South Africa – Cathedral Peak – Day 7
Day 7 – The Free Day
It’s been a while since I posted any photos from South Africa. I do plan on getting through all 21 days of the tour eventually, this is just a low priority task at the moment, one for times when I’m too tired for the studio.
Day 7 of the South African Tour was a free day while we were in the Drakensburg, the mountains in central part of the country. I chose to spend my free day hiking and was happy Barb and Jessie invited me to join them on a hike toward Cathedral Peak. We didn’t aim for the top but to get a great view of the peak.
It was a beautiful day and the hike was gorgeous. These photos bring back only wonderful fond memories.
[For new readers - I spent a month in South Africa in August - had a fabulous time on the arts and crafts tour - you can see previous posts here.]
The Hike To Cathedral Peak
This photo was taken about an hour into the hike. We’d done a bunch of up and had a bunch more to go.
A bit later looking back to where we came from.
Up the valley – looking back again to the start. Notice the difference on the 2 sides of the valley – one green – one brown – amazing the effect of the sun!
The smoke in the distance is controlled grass fires – they do that a lot. Also the peaks in the background are the escarpment that gently slopes down towards the west. Funky thing escarpments.
And finally – after a lot more up that originally anticipated (I think 2 1/2 hours but might have been 3) we see Cathedral Peak. It was amazing!
Very rocky – just like colorado.
The view over the valley.
Someone thought we were dinner.
The dark streak is a burned grass area.
Hiking back down (much faster than going up).
Then I started taking photos of the grass.
Isn’t grass cool!!!
Love the splotch of green grass in the sea of brown. These colors heavily influenced the fabric I dyed for my South African Impressions textile paintings.
It was a fabulous day. We had a long leisurely lunch after the hike then walked back to our camp – another 1/2-hour of walking. Or at least that is what I remember – it was a big walking day.
This was definitely one of the highlights for me on this trip.
Posted by Lisa in: art adventures
Tagged: catherdral peak, drakensburg, hiking, south africa
Stunning!
Beautiful scenery and photos! I had no idea South Africa was so mountainous.
These colors and compositions are beautiful, God is amazing!!
i agree, the first word that came to my mind was stunning. the further i scrolled down the more i felt like crying at the nearly unbearable beauty. lucky you to have been there!!!!
Thanks – it was stunning – truly one of the most amazing hikes I’ve done. Something about South Africa is magical.