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Road to Baviaanskloof by Antti Viitala 

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Route advise - PTA - Baviaanskloof - Plett

Forum: 4x4 Trails / Routes / Clubs Posted By: DeVilliers Post Time: 2024/07/19 at 09:22 AM http://dlvr.it/T9np77

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Scoperti in Sudafrica fossili di Stella Serpentina risalenti a 410 milioni di anni fa

Krommaster spinosus. I paleontologi hanno trovato i resti fossilizzati di Stella Serpentina del Devoniano nell'”unità superiore” della Formazione Baviaanskloof in Sudafrica. La loro analisi ha rivelato la presenza di due specie distinte: la nuova specie Krommaster spinosus e la specie precedentemente descritta Hexuraster weitzi. Le Stella Serpentina, scientificamente note come ofiuroidi,…

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SMOKING Monkeys & Baboons in the Wilderness! | Baviaanskloof Hunting Ser...

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Marloth Park Lodging

Here the vegetation is sparser, which makes seeing wildlife slightly easier. The further north you travel, the terrain modifications from mountains and hills, to extensive open plains and you'll imagine cheetah darting over the grassland. Shingwedzi isn't on the day Kruger Park safari vacation spot list, as a outcome of it's further away than most camps, however it is the best place to spend a vacation in case you are looking for tranquillity. Some of the primary rondavels have been built at Satara after increasingly more guests became thinking about spending an evening in the park.

This bundle contains 4 days and three nights within the wild, together with your days being spent on safari. The best tour package deal to provide you more than enough downtime, you would possibly be positive to see quite a few animals while you are on this safari. To save time, and notably if you are on a finances, choosing both a Kruger Park day tour or half day tour is among park homes for living south africa the easier ways to get a style of the Kruger. Generally, we encourage visitors to spend greater than a day within the park, in order to see every thing. But when you're restricted on both time or money, selecting a day or half a day in the park, can be a nice introduction and something to whet your urge for food.

As the name suggests, Sabi Sabi is also in the Sabi Sand sport reserve, abutting the southwestern border of Kruger National Park. This space is known for its range and density of wildlife, including the Big Five and up to 350 species of birds. Perched on a mountain above the N'Wanetsi River, and impressed by the eagles' nests found up excessive right here, Singita Lebombo Lodge overlooks the magnificent wilderness under. It has a contemporary but textural and earthy feel and offers 13 open-plan suites and a fully-staffed villa on the riverbank. Perfect for teams, the villa comes with two interlinked two-bedroom suites that share a pool and kitchen. Suspended within the canopy along the Sweni River, Singita Sweni Lodge is a series of light-filled luxury treehouses wrapped in glass for prime viewing of the animals alongside the river beneath.

Javan rhinos are saved safe by Rhino Protection Units (RPUs) operated by Yayasan Badak Indonesia (YABI) in partnership with Ujung Kulon National Park (UKNP). The two marine Rhino Protection Units, launched by YABI and UKNP with funding from IRF in January 2020, continue to monitor the park’s coastline. Four were attributed to humans, but only one was categorised as a poaching incident. The different three were from human/rhino battle, one fell in a roadside ditch, one was killed in retaliation and one was by chance electrocuted.

Each day, a rock is taken into the Workshop, remodeled into a sculpture, and returned. At the core of this project is the artist’s ongoing engagement with fear parkhome modular units. On the one hand is the desire to regulate or tame the world we inhabit.

The nationwide park’s most unique feature is its fynbos vegetation that's displayed here higher than wherever on the earth. Meaning ‘Valley of Grace’ in Afrikaans, Genadendal is located at a dramatic location within the Riviersonderend Mountains, which is simply ninety minutes’ drive from Cape Town. The city was originally called Baviaanskloof and was constructed up around the site of the oldest mission station in South Africa, the Moravian Mission Station which was founded right here in 1738. Illegal wildlife commerce is the fourth largest international felony exercise, estimated at between $7 and $23 billion per year.

