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Infinity

Gods Window is so called for the panoramic view of the Lowveld more than 900 m down into the lush indigenous forest clad ravine. The majestic cliffs plunge over 700 meters to the Lowveld and the private game reserves which have made the area one of South Africa’s main wildlife destinations. God’s Window is a small part of a 250km long earthwork of sheer cliffs and extravagant beauty. One can observe the hills and forests as far as the eye can see. In fact, it seems as if one can see forever! With magnificent views, canyons, rock formations and waterfalls, God’s Window is truly an area of breathtaking scenic splendour. It is no wonder that Mpumalanga is known as Paradise Country.

20 July 2018Landscape, Picture of the day

Fizzy

The sound of the sea is one of the most evocative natural noises – and one of the most mysterious. New research helps to explain why breaking waves sound as they do. The quality of the sound depends on the size of the air bubbles that are formed as the wave breaks. The size of these bubbles also determines the way that air is mixed into the ocean and water into the atmosphere – two processes that have a profound influence on climate.

13 July 2018Landscape, Picture of the day

Selati

On the 8th of November 1912 a railway line connecting the border town of Komatipoort with the gold fields at Tzaneen in the north-western Lowveld of South Africa, cutting across the Sabie Game Reserve for a distance of approximately eighty kilometres, was inaugurated. Known as the Selati Line, it played an immense part in the history of the Kruger National Park. The two metal train bridges across the Crocodile and Sabie rivers stand silent witness to a long departed era of Kruger Park’s history. In 1978 “The Railways” donated steam engine 3638, named “Skukuza”, to the then National Parks Board for permanent display at the replica station inside the camp.

6 July 2018Landscape, Picture of the day