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AFRICA IS THE HOME OF BIG,
QUIET, UNBROKEN LANDSCAPES--

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KNOWN AS THE CRADLE OF HUMANITY.

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BUT AT ITS SOUTHERN EDGE,
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A ROCKY RIDE.

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THIS IS A PLACE
BORN OF UPHEAVAL.

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OCEAN WATERS
CRASHING AND ERODING...

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FAULT LINES THROWING ROCK
TOWARDS THE SKY...

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AND WAVE AFTER WAVE
OF HUMAN CULTURE

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ARRIVING TO LEAVE ITS MARK.

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THIS IS WHERE MANKIND SKETCHED
ANCIENT CAVE DRAWINGS--

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AND NOW SIGNS GOLF SCORECARDS...

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WHERE SOME OF THE WORLD’S
WILDEST PLACES COEXIST

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WITH SOME OF THE CONTINENT’S
TRENDIEST TOWNS.

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WHERE HISTORY, INDUSTRY,
AND WILDERNESS ALL COLLIDE,

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TRANSFORMING
SOUTH AFRICA’S COAST

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INTO SOMETHING NEW
EVERY SINGLE DAY.

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STAND AT THE PRECIPICE OF TIME

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AND DIVE INTO A LAND THAT STILL
STRETCHES YOUR IMAGINATION.

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THIS IS AFRICA’S
WILD SOUTH COAST.

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AROUND THE YEAR 1500,

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A PORTUGUESE SHIP WAS EXPLORING
THE SOUTHERN COAST OF AFRICA

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WHEN THEIR COMPASS NEEDLES
REVEALED A MILESTONE MOMENT--

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THEY WERE AT THE VERY SOUTHERN
TIP OF THE CONTINENT.

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THEY NAMED IT CAPE AGULHAS,
OR CAPE OF NEEDLES.

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IT IS NOW CONSIDERED
THE DIVIDING LINE

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BETWEEN THE INDIAN
AND ATLANTIC OCEANS--

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AND THE CRUX OF A COAST

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THAT IS A MICROCOSM
OF NATURAL AND HUMAN HISTORY.

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THE PORTUGUESE WERE NOT
THE FIRST HERE--NOR THE LAST.

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AS THE COAST BECKONED
OTHER EXPLORERS,

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IT ALSO REPELLED THEM.

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SHARP AND SHALLOW REEFS
HAVE SUNK ABOUT 130 SHIPS

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OVER THE CENTURIES.

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SURVIVORS SOMETIMES
BUILT SHELTERS

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OUT OF THE SHIPWRECK DEBRIS.

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BUT THE REGION’S FIRST PEOPLE

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MAY HAVE BEEN
THE MOST RESOURCEFUL OF ALL.

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THIS DRAMATIC WALKWAY
LEADS BACK IN TIME--

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TO SEASIDE CAVES FOUND LITTERED

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WITH EVIDENCE
OF HUMAN HABITATION

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REACHING BACK 170,000 YEARS.

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THESE ANCESTORS ARE CALLED
"STRANDLOPERS,"

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OR BEACH WALKERS.

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AND SCIENTISTS THINK THEY MAY BE
AMONG THE ANCESTORS

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OF ALL HUMANKIND.

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THE BOUNTY OF THIS LOCATION
MAY HAVE PROPELLED THEIR SUCCESS

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ON THE LADDER OF EVOLUTION.

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LOCAL SPRINGS PROVIDED
PLENTY OF FRESH WATER.

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AND THE SALT WATER OF THE OCEAN
DELIVERED THE REST.

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A STEADY DIET OF SHELLFISH
PROVIDED NUTRIENTS

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TO HELP DEVELOP
THE MODERN HUMAN BRAIN.

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DEEP OCEAN CURRENTS
BROUGHT UP SMALL CRUSTACEANS,

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ATTRACTING
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES.

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ANY ONE WHALE WOULD BRING
A WEALTH OF RESOURCES

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TO THE BEACH WALKERS.

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THEY ATE THEIR BLUBBER AND
FASHIONED TOOLS FROM WHALEBONE.

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SUCH TOOLS WERE EXCAVATED
FROM WITHIN THESE CAVES.

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AND OTHER CLUES TO THEIR
INTELLIGENCE REMAIN.

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AT HIGH TIDE, FISH ENTERED
THESE ANCIENT TRAPS

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TO FEED IN THE SHALLOWS.

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AS THE TIDE RECEDED,
THE BEACH WALKERS IMPALED THEM

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WITH SPEARS MADE
FROM WHALE BONES.

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BUT FOR THE BEACH WALKERS,

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THE SEA WASN’T JUST FULL
OF UNLIMITED ABUNDANCE.

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IT WAS ALSO FULL OF THREATS.

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CAPE FUR SEALS BY THE THOUSANDS

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STILL OVERTAKE ENTIRE ISLANDS
IN THE SHALLOW BAYS.

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DON’T LET THEIR LOUNGING AROUND
FOOL YOU--

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THEY ARE FIERCE PREDATORS.

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AND THEY HAVE SCUFFLED
WITH MANKIND FROM THE START.

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EARLY HUMANS ATE SEAL PUPS.

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BUT MODERN HUMANS
ARE GETTING THEIR FOOD STOLEN.

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THESE SEALS CAN HIJACK
UNSUSPECTING FISHING BOATS,

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STEAL CATCHES FROM LINES,

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AND SOMETIMES EVEN CLIMB ABOARD
TO GORGE ON OILY FISH.

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EVENTUALLY OUR ANCESTORS
MOVED INLAND--

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BY NECESSITY OR CURIOSITY.

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BUT STANDING IN THEIR WAY WAS
A BARRIER OVER 460 MILES WIDE--

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THE CAPE FOLD MOUNTAINS.

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THEY RISE UP OVER 7,000 FEET--

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STEEP, SHARP, DESOLATE,
AND FORBIDDING.

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SCIENTISTS THINK
THE NOMADS WERE FUELED

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BY RICH WHALE MEAT AND BLUBBER
CARRIED FROM THE COAST.

