15 July 2011 - Augrabies Falls, and then home

Since this would be our last day, we decided to sleep in a bit. So breakfast was at 8, or soon thereafter. At 9 we made our way to the Augrabies falls, in the Augrabies reserve. The falls are impressive in their own right, but with Victoria falls still fresh in our memory, it was hard to be impressed. Sorry. The falls must have been something else in January when the river flooded, and we saw the damage left behind. It is a pity that the repairs to the viewing platforms have not been done - do the parks management think they will heal themselves perhaps?


Damon found a Geocache about 3km down the river from the falls, still inside the park, so we went there to drop our last trackable. And we are glad we did - the view from there was spectacular. Or, as Shelby said, "Gorgeous".


Finally we had to admit that all our planned activities were done, and we had to head for home. 900km to go, so we set off at about 1pm. At 8pm we stopped for dinner at the Steers in Klerksdorp, an used the opportunity to officially clock our 8000km milestone (which we passed in the dark sometime earlier). And then the final leg home.


It has been an adventure. Good places, good friends, good experiences, good times. Good bye Zim Zam Nam!