003_Geocap Reserve and Augrabies

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Sep 032010
 

Spring rains bring Namaqua land to life with flowers, but this year the flowers were poor. Geocap reserve is a stunning arid landscape.
We then headed inland to Augrabies Falls National Park. Falls and landscape were impressive, but incessant midges meant we cut our time short.

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Geocap Nature reserve, outside Springbok
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Geocap Nature reserve
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Geocap Nature reserve
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Geocap Nature reserve
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Namaqua flowers at Geocap Nature reserve
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Augrabies Falls (75m)
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Dassie at Augrabies
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Double Falls at Augrabies


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002_Diamond Coast

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Sep 032010
 

After Bam Bam was cleared by Customs, we fitted a roof top tent and headed 250 miles north to Namaqua. De Beers own most of the coast line here, and they allow 4×4 tours of the area. We took the Shipwreck and Strandveld tours.

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Diamond Coast, Shipwreck 4x4 route
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Shipwreck
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Convoy at a shipwreck
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Another shipwreck
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Flowers amongst the sand
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En-route to the sand dunes, Strandveld 4x4 route
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Dune 4x4-ing
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Up and down dunes
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001_Cape Town

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Sep 032010
 

A week in Cape Town waiting for Bam Bam to arrive and clear customs.

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View from Robben Island
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I don't know either
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Robben Island prison
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Nelson
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Nelson's cell
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Outside of Nelson's cell
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At Kirstenbosch
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