Indian Ocean Swells arrive after storm.

Large swell arrives from the Antarctic and breaks far out to sea at Skoenmakerskop beach and village on the southern coast of South Africa.

Sunset in the Bay at Skoenmakerskop.

Rocks & Indigenous Coastal Vegetation along The Sacramento Trail.

The Rock Pools filled with Sea Water after a Great Storm.

The sea water pools are full to the brim after a major Indian Ocean storm whichbrought in very high tides.

Fishermen along the Sacremento Trail.

Mist Hangs over the Sacremento Trail along the Skoenmakerskop Coastline.

Two impala cross dangerous territory in the Mabula Game Reserve, Northern Province of South Africa. Impala, small antelope, are browsers which usually frequent bushveld, however, these two males, intent on meeting up with the female herd, make their way across open grassland.

Almost invisible Impala buck

A small family herd of Elephants make their way into the thick bushveld of the Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

The herd, chaperoned by elders meander off into the bush after a welcome watering at the dam.

Indigenous Daisy flowers blossom profusely in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, South Africa.

Yellow, yellow and just more yellow!

The Baviaanskloof Mountains in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa boast pristine indigenous Yellowwood forests hidden deep in almost impregnable gorges (Kloofs). These dense areas, habitat to leopard and Lynx, comprise natural springs with rock pools and indienous ferns.

These wild undisturbed ferns remain hidden from humans and languish besides natural springs and rock pools.

The rocks covered in algae from being under foliage ly strewn deep in gorges in the Baviaanskloof. They have been swept down from crumbling cliffs upstream by huge floods during past geo-disturbances.

This site is seldom experienced in the Addo Elephant National Park when a pride of lions roam close by. I experienced this unusual event during May 2008 and wondered whether the Buffalo had perhaps known that the lions had made a recent kill and were'nt that hungry.

Relaxing is something seldom done while Lions roam nearby!

Bushbuck frequent the dense bushveld of the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa.
These small buck are very shy and always on the alert of danger.