For a few months, spanning from summer to Fall, I worked for Tugela River Trails, a small guide company that takes school groups and brings them into the bush for extended journeys and adventures. My home, placed in the center of an crop circle, and next to an irrigation pivot, sat under the watchful eye of the Drakensberg Mountains. In these alpine grasslands and savannas, it was truly big sky country, with no shortage of wildlife, diverse sunrises/sunsets, and some amazing zulu culture.
The sky shows the infinity of everything over my home in South Africa
The Road Home
The sky tries it’s hardest to spontaneously combust during this particularly incredible sunset.
A combine harvester gobbles up the last of the summer crops under the watchful gaze of Cathedral peak.
Spioenkop Lake Sunrise: Part 1
The sun sets over the Spioenkop Dam and Preserve.
Spioenkop Lake Sunrise: Part 2
Pivot and Stars
Spioenkop Lake Sunrise: Part 3
Tugela River Valley Sun Rise
A murky dam on a zulu homestead. Luckily, this water was for cattle only.
Taken from a ‘major’ road looking Spioenkop Dam and Preserve.
The Twin Peaks of Spioenkop Hill. At one point, Ghandi, Winston churchill, and Paul Kruger all stood her at the same time.
The lush, verdant hills of the Tugela River Valley
Within the dips and nooks of the land, early morning mists gather around the famous acacia trees of the savannah
Mountain Clouds or Cloud Mountains
Land of Enchantments
A journey of Giraffes within the early morning mists.
Big Sky Country
Although nothing like the Drakensberg Escarpment immediately to the west, the alpine grasslands offer their fair shares of big views!
A young bull giraffe spies us on our morning hike through the bush.
Exploring the rural roads of KwaZulu-Natal
A wild Blesbok in the Spioenkop Preserve.
The first shot I took in Africa
District Road Views of KZN
Rush Hour in South Africa happens at sunrise
Old Steel Bridge. Bheki, a zulu groundskeeper looks for possible fishing opportunities .
Early morning district roads, South Africa
Big Sky Country
Early morning district roads, South Africa
Pivot and Stars
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