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Thank you for visiting my outdoor blog. RalphPina.com documents my experiences over many years of appreciating, and adventuring in, Nature. It celebrates visual beauty, advocates minimal impact, reflects on humans’ relationship with our ecosphere, spans the planet but focuses on the wild diversity of southern Africa. Photos, videos and GPS maps of hiking, cycling, kayaking, abseiling, canoeing and windsurfing..

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Machampane Wilderness Trail

by Ralph Pina | Sep 30, 2007 | Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, trails, walking safaris, wilderness trail

Limpopo National Park, Mozambique: September 2007 Circles in the Bush (With apologies to Dalene Matthee...) Machampane Wilderness Camp shares the western bank of the Machampane River with tall fever trees at a pool called Xisivene - which apparently means "deep pool"....

Impressions of The Great Walk in Tsavo

by Ralph Pina | Jun 30, 2007 | Kenya, safari travel, trails, Tsavo National Park, walking safaris

A 153km walking safari following the courses of the Tsavo and Galana rivers through Tsavo National Park, Kenya: June 2007. [HTML1] Download the Google Earth track of this walk and view in Google Earth Ghosts Tsavo. A place of ghosts. The ghosts of thousands of...

Walking in Fernkloof

by Ralph Pina | May 1, 2007 | Fernkloof Nature Reserve, hiking, scenic walks, trails

Fernkloof is a gem of a botanical reserve above the coastal town of Hermanus. Barely 1800 ha in area, it harbours upwards of 1474 botanical species. There are many paths and spectacular lookouts for all manner of fitness levels. The sensory returns are high for...

Helderberg hike

by Ralph Pina | Apr 7, 2007 | hiking

With Clarissa, a fellow mega-hiker, and Patrick I once more headed for Helderberg's Dome. This autumn Saturday was hot and windless. On previous occasions over the years I have not climbed all the way to the top of The Dome and I was determined do it this time. But...