Kruger-to-Canyons Challenge

 Kruger-to-Canyons Marathon

Venue - Mariepskop Primary School

Cyclists & Bikers come try this route!

Klaserie Station is 20 minutes 17km from us. Route could be anywhere from the Thirsty Giraffe or Anne’s Cotton Club Café to the Outback Pub and Grill Klaserie and then up to Mariepskop Peak all gravel roads.

Winterblomme in ons tuin!

 

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Review

The following review was posted on Travelground and Lekkeslaap:

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Kruger to Canyons - Eyrie se Ondersteuning

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Creating Conservation Corridors

A long-term vision of the K2C BR is to secure natural corridors, particularly along river systems and escarpment areas, that link the Greater Kruger National Park to the escarpment and the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, along altitudinal gradients. The K2C is hoping to leverage funding to make this ambitious vision a reality

110mm Reën onder Mariepskop!

 

 

 

Mariepskop bokant Kampersrus

 38mm reën hier teen die hange van Mariepskop!

Some History of Mariepskop ref. Wikipedia.

Mariepskop (also Marepe or Maripekop), at 1,947 m above sea level, is one of the highest peaks in the northern Drakensberg,^{[note 1]} and the highest point of the Blyde River Canyon, South Africa

The Mfecane disturbances of the 19th century were responsible for the settlement of the escarpment region by fragments of Sotho-speaking tribes, who once lived on the highveld.^[2] Bakwena chief Kowyn settled on the Graskopescarpment, and the Mapulana^[3]settled in wretched circumstances in the lowveld. Everywhere south of the Olifants River and North of the Crocodile River, these refugees were harried and looted by the Swaziraiding parties of Mswati II. 

Chief Maripe's tribe settled at the base of "the great one", or Thaba ya Moholoholo, as the mountain was then known.^{[note 3]} To evade their common enemy, chief Maripe and Chiloane's Pulana, Pulana of Mokgotho and Mohlala's Pedi people, sought refuge on the mountain plateau. In the Moholoholo war of 1864,^[4] boulders were rolled down to ward off the enemy, and numerous attacks on their stronghold were repelled.^[2]Skeletons of the Swazi casualties littered the mountain for a long time afterwards.

Quite a number of local place names commemorate this tumultuous period. The nearby Three Rondavel peaks are named for three of the chief's wives, Magabolle, Mogoladikwe and Maseroto, while the adjacent Mapjaneng promontory, once again recalls the chief.^[5] Swadeni (also Swadini or Swatini), meaning "the place of the Swazi", seems to be the only place name to commemorate the Swazis, who attacked but never occupied the region for an extended period.^[4

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