Photographs of the beautiful Mnweni Area

Over the December long weekend 5 of us hiked up Ntonjelana Pass and down Mnweni Pass over 3 days and 2 nights. Jax recently wrote a hike report on this same route.

Amazingly, we only had one short session of fairly light rain on the second day, but otherwise the weather couldn't have been more perfect. The entire Mnweni Area was looking spectacular, and my husband took some beautiful photographs which I thought I should share.


6 o'clock in the morning, hiking towards Ntonjelana Pass



Looking up part of Ntonjelana Pass



Some waterfalls near the route up Ntonjelana Pass



Looking up at the cliffs from Ntonjelana Pass



Just one of the hundreds of flowering plants along Ntonjelana Pass (Edit: This is a Eucomis humilis flower - Thanks Serious tribe!)



Looking up the final gully of Ntonjelana Pass



An equine skull in the final gully of Ntonjelana Pass



Walking towards our lunch spot at the top of Ntonjelana Pass



Our lunch companion



On the escarpment, looking towards Lesotho



The view of The Bell and Cathedral Peak from just above Ntonjelana Pass



Hiking on the escarpment



The rivers on the escarpment were all full



Cloud drifting onto the escarpment



The top of Mnweni Pass



Hiking along the banks of the Mnweni River



Water-slide at the junction of the Mnweni and Icidi Rivers!



The pools at the junction of the Mnweni and Icidi Rivers



Hiking out of the Mnweni Valley

Awesome photos Got to love the Berg this time of year!

That Lesotho peak you posted - I had a good look at it on GT last year, looks really cool. Got about 20 pics of it. I think we often forget about the gems that Lesotho has to offer.

Great shots. The beautiful flower is a Eucomis humilis.