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THEY WOULD HAVE GRAPPLED
WITH WILD ANIMALS

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WHILE CLIMBING STEEP CLIFFS AND
MOUNTAIN PEAKS COVERED IN SNOW.

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BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS
A MORE FORGIVING LANDSCAPE--

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NOW CALLED THE KAROO.

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KAROO MEANS "THIRST"--

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AN APT DESCRIPTION FOR THIS
VAST EXPANSE OF SEMI-DESERT.

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IT FANS OUT FOR NEARLY
250,000 SQUARE MILES

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IN THE GEOGRAPHIC MIDRIFF
OF SOUTH AFRICA.

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IT WAS ONCE
AN ANCIENT INLAND SEA--

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THEN LATER A DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM

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PRESERVED IN FOSSILS HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD.

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NOW THE KAROO IS FULL
OF SUCCULENT, LEAFY SHRUBS--

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FAVORITES OF THE RESIDENT
WILD GIRAFFES.

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THE ECOSYSTEM ALSO SUPPORTS
HERDS OF BLACK WILDEBEEST,

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SPRINGBOK, AND ELAND.

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BUT NOT AS MANY AS BEFORE.

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THIS AREA ONCE TEEMED
WITH WILDLIFE,

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WITH EXPLORERS RECALLING
FANTASTIC HERDS

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THAT STRETCHED
BEYOND THE HORIZON.

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TODAY, OTHER ANIMALS
DOMINATE THE KAROO--

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ANIMALS DOMESTICATED BY HUMANS.

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THIS WINDMILL SIGNALS THE BIRTH
OF THE KAROO LAMB INDUSTRY.

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STARTING IN THE 1850s,

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GROUNDWATER PUMPED UP
BY THESE WINDMILLS

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TRANSFORMED THE KAROO

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INTO A THRIVING SOURCE
OF LAMB MEAT AND WOOL.

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IN THE 1950s,
WOOL FROM THE KAROO

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WAS TURNED INTO UNIFORMS

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FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS
FIGHTING THE KOREAN WAR.

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THE KAROO IS NOW HOME
TO 7 MILLION SHEEP.

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THEY SUPPLY A THIRD
OF SOUTH AFRICA’S MEAT

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AND PRODUCE 28 MILLION POUNDS
OF WOOL EVERY YEAR.

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EVERY SHEEP REQUIRES ALMOST
10 ACRES OF LAND TO SURVIVE.

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SOME THINK THAT
THE SWEET-SMELLING QUALITY

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OF THE LOCAL PLANTS

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GIVE THE SHEEP’S MEAT
A DISTINCTIVE FLAVOR.

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THEY ARE LITERALLY SPICED
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

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FARMERS DO ALL THEY CAN
TO PREPARE LANDS FOR GRAZING,

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BUT THE ARID ENVIRONMENT
OF THE KAROO

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DOESN’T ALWAYS PLAY BALL.

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WHEN IT RAINS,
BIRDS FLOCK TO THIS PAN

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THAT STRETCHES FOR
35 MILES AND 7 MILES WIDE.

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EVAPORATION LEVELS ARE HIGH,

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AND WITHIN A FEW MONTHS,
IT QUICKLY RETURNS TO DESERT.

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IT’S KNOWN AS VERNUEK PAN.

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"VERNUEK" MEANS TO MISLEAD
OR SCREW AROUND...

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LIKE THESE SPIRAL SHAPES

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THAT HYPNOTIZE
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.

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SOME BELIEVE
THAT THESE FORMATIONS

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ARE RELATED TO ANCIENT GEOGLYPHS

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LOCATED IN THE NAZCA DESERT
IN PERU,

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WHERE GIANT FIGURES
RANGE IN COMPLEXITY

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FROM HUMMINGBIRDS TO LIZARDS.

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BUT HERE, SPIRALS, U SHAPES,
AND STRAIGHT STRIATIONS

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SCAR THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH.

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AS THE DEBATE RAGES ONLINE,
LOCAL FARMERS ARE SMIRKING.

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BECAUSE THE PAN IS SO FLAT,
FARMERS TRY DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES

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TO HELP THE NATURAL
PLANT SPECIES GROW.

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THEY PLOW THESE TROUGHS
INTO THE EARTH WITH TRACTORS.

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RAINWATER AND WINDBLOWN SEEDS

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GET CAUGHT UP
IN THE LABYRINTH OF SPIRALS,

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CONTRIBUTING TO THE WATER TABLE
AND GERMINATING SEEDS.

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THE NEW GROWTH PROVIDES
THE PERFECT GRAZING

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FOR SHEEP AND CATTLE.

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THESE GEOGLYPHS COULD HELP
EXPLAIN THE ORIGINS

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OF THE ANIMATED FIGURES
ETCHED IN THE NAZCA DESERT.

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WHILE PLANTS AND ANIMALS

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DOMINATE THIS
WIDESCREEN LANDSCAPE,

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THE 21st CENTURY IS POPPING UP
IN UNLIKELY PLACES.

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THIS IS THE S.K.A.,
OR SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY.

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STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION,

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200 RADIO TELESCOPE DISHES
WILL DOT THE KAROO,

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TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ITS REMOTE,
QUIET, AND DRY ENVIRONMENT--

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FAR FROM ELECTRONIC
INTERFERENCE.

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WHEN COMBINED WITH OTHER DISHES
AROUND THE GLOBE,

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THE ARRAYS
WILL COLLECTIVELY BECOME

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST
RADIO TELESCOPE.

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IT PROMISES TO REACH
DEEP INTO SPACE,

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AND BACK IN TIME,

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TO SOLVE SOME OF THE MOST VEXING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UNIVERSE.

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AS ENGINEERING FEATS GO,

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BUILDING A RADIO TELESCOPE
IN THE DESERT IS ONE THING.

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BUT BUILDING A ROAD TO GET THERE
IS ANOTHER.

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FOR CENTURIES,

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THE SWARTBERG MOUNTAIN RANGE
THAT BORDERS THE KAROO

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WAS SO TREACHEROUS THAT THE ONLY
WAY THROUGH WAS ON FOOT.

