Flavour of the month Jan/Feb 2019: H1-9 from Pafuri Gate

[Alf]

Time for a special flavour of the month road. Don’t think too many people have driven this road. For me this road is pure magic regarding scenery.

[Richprins]

Interesting, Alpheus!

This tar road stretches through remote wilderness from Pafuri Gate on the left to the Luvhuvhu Bridge on the right, south of the Limpopo River:

[Richprins]

Link to Pafuri Gate: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5927

[Flutterby]

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[Flutterby]

Never done this road.

[Lisbeth]

I suppose that you most likely only do it if you enter or exit at the Pafuri Gate and it is very far north

What do the Ps on the map stand for?

Looks as if there is a lot of water around there; streams and rivers

[Lisbeth]

Pafuri Gate takes you along the H1-9 directly into the northern sandveld between Limpopo and Luvuvhu Rivers. This is one of the most ecologically diverse areas of the Park and is known as the 'northern biome'.

The vegetation includes a diverse mixture of South African Lowveld and tropical African woodlands. Here you will find various trees, including bushwillow species, silver cluster leaves and white syringe.

There are not many animals to be seen on the route from Pafuri to Luvuvhu River but there are rare plants and animals here that can be found nowhere else in South Africa.

In the winter, however, hundreds of Elephant and Buffalo invade this area. while driving over the Luvuvhu River bridge, take time to stop and admire the river and surrounding forest area.

Keep an eye out for the Sharpe's grysbok and the suni antelope which may be hidden in the thickets on the river banks. You will also be able to see rare birds like the Bohms Spinetails, the African finfoot and the white crowned plover.

While driving around the Luvuvhu area, be on the lookout for the flood markers that show the high water point reached by the floods of February 2000.

[Alf]

Remember these

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[Flutterby]

What do the Ps on the map stand for?

Pans.

[Lisbeth]