Swaziland
Popular for boating & fishing, the reservoir is used for irrigation of the citrus and sugarcane plantations at Tshaneni, in the Swaziland lowveld. Boating is restricted to members and guests; go to the Sand River Dam Yacht Club near Tshaneni.
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Location (25° 59′ 16″ S, 31° 42′ 16″ E)
The lake is about 1 h drive [Curious? Find out more...]
Namibia (Caprivi)
The Caprivi is a tropical area, with high temperatures and much rainfall during the December-to-March rainy season, making it the wettest region of Namibia. The terrain is mostly made up of swamps, floodplains, wetland, and woodland.
With an abundance of hippo, buffalo and elephant, this birders’ paradise is part of pristine Africa. However, you do [Curious? Find out more...]
South Africa (Free State)
Rugged, steep krantzes silhouetted against the skyline, mountain slopes snugly covered with a grass blanket, deep lushly vegetated kloofs and a crystal-clear lake are the beauty of Sterkfontein Dam Reserve, covering 18,000 ha at the foothills of the Drakensberg Escarpment.
Oribi, Mountain Reedbuck and Grey Rhebuck inhabit the Sterkfontein Reserve. The bald Ibis, [Curious? Find out more...]
Angola – Namibia
The Cunene valley, the natural boundary between Angola and Namibia, is an extension of the south-central Africa Okavango-Chobe-Zambezi biome of rivers, swamps, riverine forest and woodlands.
The name Kunene was given to this river by the Herero people. Kunene in their language means “right-hand-side” and the name refers to the country north of the [Curious? Find out more...]
South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
The Tugela River is the largest river in the province. The river originates in the Drakensberg Mountains at Mont-aux-Sources, itself the source of tributaries of two other major South African rivers, the Orange River and the Vaal River. The Tugela plunges 947 m down the Tugela Falls, then cuts through Tugela Gorge at [Curious? Find out more...]
South Africa (Western Cape)
Langebaan is an idyllic little seaside town on the South African West Coast. Founded in 1922, this historical town was once a whaling station but has evolved into a mecca for nature-lovers and water sport enthusiasts. The lagoon is part of the West Coast National Park, a world-renowned birding spot. During the [Curious? Find out more...]
South Africa (Western Cape)
The Breede River (Afrikaans: BreĂ«rivier) is a river in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is approximately 337 km long with a catchment area of 12,384 km². The word “Breede” is Dutch for “wide”. The major towns include Port Beaufort, Swellendam, Montagu, Robertson and Worcester. There is one dam on [Curious? Find out more...]
Zambia – Angola – Namibia – Botswana – Zimbabwe – Mozambique
The legendary Zambezi River is in itself a spectacle and is the namesake of this pristine wilderness. Along its 2 700 km course, the Zambezi fertilizes the Barotse Floodplains and plunges over the Ngonye Falls. Here, the mighty Zambezi River reaches a 1 500m wide [Curious? Find out more...]
Burundi, Congo (DRC), Tanzania, Zambia
This vast inland sea was first made known to the European world in the 19th century by the English explorers Richard Burton and John Speke. They pursued it as the source of the Nile, arriving at its shores in February of 1858, only to discover that the Ruzizi River in the [Curious? Find out more...]
Lesotho
South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, Northern Cape)
Namibia (Karas)
The Orange is a major river in southern Africa, one of the longest on the continent and one of the longest south of the Tropic of Capricorn. After rising in the Lesotho Highlands, less than 200 km from the Indian Ocean, the river flows to the Atlantic [Curious? Find out more...]
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