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BUT ENGINEER THOMAS BAIN
SAW A WAY THROUGH.

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IN 1881, HE VISUALIZED
A ROAD ROUTE WITH THE NAKED EYE.

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THEN HE GATHERED
CREWS OF CONVICTS

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AND TONS OF GUNPOWDER

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TO BLAST THROUGH ROCK
THAT IS 120 MILLION YEARS OLD.

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IT TOOK SEVEN YEARS TO CARVE
JUST 16 MILES OF ROAD

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INTO THE MOUNTAINSIDE--

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MOSTLY GUT-WRENCHING
HAIRPIN TURNS.

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BUT IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST
DARING ENGINEERING FEATS

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OF ITS TIME.

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TODAY IT’S STILL GRAVEL,
STILL HARROWING,

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AND STILL A THRILLING VIEW
FROM THE TOP.

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BUT IT’S NOT THE ONLY THRILL
IN THE BACKCOUNTRY

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OF AFRICA’S WILD SOUTH COAST.

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THE N2 HIGHWAY CARVES A RIBBON

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ALONG ONE OF THE MOST SCENIC
COASTLINES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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IT’S CALLED "THE GARDEN ROUTE"

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FOR ITS DENSE AND UNIQUE
BIODIVERSITY.

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IT’S A LUSH WONDERLAND

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AND A WORLD-FAMOUS
HOLIDAY PARADISE.

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PEOPLE COME FOR NATURE,
FOR PANORAMIC VIEWS,

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AND FOR PURE FUN.

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THE GARDEN ROUTE STRETCHES FROM
MOSSEL BAY TO PORT ELIZABETH...

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A SCENIC STRETCH THAT OFFERS
SMALL TOWNS, OPEN EXPANSES,

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AND SURPRISES AT EVERY TURN.

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ONE OF THEM IS
THE BLOUKRANS RIVER BRIDGE--

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THE HIGHEST AND LARGEST BRIDGE
IN ALL OF AFRICA.

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IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1980s

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TO SPAN THE BLOUKRANS RIVER
700 FEET BELOW.

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BUT ITS ORIGINAL BUILDERS
COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED

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THE MAIN ATTRACTION
OF THE BRIDGE TODAY--

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THE HIGHEST BUNGEE JUMP
IN THE WORLD.

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JUMPERS COME FROM ALL OVER.

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ONE MAN JUMPED AT THE AGE OF 96.

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THEY ARE TOLD TO LOOK OUT
AT THE HORIZON--

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AND CRY "3, 2, 1, BUNGEE!"

220
00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:44,590
♪

221
00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:47,694
WHILE HANGING UPSIDE DOWN,
JUMPERS CAN ENJOY

222
00:13:47,727 --> 00:13:52,398
A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF A RIVER
THAT RUNS COFFEE BLACK--

223
00:13:52,432 --> 00:13:54,067
NOT FROM POLLUTION,

224
00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:56,636
BUT FROM THE RICH TANNINS
OF THE MOUNTAINSIDE HERBS

225
00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:59,305
THAT LEACH INTO THE WATERWAY.

226
00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:01,741
THESE HERBS ARE ONLY FOUND
IN THIS REGION

227
00:14:01,774 --> 00:14:05,478
AND ARE USED TO BREW ONE OF
SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST FAMOUS TEAS,

228
00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:10,449
CALLED "ROOIBOS," OR RED BUSH.

229
00:14:10,483 --> 00:14:12,485
BUT THE BIODIVERSITY
OF THE GARDEN ROUTE

230
00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:15,521
DOESN’T ALWAYS COME
IN SMALL PACKAGES.

231
00:14:15,555 --> 00:14:20,193
♪

232
00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:25,231
HERE LIES THE LARGEST CONTINUOUS
NATURAL FOREST IN SOUTH AFRICA--

233
00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:29,301
400 SQUARE MILES
OF UNBROKEN CANOPY.

234
00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:36,977
ONE TYPE OF TREE IS HIGHLY
PRIZED BY FURNITURE MAKERS--

235
00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:43,082
BUT IT EMITS AN UNFORGETTABLE
ODOR WHEN FRESHLY CUT.

236
00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:44,451
TIMBERMEN HOLD THEIR NOSES

237
00:14:44,484 --> 00:14:48,188
WHEN HARVESTING THE TREE
KNOWN AS THE STINKWOOD.

238
00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:53,359
♪

239
00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:58,298
BUT ONE TREE STANDS OUT--
THE OUTENIQUA YELLOWWOOD.

240
00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:01,201
THIS ONE IS NAMED
"KING EDWARD THE SEVENTH"--

241
00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:06,973
A 650-YEAR-OLD GIANT
THAT RISES 130 FEET.

242
00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:09,108
BEFORE THE AREA WAS PROTECTED,

243
00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:11,544
LEGEND HAS IT THAT A WOODCUTTER
BOUGHT THE TREE

244
00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:15,381
IN HOPES OF FELLING IT
FOR A KING’S RANSOM.

245
00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:18,184
BUT IT WAS TOO LARGE
TO BRING DOWN.

246
00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:21,020
THE TRUNK’S CIRCUMFERENCE
IS 20 FEET.

247
00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:25,624
♪

248
00:15:25,658 --> 00:15:28,094
THESE FORESTS BRUSH UP
AGAINST THE OCEAN

249
00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:31,497
AT ONE OF THE GARDEN ROUTE’S
TOP HIKING DESTINATIONS--

250
00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:35,435
TSITSIKAMMA NATIONAL PARK.

251
00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:38,738
TSITSIKAMMA MEANS
"PLACE OF ABUNDANT WATER"

252
00:15:38,771 --> 00:15:43,242
AND "WATERS BEGIN."

253
00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:45,078
MANY COME FOR DAY HIKES,

254
00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:48,581
BUT THE CROWN JEWEL IS
THE GRUELING OTTER TRAIL--

255
00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:51,350
A FIVE-DAY, 25-MILE EXCURSION

256
00:15:51,384 --> 00:15:55,722
THAT IS HARD ON THE FEET,
BUT EASY ON THE EYES.

