Mountain landscapes

South Africa - Cape Town, Table Mountain. One of THEEE most beautiful places in the world

We could write a 1,000 page book on why you should visit South Africa, but we reckon it’s a little easier just to give you a visual taste… South Africa is home of the Big 5 – the lion, leopard, […]

SOUTH AFRICA - The sun sets on Sentinel Peak in the Drakensberg Mountains © Emil Von Maltitz / Getty Images )Visit KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, for stable weather, mighty mountains, moving history and massive mammals.)

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►Südfrika & Lesotho Aktivurlaub im höchsten Gebirge des südlichen Afrikas Die Drakensberge sind ein mächtiges und atemberaubendes Kunstwerk der Natur.

Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa

The sport of mountain climbing was born in 1760, when a young Genevese scientist, Horace-Benedict de Saussure, offered prize money for the first person to reach the summit of Mount Blanc, Europe's tallest peak. But long before that time humans have been climbing mountains for the challenge it poses.