{"id":3305,"date":"2022-09-12T15:26:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T14:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:20:45","slug":"up-to-the-mountains-for-a-few-days-rest-in-the-sunshine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/up-to-the-mountains-for-a-few-days-rest-in-the-sunshine\/","title":{"rendered":"Up to the mountains for a few days rest in the sunshine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the lions ranch we visited Jerusalem and then into a really nice village of Clarens, full of really nice shops and cafes, South Africa has this way of suprising us with these little nuggets of sophistication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"victoriana<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"victoriana<\/a>
Portions at the Claren brewery cafe where American size<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

from there we head into the hills to sit and look at the giant mountains for a few nights<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Drakensburg<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

on the way to Durban we went to a superb display of birds of prey at Falcons ridge just down from the campground at Monks Cowl in the Drakensburg mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wall<\/a>
vultures just waiting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"african<\/a>
A fish eagle that actually, it ignores other fish eagles and only responds to human calls things it is a human<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"close<\/a>
that’s as close as Milly would go.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.drakensbergexperience.com\/listings\/falcon-ridge-bird-of-prey-center\/\n<\/div>
https:\/\/www.drakensbergexperience.com\/listings\/falcon-ridge-bird-of-prey-center\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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