257
00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:59,158
TREKKERS MUST BOOK THE TRIP
UP TO A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

258
00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:02,262
IT’S WORTH THE WAIT.

259
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:04,230
TUCKED INTO
THIS TIMELESS LANDSCAPE

260
00:16:04,263 --> 00:16:06,532
ARE TINY OVERNIGHT HUTS--

261
00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:10,603
DWARFED BY THEIR SURROUNDINGS,
BUT BELOVED BY WEARY HIKERS.

262
00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:14,740
♪

263
00:16:14,774 --> 00:16:17,143
FROM HERE,
HIKERS MIGHT GET LUCKY

264
00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:19,178
AND SPOT THE TRAIL’S NAMESAKE--

265
00:16:19,212 --> 00:16:22,449
THE SHY AND RECLUSIVE
CAPE CLAWLESS OTTER.

266
00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:27,287
♪

267
00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,189
FURTHER ALONG THE COAST,

268
00:16:29,222 --> 00:16:32,092
HIKING HUTS GIVE WAY
TO FORMIDABLE FORTRESSES--

269
00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:37,062
NICKNAMED THE NOETZIE CASTLES.

270
00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:40,499
THE EARLIEST VACATION HOMES
WERE BUILT HERE IN THE 1930s,

271
00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:44,504
USING NATURAL STONE FROM NEARBY.

272
00:16:44,537 --> 00:16:46,172
WHILE UNDER CONSTRUCTION,

273
00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:49,208
THE FRIEND OF ONE BUILDER SAID
THAT WITH A FEW TURRETS,

274
00:16:49,242 --> 00:16:51,478
IT COULD LOOK
LIKE A SAND CASTLE.

275
00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:55,782
SO THE BUILDER OBLIGED,
AND THE BEACH CASTLE WAS BORN.

276
00:16:55,815 --> 00:16:59,585
♪

277
00:16:59,619 --> 00:17:02,322
JUST AROUND THE CORNER
LIES A BEAUTIFUL LAGOON--

278
00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:06,092
AND A CLASSIC
BOOM AND BUST STORY.

279
00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:10,129
FOR CENTURIES, THE KNYSNA LAGOON
WELCOMED SEAFARING HUNTERS

280
00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:15,267
WHO FOUND BIG GAME
RIGHT INSIDE THE COASTAL FOREST.

281
00:17:15,301 --> 00:17:17,236
EUROPEANS SLOWLY SEEPED IN

282
00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:21,207
AND CREATED
A SLEEPY FARMING TOWN.

283
00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:27,113
THEN IN 1878, GOLD WAS FOUND
NEARBY, AND THE TOWN BOOMED.

284
00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:30,449
BUT AS THE GOLD DRIED UP,
SO DID THE TOWN.

285
00:17:30,483 --> 00:17:32,452
THEN THE TIMBER BARONS MOVED IN,

286
00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:36,055
EXPLOITING THE COASTAL FOREST
FOR PRIZED HARDWOODS.

287
00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:38,324
THE ECONOMY BOOMED AGAIN.

288
00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:45,865
NOW, THE ATTRACTION
ISN’T GOLD OR TIMBER--

289
00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:48,367
BUT SUN AND SEAFOOD.

290
00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:55,208
THE ANNUAL OYSTER FESTIVAL SEES
OVER 200,000 OYSTERS CONSUMED

291
00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:57,977
OVER A 10-DAY PERIOD.

292
00:17:58,010 --> 00:18:03,249
MOST ARE WASHED DOWN
WITH SOUTH AFRICAN WINE.

293
00:18:03,282 --> 00:18:08,053
BUT ALL THIS MODERN SEASIDE
GLAMOUR HIDES AN AGE-OLD TRUTH--

294
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:12,291
THE SEA REMAINS AN UNPREDICTABLE
AND OFTEN DANGEROUS PLACE.

295
00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:17,263
♪

296
00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:21,367
THE GATEWAY TO THE LAGOON IS
NARROW, SHALLOW AND TREACHEROUS,

297
00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,702
STRADDLED BY TWO
SANDSTONE CLIFFS

298
00:18:23,736 --> 00:18:25,771
CALLED THE KNYSNA HEADS.

299
00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:30,709
♪

300
00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:32,678
THIS PLACID WATERWAY IS REALLY

301
00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:35,748
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
HARBOR ENTRIES IN THE WORLD

302
00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:39,251
AND HAS CLAIMED MANY SHIPS.

303
00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:41,854
DIVERS STILL POKE AROUND
THE MANY SHIPWRECKS

304
00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:45,491
LEFT ON THE SEA FLOOR.

305
00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:47,292
IN 1817,

306
00:18:47,326 --> 00:18:50,296
THE VERY FIRST EUROPEAN SHIP
TRYING TO ENTER THE LAGOON

307
00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:53,599
STRUCK A ROCK AND WAS SCUTTLED.

308
00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:57,770
MODERN SAILORS FACE
THE SAME CHALLENGE.

309
00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,638
THEY ARE TESTED
UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE

310
00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:02,208
OF RESIDENTS FROM ABOVE.

311
00:19:05,444 --> 00:19:07,446
ALSO UP ON THE KNYSNA HEADS

312
00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,751
IS ONE OF THE MANY ADDITIONS TO
THE ANCIENT COASTAL LANDSCAPE--

313
00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,452
THE GOLF COURSE.

314
00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:18,157
THIS ONE IS CALLED PEZULA,
MEANING "HIGH UP WITH THE GODS."

315
00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:26,299
GOLF HAS BECOME ONE OF THE
GARDEN ROUTE’S CALLING CARDS.

316
00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:28,968
GORGEOUS AND CHALLENGING COURSES
HAVE BEEN DESIGNED

317
00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:32,404
BY SOME OF THE GAME’S
MOST FAMOUS NAMES.

318
00:19:36,008 --> 00:19:39,979
THIS IS THE OUBAAI GOLF COURSE,
DESIGNED BY ERNIE ELS,

319
00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:44,583
A SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN
INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHAMPION.

