After Durban we went to Pietermartizburg and then into the Drakensberg mountains. I had heard of a little used trail that started at Sani Pass and ended at Bushman's Nek. It is called the Giant's Cup Trail and runs a little over 60 kilometers southeast along the Drakenberg Escarpment in the southern berg. Eva and I took 5 days to complete the trail. We were the only hikers we saw along the entire length of the trails and the first people to complete the trail in the previous 3 weeks. Along the way we saw a massive herd of some 70+ elands, a infinite number of baboons, a grey duiker, rock hyrax, a cape vulture, jackel buzzards, and many other cool birds.
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| Day One: So fresh and so clean. |
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| Strolling into the first camp. |
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| Large protea trees. |
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| Waking up day 3 to a enormous herd of elands. |
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| The print of a serval cat. |
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| So so so many baboons. |
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| A rock hyrax. |
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| Animal-spotter-in-chief. |
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| Taking a rest on day 5. |
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| Waiting for the transport back to Sani Lodge after an amazing 5 days. |
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