Drakensberg Nature Tours

07/12/2022

Hi everyone. I am no longer doing rock art hikes. Sorry - I recommend Stuart Maclean - https://www.birdsandbeyond.co.za/

I am also in Australia until March 2021.

happy festive season and alles van die beste for 2023.

Join Stuart McLean on a birding trip up the majestic Sani Pass or visit the mistbelt grasslands and forests.

02/09/2021

I am beginning a new venture with Jeremy Hollmann on San rock art. Whilst it has been a real interest of mine, Jeremy brings the authenticity of decades of detailed research, enthusiasm and immersion in rock art .

So keep a watch for our online course and a weekend event.

But take the chance to win a free course and weekend for 2 at the fabulous Antbear Lodge. Go for it, and the more you share the more chances you have.

https://gosouthafrica.co.za/drakensberg-rock-art-survey/

I am really stoked about this new offering.

13/06/2021

Hi everyone. Please note Drakensberg Nature Tours is no longer operating. My online Birdingwithaldo Facebook and website is OPERATIONAL.

06/03/2021

COVID19. I am now running online birding courses for Beginners and Intermediate birders. Courses are Begin Birding with Aldo, Kruger with Aldo, Raptors, Kzn with Aldo. Go to Facebook Birdingwithaldo and check it out.

28/04/2020

Hi everybody. My new lockdown-inspired outreach is an online Zoom course for Beginning Birders - adding value to you and your garden under restrictions. Check it out on https://www.facebook.com/birdingwithaldo

Join online courses with interactive groups. 13 courses for Beginners, Kruger, to specialist...

04/03/2020

A close encounter with a Black-backed Jackal on the Sani Pass. And a marijuana/dagga field in Lesotho en route to Mokhotlong. Grown under permit I'm told, but another first for me. Finally the view from the village we visited. A really interesting day for Roof of Africa with Renato and Ocacio from Brazil, travellers with 112 and 110 countries under their belts.

04/03/2020

An excellent day with Katrine and Synnove from Norway for Roof of Africa tours; up close with a beautiful fat Berg Adder. A great summer's day with Sani giving it's best side.

13/01/2020

A 4-day Roof of Africa trip with Kimberly Douglas and Mary Douglas to Lesotho, including an atmospheric horse ride, Thaba Bosiu, Kome Caves, Semonkong and a deal more.

13/01/2020

Check out these dramatic photos of the Sani Pass with the storm in the background being the one which dumped golfball sized hail on Underberg long 4 January. Thank you Sandra de Bie and Jalma, and a wonderfully peaceful trip with their 1 and 4 year-old children.

20/12/2019

Whilst doing a transfer from Sani Mountain Lodge for Roof of Africa Tours. we came across another incident on Sani Pass with the taxis out in force as Xmas approaches. Perhaps brake failure combined with bad road surface? Note the ironic message about safety.

17/12/2019

This incident was within a whisker of being fatal, a bakkie literally hanging over the Sani river on Hemorrhoid Hill, on the way back from a Lesotho 2 day trip for Roof of Africa. A reminder that the pass can be dangerous!!

17/12/2019

Doing a Lesotho 2-day trip for Roof of Africa, we came across this Willys Jeep yesterday, here at Twinstreams. The first vehicle up the Sani Pass was in 1948, and here we are 71 years later. It certainly made it past the bad patch at Twinstreams. Anyone know if it made it?