320
00:19:44,617 --> 00:19:49,155
HIS NICKNAME IS "THE BIG EASY"
FOR HIS EFFORTLESS SWING.

321
00:19:51,624 --> 00:19:56,362
BUT GUSTY OCEAN WINDS MAKE
THE COURSE ANYTHING BUT EASY.

322
00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:03,268
IT’S A CHIP AND A PUTT INLAND
TO A CITY NAMED GEORGE,

323
00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:07,673
KNOWN AS THE WESTERN CAPE’S
GOLFING CAPITAL.

324
00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:11,277
THE CROWN JEWEL HERE
IS THE LINKS AT FANCOURT--

325
00:20:11,310 --> 00:20:16,482
DESIGNED BY GARY PLAYER, WHO WON
NINE MAJORS OVER A LONG CAREER.

326
00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:21,353
THIS COURSE RANKS IN THE TOP 100
IN THE WORLD.

327
00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:23,289
YOU CAN PLAY IT EVERY DAY,

328
00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:26,959
IF YOU’RE LUCKY ENOUGH
TO LIVE ON IT.

329
00:20:26,992 --> 00:20:29,528
GOLFING LEGENDS LIKE TIGER WOODS
AND JACK NICKLAUS

330
00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:31,164
HAVE PLAYED HERE,

331
00:20:31,197 --> 00:20:35,201
AND IT HAS ALSO HOSTED
THE PRESIDENTS CUP.

332
00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:36,769
BUT IF THE SYMBOL
OF MODERN GEORGE

333
00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:38,704
IS THE GOLF COURSE,

334
00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:42,308
THE SYMBOL OF ITS PAST
IS THE CHURCH.

335
00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:47,580
WITHIN THESE STONE WALLS LIE
THE SECRETS OF A STORIED CITY.

336
00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:55,355
GEORGE IS THE BIGGEST TOWN
ON SOUTH AFRICA’S GARDEN ROUTE,

337
00:20:55,387 --> 00:20:58,457
AND EVERY ROUNDABOUT
SYMBOLIZES THE CONSTANT FLOW

338
00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:04,163
OF CULTURAL INFLUENCES
THAT SHAPED ITS HISTORY.

339
00:21:04,196 --> 00:21:07,199
IT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED
IN THE LATE 1700s

340
00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:09,235
AS A SMALL COMMUNITY
OF WOODCUTTERS

341
00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:12,171
TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND
FOR TIMBER.

342
00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:14,473
BUT THE BRITISH
SOON OCCUPIED THE TOWN

343
00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:16,442
ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CAPE.

344
00:21:16,475 --> 00:21:18,043
TO SPREAD THEIR INFLUENCE,

345
00:21:18,077 --> 00:21:22,748
THEY TRIED TO SPREAD
THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH.

346
00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:27,253
THE PACALTSDORP CHURCH IS
THE NAMESAKE OF CHARLES PACALT.

347
00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:31,690
THIS LONDON MISSIONARY ARRIVED
IN 1813 TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL,

348
00:21:31,724 --> 00:21:33,526
PUTTING LOCAL SLAVES TO WORK

349
00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:37,029
BUILDING HIS FIRST CENTER
OF WORSHIP.

350
00:21:37,062 --> 00:21:40,232
HERE HE OVERSAW A CONGREGATION
OF ABOUT 300,

351
00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:42,502
BOTH SLAVE AND FREE.

352
00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:47,206
IT REMAINS THE OLDEST CHURCH
IN THE GEORGE DISTRICT.

353
00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:52,277
OTHER CHURCHES FOLLOWED,
EACH WITH THEIR OWN STORY.

354
00:21:52,311 --> 00:21:57,449
THE DUTCH REFORMED MOTHER CHURCH
WAS FINALLY FINISHED IN 1842

355
00:21:57,483 --> 00:22:00,152
AFTER A GRUELING 12-YEAR BUILD,

356
00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:04,991
THANKS TO A 75-FOOT TOWER
AND WALLS 3 FEET THICK.

357
00:22:05,024 --> 00:22:09,195
♪

358
00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:12,098
WHEN THE FIRST BISHOP
ARRIVED IN 1848,

359
00:22:12,131 --> 00:22:15,368
HIS WIFE DESIGNED A SMALL
STONE CHURCH CALLED ST. MARK’S

360
00:22:15,401 --> 00:22:18,004
TO BE THEIR RELIGIOUS HOME.

361
00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:22,542
A CHURCH THAT BECOMES
THE SEAT OF A BISHOP

362
00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:26,779
CAN BE CALLED A CATHEDRAL.

363
00:22:26,812 --> 00:22:29,782
SO FOR A TIME, THIS WAS
THE SMALLEST CATHEDRAL

364
00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:31,550
IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE--

365
00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:37,723
AND IT REMAINS THE SEAT
OF THE LOCAL BISHOP TODAY.

366
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:39,625
BUT SPREADING RELIGION
BEYOND THE TOWN

367
00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:41,727
WOULD HAVE BEEN
A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION--

368
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,663
GEOGRAPHY STANDS IN THE WAY.

369
00:22:44,697 --> 00:22:50,603
♪

370
00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:54,039
GEORGE LIES AT THE FOOTHILLS
OF A FORMIDABLE MOUNTAIN RANGE

371
00:22:54,073 --> 00:22:58,210
CALLED THE OUTENIQUA, WHICH
MEANS "PEOPLE WITH HONEY."

372
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,750
EARLY TRAVELERS REPORTED SLOPES
OF EMERALD-GREEN MOUNTAINS

373
00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:08,086
COVERED WITH HEATHER
AND SWARMING WITH BEES.

374
00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:10,489
THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL
AND RICH WITH FLOWERS,

375
00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:13,692
BUT STILL DAUNTING TO TRAVERSE.

376
00:23:15,628 --> 00:23:17,563
SETTLERS WHO MANAGED
TO GET THROUGH

377
00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:19,331
FOUND A BEAUTIFUL VALLEY

378
00:23:19,365 --> 00:23:22,969
NESTLED BETWEEN THE OUTENIQUA
AND SWARTBERG MOUNTAINS--

379
00:23:23,002 --> 00:23:25,204
CALLED THE SMALL KAROO.

