Kloof Canopy Tour

Beth and I embarked bright and early this morning for our canopy tour (aka ziplining).  The previous times we've zipped, we've gone from treetop to treetop, stopping on wooden platforms on high trees along the way.  This time, however, we zipped from side to side along a canyon ("kloof" in local parlance), stopping on wooden platforms built into the sides of the kloof.  Our highest zip was 50m above the canyon floor, and our longest zip was 150m.  It was great fun!  Beautiful scenery along the long zips, with enough time to appreciate it before getting to the other side of the canyon. 

Our guides also took a lot of time to point out characteristics of  the trees and animals in the area (Jen, there were dassies!  lots of them!), and even gave us all sorts of info about various animals that we didn't see on our tour (rhinos, klipspringers, tortoises, etc).  We learned that our lead guide was in school studying to become a tourist field guide (a la Godfrey on our safari), so he was testing out sharing his knowledge with us.  We ended our 10 slides with a steep hike up out of the canyon and were rewarded with a free lunch when we got back to the base camp.   Another successful ziplining experience!

(Johanna, I'm pretty sure you would have hated this even more than the one in Tsitsikamma - we were HIGH off the canyon floor.  And no Marius to ride with you....)

Off to Rustenburg to get ready for the big US v. Ghana match tonight!