Today's drive is unbelievable scenic. We had to cross the Golden Gate National Park again, which we did not mind. You never get tired observing these majestic rock formations and the colored rock faces shining in the sun. We followed the Drakensberg mountain range in its southernly direction, passing the Sterkfontein Dam, Bergville and Winterton. The road was unfortunately a bit far inland away from the actual Drakensberg mountains. So we only could observe from a distance the beautifully shaped peaks and drops. The Afrikaans name Drakensberge comes from the name the earliest Dutch settlers gave to the escarpment, translated it means Dragons' Mountains. To the Zulu it is known as uKhahlamba and to the Sotho as Maluti, translated from both languages as "Barrier of up-pointed spears", reference to the steep rocky cliffs. Zulus and Sotho
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