380
00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:26,772
IT QUICKLY BECAME KNOWN

381
00:23:26,805 --> 00:23:30,542
FOR ONE OF THE MOST STORIED
ANIMALS IN SOUTH AFRICA...

382
00:23:33,045 --> 00:23:35,281
THE OSTRICH.

383
00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:37,082
IN THE LATE 1800s,

384
00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:39,251
OSTRICH FEATHERS
WERE THE HEIGHT OF FASHION,

385
00:23:39,285 --> 00:23:43,589
SOUGHT BY RICH PATRONS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

386
00:23:43,622 --> 00:23:46,558
LADIES IN EUROPE WORE
OSTRICH FEATHERS IN THEIR HATS

387
00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:50,362
OR BOAS AROUND THEIR NECKS
TO SHOW THEIR STATUS.

388
00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:56,201
BY WEIGHT, THEY WERE
AS VALUABLE AS DIAMONDS.

389
00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:59,038
AND YOU COULD GET MORE
FOR AN OUNCE OF OSTRICH FEATHERS

390
00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:01,640
THAN AN OUNCE OF GOLD.

391
00:24:01,674 --> 00:24:04,710
RELICS OF THIS RICH HISTORY
STILL STAND--

392
00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:06,578
HUGE PALACES BUILT
ON THE PROFITS

393
00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:09,782
OF THE 19th CENTURY FEATHER FAD.

394
00:24:12,217 --> 00:24:15,087
TODAY, OSTRICHES ARE VALUED
FOR THEIR MEAT,

395
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,256
WHICH IS FREE FROM CHOLESTEROL.

396
00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:21,360
THEIR SKINS ARE TURNED
INTO FINE LUXURY LEATHER.

397
00:24:21,393 --> 00:24:23,295
THEIR FEATHERS ARE STILL USEFUL,

398
00:24:23,329 --> 00:24:27,099
BUT MORE FOR FEATHER DUSTERS
THAN STATUS SYMBOLS.

399
00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:29,167
BUT THE OSTRICH
IS NOT THE ONLY ANIMAL

400
00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:33,472
TO SHAPE SOUTH AFRICA’S
ECONOMIC STORY.

401
00:24:33,505 --> 00:24:39,344
WHALES HAVE LEFT THEIR OWN
UNIQUE LEGACY IN THEIR WAKE.

402
00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:41,547
PLETTENBERG BAY IS A SMALL TOWN

403
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:46,485
FOREVER TIED
TO EARTH’S BIGGEST CREATURES.

404
00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:49,755
THIS IS THE BEACON ISLE
SOUTHERN SUN RESORT.

405
00:24:49,788 --> 00:24:51,657
IT SITS ON A SMALL OUTCROPPING

406
00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:56,361
THAT ONCE HELD
A SIMPLE NAVIGATIONAL BEACON.

407
00:24:56,395 --> 00:24:58,230
IN THE 18th CENTURY,

408
00:24:58,263 --> 00:25:01,233
DUTCH SETTLERS PLACED A BLOCK
OF STINKWOOD ON THE ROCKS,

409
00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:05,537
INSCRIBED WITH THE BAY’S
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE.

410
00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:08,207
IT HELPED GUIDE IN
NEW WAVES OF SETTLERS--

411
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,176
INCLUDING WHALE HUNTERS.

412
00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:15,581
WHALING WAS BIG BUSINESS
BY THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY.

413
00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:20,252
WHALES WERE HARVESTED RIGHT
WHERE THE RESORT SITS TODAY.

414
00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:21,987
WHALING HAS SINCE CEASED,

415
00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:24,323
BUT THEY REMAIN
AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE,

416
00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:28,393
THANKS TO THE MORE HUMANE SPORT
OF WHALE WATCHING.

417
00:25:30,496 --> 00:25:35,134
A RELIC OF MORE MODERN HISTORY
LIES SUNK IN THESE WATERS--

418
00:25:35,167 --> 00:25:41,306
A SHADOWY REMINDER OF THE DANGER
STILL LURKING BENEATH THE WAVES.

419
00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:44,577
IN 1967,
NEAR THE ROBBERG PENINSULA,

420
00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:47,079
THE GREEK TRAWLER ATHENA
STRUCK A ROCK

421
00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:48,347
AND STARTED TO SINK

422
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:52,050
IN WATERS INFESTED
WITH GREAT WHITE SHARKS.

423
00:25:52,084 --> 00:25:54,553
THE QUICK-THINKING CAPTAIN
STEERED FOR SHORE,

424
00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:58,190
AND THE FRANTIC CREW
ABANDONED SHIP.

425
00:25:58,223 --> 00:26:01,693
THE SHARKS BUZZED THE CASTAWAYS
LIKE SO MANY MOSQUITOS--

426
00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:03,462
BUT NONE WERE ATTACKED.

427
00:26:03,495 --> 00:26:07,299
INSTEAD, THE SHARKS FEASTED
ON THE SHIP’S SINKING CARGO--

428
00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:11,436
A BOATLOAD OF TUNA.

429
00:26:11,470 --> 00:26:15,474
THIS SHADOW BENEATH THE WAVES
IS THE REMAINS OF THE ATHENA.

430
00:26:15,507 --> 00:26:18,076
ITS SEAFARING LIFE IS LONG OVER,

431
00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:20,112
BUT ITS UNDERWATER LIFE
CONTINUES

432
00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:23,582
AS A VALUABLE ARTIFICIAL REEF.

433
00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:27,185
SHARKS STILL PATROL THIS BAY,
ATTRACTED BY THE SEALS

434
00:26:27,219 --> 00:26:29,655
THAT GATHER ALONG
THE CLIFFS OF ROBBERG.

435
00:26:29,688 --> 00:26:33,525
TO A GREAT WHITE SHARK,
THEY LOOK LIKE EASY PICKINGS.

436
00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:37,663
THEY ALSO LOOK A LITTLE
LIKE A BEACH FULL OF PEOPLE.

