Man has always had the preoccupation with his origins. Philip Tobias (Professor of Anatomy at the Wits Medical School) the world-renowned paleao-anthropologist has been researching the origins of man close on half a century. His contributions to the field are legion, including confirmation of the now widely acceptable postulate that Africa was where it all happened. This episode relates the story of the history of mankind.
6 days across the Brazilian Amazon on the famed BR-230 TransAmazonica Highway across the Jungle. A remote track cutting across the largest rainforest in the world. The road is pretty straight for the most part but got hilly, here and there. It was nice to get up close and see what this famous jungle is about, but also sad to see how much of it is being burnt down for cattle ranches. Filmed with a GoPro HD camera. August 2010. Part of my 2 year trip around Latin America and Africa. My trip website: JamminGlobal.com
Originally, today’s Tsitsikamma National Park consisted of two individual nature reserves, one inland and the other located along South Africa’s coastline. In 1989, the two parks were united, thus a unique and successful combination of land, forest and water came into being. Dense forest covers vast sections of the nature reserve. Mighty 50 metre high yellowwood trees surround the park’s various walking trails including the most famous, spectacular and oldest hiking route in South Africa, the Otter Trail, that extends for more than 40 kilometres. While walking through the park, the sound of the roaring surf of the frequently stormy Indian Ocean is always within earshot. The nature reserve does not end at the coastline as it stretches 5 kilometres into the sea where it is possible to spot the occasional whale. Due to the fusion of the oldest national coastal park in South Africa to the nearby immense forests, a fantastic habitat of unique nature has been preserved for future generations.
Originally, today’s Tsitsikamma National Park consisted of two individual nature reserves, one inland and the other located along South Africa’s coastline. In 1989, the two parks were united, thus a unique and successful combination of land, forest and water came into being. Dense forest covers vast sections of the nature reserve. Mighty 50 metre high yellowwood trees surround the park’s various walking trails including the most famous, spectacular and oldest hiking route in South Africa, the Otter Trail, that extends for more than 40 kilometres. While walking through the park, the sound of the roaring surf of the frequently stormy Indian Ocean is always within earshot. The nature reserve does not end at the coastline as it stretches 5 kilometres into the sea where it is possible to spot the occasional whale. Due to the fusion of the oldest national coastal park in South Africa to the nearby immense forests, a fantastic habitat of unique nature has been preserved for future generations.
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