Yes certainly, that is an absolute golden spot the place your friends could safely stroll to the Crocodile River fence and back in no time. Back-up water is sorted in the 5000L JOJO outfitted with a stress parkhome prices south africa pump. On to the dwelling you have a thatch that has lately been combed and maintained. From the enclosed patio, fitted with built-in braai the open plan eating and kitchen leads to the scullery, pantry, storage, and laundry.

The Kruger National Park is undoubtedly the most effective place in South Africa to spot the Big 5. The Kruger is home to the Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhino, and Cape Buffalo and a day journey to the park is enough to spot these animals and more. Keep in mind that when visiting the Kruger, you by no means know what's waiting across the next twist and switch within the road! The Kruger boasts a massively numerous variety of wildlife species as nicely as lots of of birds and reptiles. Most of our Kruger Park safaris and tours are performed within the wildlife saturated Southern Kruger territories.

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The #baviaanskloof mega-reserve is a pretty remote and rugged wilderness, and definitely rates as one of my favourite #easterncape destinations. Most people do not stray off the main gravel strip, though, and as a result they end up missing out on most of this #worldheritagesite's hidden secrets ... One of my #outdoor discoveries is the amazing #cedarfalls along the @theleopardtrail. Hidden within a craggy kloof - brimming with ancient #cedar trees and tumbling waterfalls - this is also the base for this coming weekend's @leopardtrailrun, presented by @ecobound_adventures. Best of all is that I get to spend a few days off the grid with @maraiskaryn, Grace and @robert.marais, far away from the madding crowds 👌😊 But first, a #jbay surf or two, just to feed that #ocean need! Look forward to connecting with @hilanamarais, @noelernstzen, @zaneschmahl and a whole bunch of lekker #trailrunning characters in search of some #soultime in nature 🍷🔥 🏞️ (at The Leopard Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3rN3dwpZP5/?igshid=1veglh066cuxk

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Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve

This is a wild and remote reserve and definitely need 4WD to get there. But worth it, lovely campsite near the river and lots of wildlife including a leopard. Then an amazing 4WD trail out over the mountains from Rust En Verde.

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#FlowerFriday…Some of the lovely & interesting flowers encountered in the Baviaanskloof! 1️⃣ Yellow Milkbush / Golden Spurge / Geelmelkbos (Euphorbia mauritanica) 2️⃣ Ash Gumbush / Asbos (Pteronia incana) 3️⃣ Kebab Bush (among several other names; Crassula rupestris) 4️⃣ Dollrose species (Hermannia sp.) 5️⃣ Cape Snow Bush / Wild Rosemary / Kapokbos (Eriocephalus africanus) 6️⃣ Crassula species #flowers #blooms #blossoms #plantzafrica #plantsofsouthafrica #baviaanskloof #euphorbia #pteronia #crassula #hermannia #eriocephalus #naturephotography @botsocsa @sanbi_za @the.bdi (at Baviaanskloof) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWv6newKJxm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This is known as Queen Victoria’s Bust on the road to the #baviaanskloof outside of #patensie in the #easterncape #erosion is not helping. #geocaching #geocachinginnikloof (at Patensie, Eastern Cape, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvNA1dIHaBmVKjLc9qo6cZKGTQ4zYr-BfQTWhY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o0ukyf7uw4r9

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Baviaanskloof with pootches

Forum: 4x4 Trails / Routes / Clubs Posted By: Sasquatchie Post Time: 2024/03/04 at 08:50 PM http://dlvr.it/T3c0K7

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Baviaanskloof

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Hiking in Baviaanskloof for my Birthday 🥳

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Hunting Giant Hares with Thermal Imaging | Baviaanskloof Hunt, pt.4