437
00:26:37,696 --> 00:26:39,565
THAT’S WHY SHARKS AND HUMANS

438
00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:43,235
HAVE A LONG AND TENSE
RELATIONSHIP IN THESE WATERS.

439
00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:48,207
HERE AT ST. FRANCIS,
SURFERS ENJOY

440
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,477
WHAT IS CONSIDERED
THE WORLD’S LONGEST SURF RIDE.

441
00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:53,645
AND THE CLIMATE ALLOWS
FOR GOOD SURFING

442
00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:56,282
300 DAYS A YEAR.

443
00:26:56,315 --> 00:26:59,351
NEARBY, JEFFREY’S BAY
HAS SOME OF THE FASTEST

444
00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:02,621
AND MOST PERFECTLY FORMED WAVES
IN THE WORLD.

445
00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:04,289
BUT GREAT WHITE SHARKS,

446
00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:06,559
SOMETIMES CALLED
THE PERFECT PREDATOR,

447
00:27:06,592 --> 00:27:10,496
HAVE IMPERFECT EYESIGHT.

448
00:27:10,529 --> 00:27:14,166
RIGHT AT THIS BEND IN THE BEACH,
PROFESSIONAL SURFER MICK FANNING

449
00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:18,270
WAS UPENDED BY A GREAT WHITE
DURING A COMPETITION.

450
00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:22,307
HE PUNCHED THE SHARK IN THE BACK
BEFORE IT FINALLY RELENTED.

451
00:27:22,341 --> 00:27:27,446
IT WAS ALL WITNESSED
BY FANS WATCHING FROM SHORE.

452
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:30,182
NEARBY AT THE MOUTH
OF THE NAHOON RIVER,

453
00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:34,086
15-YEAR-OLD SHANNON AINSLIE
WAS SURFING WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED

454
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,722
BY TWO GREAT WHITES
AT THE SAME TIME.

455
00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:38,257
SHANNON SURVIVED

456
00:27:38,290 --> 00:27:42,995
AND WAS BACK ON HIS BOARD
WITHIN SIX WEEKS.

457
00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:45,163
SURFERS ARE NOT THE FIRST
SALTWATER TRAVELERS

458
00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:48,634
TO FIND THIS COASTLINE
IRRESISTIBLE--

459
00:27:48,667 --> 00:27:52,571
AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS.

460
00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:56,708
IN 1488, PORTUGUESE EXPLORER
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ

461
00:27:56,742 --> 00:28:00,479
WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO ROUND
THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA.

462
00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,581
HE OPENED A SEA ROUTE
TO THE INDIES,

463
00:28:02,614 --> 00:28:07,752
SPURRING TRADE BETWEEN AFRICA,
EUROPE AND ASIA.

464
00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:11,089
THEY ERECTED A STONE CROSS HERE
AT THEIR TURNAROUND POINT

465
00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:13,692
BEFORE RETURNING TO PORTUGAL.

466
00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:16,294
IT WASN’T DISCOVERED
UNTIL THE 1930s,

467
00:28:16,328 --> 00:28:19,398
BROKEN IN PIECES ON THE ROCKS.

468
00:28:19,431 --> 00:28:23,035
A MODERN REPLICA MARKS THE SPOT.

469
00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:26,772
BUT OTHER SHIPS
NEVER MADE IT HOME.

470
00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:32,544
HERE, A SHIP CALLED
THE DODDINGTON SANK IN 1755.

471
00:28:32,578 --> 00:28:35,181
THE FEW SURVIVORS WHO MADE IT
TO THIS ISLAND

472
00:28:35,214 --> 00:28:40,386
ATE THE RESIDENT BIRDS,
CALLED CAPE GANNETS, TO SURVIVE.

473
00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:44,957
AFTER SEVEN MONTHS, THEY FINALLY
GOT OFF ON A HOMEMADE BOAT,

474
00:28:44,990 --> 00:28:47,392
NAMING THEIR REFUGE
"BIRD ISLAND"

475
00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,461
AS THEY FLOATED AWAY.

476
00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:52,564
NOW, OVER 200,000 CAPE GANNETS

477
00:28:52,598 --> 00:28:57,069
COVER BIRD ISLAND
LIKE A BLANKET.

478
00:28:57,102 --> 00:29:00,305
WHILE THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF
REMOTE ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST,

479
00:29:00,339 --> 00:29:04,276
THERE ARE ALSO THRIVING CITIES.

480
00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:08,180
PORT ELIZABETH SITS ON THE
EASTERN END OF THE GARDEN ROUTE.

481
00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:12,250
NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES
IN SOUTH AFRICA,

482
00:29:12,284 --> 00:29:14,553
CLUES TO ITS HISTORY
STILL STAND OUT

483
00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:18,323
AMID THE MODERN CITYSCAPE.

484
00:29:18,357 --> 00:29:21,594
THE DONKIN MEMORIAL
HONORS SIR RUFANE DONKIN,

485
00:29:21,627 --> 00:29:24,330
WHO FOUNDED THE TOWN IN 1820.

486
00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:27,633
HOWEVER, HIS WIFE RECEIVED
A MORE LASTING HONOR--

487
00:29:27,666 --> 00:29:29,268
THE CITY’S NAME.

488
00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:32,738
PORT ELIZABETH
IS NAMED AFTER HER.

489
00:29:34,706 --> 00:29:37,776
100 YEARS LATER,
THE CAMPANILE WAS BUILT

490
00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:40,312
TO CELEBRATE
THE CITY’S CENTENNIAL.

491
00:29:40,345 --> 00:29:43,181
THOUGH IT’S NOW SURROUNDED
BY MODERN NECESSITIES,

492
00:29:43,215 --> 00:29:48,487
THE OLD BELL TOWER
STILL OFFERS GREAT VIEWS.

493
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,423
TODAY PORT ELIZABETH
IS A MAJOR SEAPORT

494
00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:55,493
AND AN IMPORTANT CENTER
OF COMMERCE.

495
00:29:55,527 --> 00:29:57,596
ITS MODERN SHIPPING
INFRASTRUCTURE

496
00:29:57,629 --> 00:30:02,400
MAKES IT AN ATTRACTIVE
MANUFACTURING CENTER.

