandstone garden
Cape rock thrush (Monticola rupestris)	Mountain hardpear (Olinia emarginata), Oliniaceae	Blue squills (Merwilla plumbea) break the skyline on sandstone cliffs	Wind-blown	Downhill
Uphill	Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) watching passers by	Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)	Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)	Hind-sight 20/20
Sideways	Longing stare	Drakensberg dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion dracomontanum	Drakensberg dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion dracomontanum	Drakensberg dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion dracomontanum
Drakensberg dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion dracomontanum	Drakensberg dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion dracomontanum, juvenile	Dynastid rhinoceros beetle	Dynastid rhinoceros beetle	Belenois aurota, Pieridae
Belenois aurota, Pieridae	Belenois aurota, Pieridae	Morning dew on Crocosmia leaves	Morning dew on Crocosmia leaves	Crocosmia paniculata (shadows cast by bracken fern)
Dioscorea sylvatica	Fronds of Cyathea dregei	Moss	Redgrass (Themeda triandra), Poaceae	Blackseed grass, Poaceae
Asclepias cucullata, Asclepiadaceae	Brunsvigia radulosa, Amaryllidaceae	Buchnera simplex, Scrophulariaceae	Diclis rotundifolia	Erica caffrorum, Ericaceae
Eulophia calanthoides, Orchidaceae	Eulophia foliosa, Orchidaceae	Eulophia ovalis, Orchidaceae	Eulophia welwitschii, Orchidaceae	Eulophia welwitschii close-up, Orchidaceae
Geranium sp., Geraniaceae	Haplocarpha scaposa, Asteraceae	Harveya speciosa, Scrophulariaceae	Helichrysum adenocarpum, Asteraceae	Helichrysum herbaceum, Asteraceae
Hypericum lalandii, Hypericaceae	Hypoxis parvula, Hypoxidaceae	Monsonia attenuata, Geraniaceae	Moraea inclinata, Iridaceae	Nemesia denticulata, Scrophulariaceae
Oxalis semiloba, Oxalidaceae	Pachycarpus campanulatus_ssp_campanulatus, Asclepiadaceae	Pelargonium luridum, Geraniaceae	Pelargonium luridum, Geraniaceae	Pentanisia prunelloides, Rubiaceae
Plectranthus grallatus, Lamiaceae	Polygala gracilenta, Polygalaceae	Rubus ludwigii, Rosaceae	Sandersonia aurantiaca, Colchicaceae	Streptocarpus gardenii, Gesneriaceae
Striga elegans (pink form), Scrophulariaceae	UID (If you know either moth or plant, please let me know)	Wahlenbergia cuspidata, Campanulaceae	Wahlenbergia cuspidata, Campanulaceae	Xerophyta viscosa, Velloziaceae
Anthericum cooperi, Anthericaceae

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Hannetjie		15-Jun-2013 18:09
Ai, mooi land, mooi foto's!

Christelle		18-Sep-2010 08:30
Hi Val We are filming in the Limpopo from 24 Sept to 3 October and would dearly like conduct an interview with you regarding one of the trees and it's diverse impact on nature and it's commercial value. Please contact me, Hope to hear from you soon. Regards

Val Thomas		13-Jun-2009 15:59
I am revising a book called Sappi Tree Spotting Highveld - with my co-author Rina Grant, and we are looking for photos in the Drakensberg, as well as the general area of the Highveld. Can you contact me please with a view to doing a deal? Val

guest		16-Feb-2009 01:14
Hi, The yellow flower with the moth on it is probably a species of Hypericum. Your pics are wonderful. I am growing some SA plants up here in the NY city area, see my plant blog at geraniosgarden.blogspot.com .No place on earth has the floral diversity of SA, its like a natural garden.

Guest		06-Nov-2008 13:23
amazing :)

Gervan		03-Dec-2007 17:31
Prachtige serie!. V.

Renette Bouwer		30-Oct-2007 08:48
Dit slaan my asem weg. Vroeg-oggend lig by die bobbejane? Die varingblare met die dou, die Blue squills.. x

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