Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway
The Centenary Tree Canopy Walkway at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town is a curved steel and timber bridge that winds and dips its way through and over the trees of the Arboretum. Inspired by a snake skeleton, and informally called the ‘Boomslang’ (meaning tree snake), it is a low-maintenance, low-impact sculptural raised walkway. It […]
White water rafting at Victoria Falls
This year’s white water rafting season at Victoria Falls has opened. When a river 1.7 km/ 1 mile wide plunges 120 metres/ 395 feet over the Victoria Falls and is trapped in a basalt gorge no more than 40m/ 130 feet wide, the result is….turbulence! For the next 70km/ 44 miles the warm waters of […]
Ostrich fascinating facts
At 2.5 m (8 ft.) tall, the ostrich is the world’s largest and heaviest bird. Its significant weight, up to 145 kg (320 lb.), prohibits the bird from taking flight. But the ostrich has many unique abilities that make it well-adapted to living in the savanna, desert, and open woodlands of central and southern Africa. […]