Warm up

After we ate, we went to the Royal Natal Park to scope out what we wanted to get done the following day. It was an easy drive about 10 minutes from the rondavel.

This is the water that flows down from the top of the Berg and is the source of water for the locals. It is pure mountain spring water. Clean and safe to drink.

We saw about 5 baboons, and no, we did not feed them.


So, we went to the Park's visitor center to pick out a trail to hike. We selected the most common hike to the base of the Tugela Falls. The hike is about 13 km which was estimated to take about 5 hours! We then headed back to the rondavel at the Tower of Pizza, but we stopped to pose by this beautiful site. The mountain range behind us is called "The Amphitheatre."

The ride back was just great. Above you see where the locals live. They may not have running water or electricty, but at least they live in beautiful, big-sky country!

Local kids playing a game of pickup soccer on a Friday evening.


The following picture was taken the next morning on our way to the parking lot to base of the hiking trail. Our hiking trail would take us up to those clouds.

Good thing we had all the gear we needed.