Gorgeous Sweeping Views of the Dragon Mountains

Cooped up in a city or squandered in a suburban area , it ’s easy to bury how bloody fantastic nature can be . Here are some rightfully arresting views of the Drakensberg Escarpment in South Africa . I love how the shadows and light shutter over the mountains throughout the day . Drakensberg is derived from the Afrikaans word Drakensberge which means Dragon Mountains . passably meet .

shoot by photographerAlex Nailover the course of a 9 - day hike , he write :

The Drakensberg Escarpment of South Africa is one of the world ’s most dramatic landscapes . have it away by the Zulus as uKhahlamba , the Barrier of Spears , the escarpment hosts colossal cliff , jagged ridges and the Earth ’s second high waterfall , Tugela . The drainage basin forms a moulding with the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho . The route we backpacked made its way through these rolling hills before emerging at the goal of the day to spectacular views . The arena is produce by local Basotho shepherd , usually adolescent boys , who look after sheep , laughingstock , cows and donkey . The Drakensberg is also the informant of many of South Africa ’s dandy rivers and rainfall here is critical to communities around the commonwealth . In the summertime months cloud bubble up in the dawn and by the afternoon thunderstorms collapse around the skirt peaks .