A “Valley of 1,000 Hills” image from Flickr – click on the name of the photographer below to see more Durban goodness and to thank the photographer.
El Capitan
Photo by A Camera Story
The grand Yosemite valley, sandwiched between the Cathedral rocks on the left and the El Capitan on the right, with the Merced river meandering inbetween provides an impressive sight for a first time to this King of National Parks. (Some may argue it is Yellowstone, but I beg to differ).
My 15 miles of hiking and about 4800ft of climbing on this particular day has only made me want more. I climbed about 4.5 miles upto Glacier point (at 7200ft) and then climbed another mile (1000 feet of elevation) to a Sentinel Dome (panoramas follow). Then took the Panorama trail – about 6.5 miles of hiking – took me to the Nevada falls, followed by 3 miles of descent back to the parking lot – about 7-8 hours of hiking. I came close to dehydration as I ran out of 4 litres of water on this hike (and I was going alone) until I came across a water fountain.
Yosemite National Park
California, USA
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Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Sardine Run – An extraordinary natural phenomenon, that is witnessed annually on the KwaZulu-Natal coast, during late autumn or early winter, is the “sardine run”. Also referred to as “the greatest shoal on earth”, the sardine run occurs when millions of sardines migrate from their spawning grounds south of the southern tip of Africa, northwards along the Eastern Cape coastline towards KwaZulu-Natal, following a path close inshore, often resulting in many fish washing up on beaches along the coast. The huge shoal of tiny fish can stretch for many kilometres and is followed and preyed upon by thousands of predators, including game fish, sharks, dolphins and seabirds. Usually the shoals break up and the fish disappear into deeper water around Durban. Many questions surrounding this exceptional event remain unanswered.
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