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#FossilFriday! Look at these beautiful fossils of VERY early land plants. They are 420 to 410 million years old (Early Devonian), when plants (along with a few animals) had just conquered the lands. These plants are small… less than 10 cm! They still had a very simple body plan, naked stems dividing a few times, no roots and rudimentary internal transport system for water. Finding fossil plants of that era is quite exceptional. Our paleobotanist Cyrille Prestianni just documented 15 different species - of which 3 new species! – from South-Africa (the Baviaanskloof Formation). These plants give us a snapshot of what the world looked like when life on emerged lands was still at its very beginning. These plants are so beautifully preserved, you can see the sporangia: the enclosures in which spores were formed. As if they were about to be dispersed by the wind…

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Going to be a cold and wet day in #baviaanskloof today as the @ecobound_adventures #transbaviaans2019 #Repeat #mtb marathon takes on this gruelling 230km crank from #Willowmore to #jeffreysbay. Watch out for those watercrossings as you pedal through the glorious @kouga_baviaans Region, and look out for #DieOom and his @sonyalphasa cameras in the @isuzusa #isuzuMUX 👌 🙌🏻 😊 #IsuzuSA #TransBaviaans #Kouga #mountainbike #GiantBikes #giantlivrsa (at Die Handelsmark) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1QZFSAHM2M/?igshid=j1ngoukdwiaq

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The oldest plant fossils in Africa

- By University of Liège -

The analysis of very old plant fossils discovered in South Africa and dating from the Lower Devonian period documents the transition from barren continents to the green planet we know today. 

Cyrille Prestianni, a palaeobotanist at the EDDy Lab at ULiège, participated in this study, the results of which have just been published in the journal Scientific Reports.

The greening of continents - or terrestrialisation - is undoubtedly one of the most important processes that our planet has undergone. For most of the Earth's history, the continents were devoid of macroscopic life, but from the Ordovician period (480 million years ago) green algae gradually adapted to life outside the aquatic environment. The conquest of land by plants was a very long process during which plants gradually acquired the ability to stand upright, breathe in the air or disperse their spores. Plant fossils that document these key transitions are very rare. In 2015, during the expansion of the Mpofu Dam (South Africa), researchers discovered numerous plant fossils in geological strata dated to the Lower Devonian (420 - 410 million years ago), making this a truly exceptional discovery.

Cyrille Prestianni, a palaeobotanist at the EDDy Lab* (Geology/Faculty of Science) at the University of Liège, explains: "The discovery quickly proved to be extraordinary, since we are in the presence of the oldest fossil flora in Africa and it is very diversified and of exceptional quality." It is thanks to a collaboration between the University of Liège, the IRSNB (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) and the New Albany Museum (South Africa) that this incredible discovery could be studied. The study, which has just been published in the journal Scientific Reports, describes this particularly diverse fossil flora with no less than fifteen species analysed, three of which are new to science.  Dr. Prestianni adds : “This flora is also particularly interesting because of the quantity of complete specimens that have been discovered. These plants are small, with the largest specimens not exceeding 10 cm in height. They are simple plants, consisting of axes that divide two or three times and end in reproductive structures called sporangia.”

The fossil flora of Mpofu allows us today to imagine what the world might have been like when the largest plants were no taller than our ankle and almost no animals had yet been able to free themselves from the aquatic environment. It gives us a better understanding of how our Earth went from a red rock devoid of life to the green planet we know today. These plants, simple as they are, are a crucial step in the construction of the environments that hosted the first land animals, arthropods. They form the basis of the long history of life on Earth, which continues today from dense tropical forests to the arid tundra of the north.

*The Evolution and Diversity Dynamics Lab (EDDy Lab) of the University of Liège is the heir of a long palaeontological tradition, especially in the study of terrestrialisation processes. The work presented here is the result of a long collaboration between the ULiège and the IRSNB, two leading French-speaking Belgian institutions in the field of palaeontological sciences.

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Header image: Uskiella spargen a small plant whose axes divide several times before bearing oval sporangia. Credit: Cyrille Prestianni.

Source: University of Liège

Full study: “An early Devonian flora from the Baviaanskloof Formation (Table Mountain Group) of South Africa”, Scientific Reports.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90180-z

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