Photos: Where is your favourite spot at Mapungubwe?

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Re: Mapungubwe photos 2007

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Lovely to see other Mapungubwe lovers jump on board. 8) Lets keep this thread going.

The richness of color in the winter sun.

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I think this is one of the most mystical places in South Africa. Great to see fellow enthusiasts.

Cedric on top of Mapungubwe hill.

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I picked up a copy of the last edition of The Sanparks Times. They had some marvelous pictures of Mapungubwe.

One of the many birds making it home.

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I am not sure if this was the same Eagle pair, all I managed was a bum shot and a bird nest.

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I took the picture on the way to Mapunguwbe Hill.

Gorgeous shot of the eagle. :clap:

On the road to the Limpopo tented side.

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There are a lot of Guineas at Mapungubwe. I am not sure what the road is like now, but it was very corrugated.

Yup, the bird life is quite amazing.

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Another bush chicken.

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A room with a view.

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My enthusiasm for Mapungubwe sometimes means I just jump in.

This is a camp I want to stay in for a few days.

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and here

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I have stayed here and lost my heart.

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An Eland seen from the swimming pool in Leokwe.

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the most perfect swimming pool in the world.

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I have yet to camp at Mapungubwe, but it is very high on my wish list.

I always find Mapungubwe a place of reflections.

Literally

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and figuratively

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It is a place where our thought are free to roam in places untouched in the bustle of everyday life.
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I love Mapungubwe's surreal landscape.

Another interesting rock formation and nest.

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There is such a sense of the eternal.

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I have yet to go in summer. I hope I can rectify it soon.

The last time I went, the rivers were rather full.

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The hide was very busy with all kinds of birds.

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A picture from the canopy walk hide.

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Pictures of a very dry hide at more or less the same time of the year.

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It was a little like a railway station with one group of animals after the next coming down to drink.
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More visitors from the wet year.

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A place of reflections.

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