497
00:30:02,434 --> 00:30:06,371
HERE, NEWLY MADE CARS ARE LOADED
ONTO GIANT CARGO SHIPS

498
00:30:06,405 --> 00:30:10,376
FOR WORLDWIDE DELIVERY.

499
00:30:10,409 --> 00:30:13,178
GENERAL MOTORS, FORD,
AND OTHER COMPANIES

500
00:30:13,211 --> 00:30:16,715
HAVE ASSEMBLY PLANTS NEARBY.

501
00:30:16,748 --> 00:30:20,151
MODELS INCLUDING THE HUMMER H3
POUR OUT OF FACTORIES

502
00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:23,355
AND GATHER ON THE ASPHALT
LIKE HERDS OF ANIMALS.

503
00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:32,697
♪

504
00:30:32,731 --> 00:30:34,299
THE REAL HERDS OF ANIMALS

505
00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:38,137
HAVE MOSTLY DISAPPEARED
FROM THE EASTERN CAPE--

506
00:30:38,170 --> 00:30:42,608
DRIVEN OUT BY HUMAN SETTLEMENT,
HUNTING AND AGRICULTURE.

507
00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:49,180
BUT LOOMING IN THE DISTANCE
IS A MIND-BENDING NATURAL WONDER

508
00:30:49,214 --> 00:30:52,084
THAT SURVIVED
HUMAN ENCROACHMENT.

509
00:30:54,619 --> 00:30:59,357
THE ALEXANDRIA DUNE FIELD
HAS BEEN HERE FOR 6,500 YEARS,

510
00:30:59,391 --> 00:31:01,326
THE RESULT OF A PERFECT STORM

511
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,463
OF WIND DIRECTION
AND SAND CREATION.

512
00:31:07,466 --> 00:31:14,406
IT COVERS 55 SQUARE MILES,
WITH DUNES AS HIGH AS 300 FEET.

513
00:31:14,439 --> 00:31:17,242
THEY APPEAR LIFELESS,
BUT WALK AMONG THEM

514
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:19,444
AND YOU CAN HEAR
SEVERAL BIRD SPECIES,

515
00:31:19,478 --> 00:31:22,381
OR SPOT A VERVET MONKEY
IN THE SAND.

516
00:31:22,414 --> 00:31:26,251
♪

517
00:31:26,284 --> 00:31:27,752
FLY INLAND FROM THE DUNES

518
00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:30,289
AND FIND A RESERVE
THAT TRIES TO REKINDLE

519
00:31:30,322 --> 00:31:33,425
THE WILD LEGACY OF THIS REGION.

520
00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:37,762
THIS IS THE SHAMWARI
GAME RESERVE,

521
00:31:37,796 --> 00:31:42,301
WHERE MORE THAN 26 SPECIES
HAVE BEEN REINTRODUCED,

522
00:31:42,334 --> 00:31:46,638
INCLUDING WHAT SOUTH AFRICANS
CALL THE BIG FIVE:

523
00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:53,411
LIONS, ELEPHANTS, CAPE BUFFALOS,
LEOPARDS, AND RHINOS.

524
00:31:53,445 --> 00:31:56,748
SINCE THESE ANIMALS
ARE WORLD-FAMOUS,

525
00:31:56,782 --> 00:31:58,684
FAMOUS PEOPLE COME TO SEE THEM--

526
00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:02,387
WITH A CERTAIN EXPECTATION
OF LUXURY.

527
00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:07,559
ROOMS IN THE LONG LEE MANOR
START AT ABOUT $500 PER NIGHT.

528
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:12,097
BUT OTHER PARTS
OF THE EASTERN CAPE

529
00:32:12,130 --> 00:32:15,734
HAVE RETAINED
A VINTAGE, HOMEY FEEL.

530
00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:21,473
PORT ALFRED WAS DESCRIBED
BY A SETTLER’S DAUGHTER

531
00:32:21,506 --> 00:32:27,278
AS "THE LONELIEST, BARRENEST
VILLAGE IMAGINABLE."

532
00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:29,748
WHILE THE ORIGINAL STONE HOUSES
WITH THATCHED ROOFS

533
00:32:29,781 --> 00:32:31,383
ARE LONG GONE,

534
00:32:31,416 --> 00:32:34,152
THE TOWN HAS KEPT
ITS OLD-TIME CHARM--

535
00:32:34,186 --> 00:32:37,990
EXCEPT FOR THE CONSTANT BUZZ
OF MODERN AIRCRAFT.

536
00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:45,030
PORT ALFRED IS HOME
TO THE 43 AIR SCHOOL.

537
00:32:45,063 --> 00:32:47,499
HERE PILOTS ARE TRAINED
FOR COMMERCIAL JETS--

538
00:32:47,532 --> 00:32:52,570
AND BUSH PLANES THAT CAN LAND
JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.

539
00:32:52,604 --> 00:32:56,308
THE ORIGINAL 43 AIR SCHOOL
OPENED IN 1941

540
00:32:56,341 --> 00:33:02,280
AND TRAINED PILOTS FOR ACTION
IN WORLD WAR II.

541
00:33:02,314 --> 00:33:06,752
NOW IT OFFERS TRAINING FOR
THE AIR FORCE AND FOR AIRLINES.

542
00:33:06,785 --> 00:33:09,354
THERE ARE 60 PLANES,
60 INSTRUCTORS,

543
00:33:09,387 --> 00:33:12,223
AND ENDLESS BLUE SKIES.

544
00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:17,962
BUT BEFORE THE AGE
OF MODERN TRAVEL,

545
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:22,300
THE CULTURES PROTECTED BY THESE
JAGGED CLIFFS HAD FEW VISITORS.

546
00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:26,572
WHEN OUTSIDERS DID GET IN,
THEY OFTEN DIDN’T GET OUT.

547
00:33:28,807 --> 00:33:33,445
♪

548
00:33:33,478 --> 00:33:36,081
THE WILD COAST
IS A 300-MILE STRETCH

549
00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:39,250
OF UNDEVELOPED
AFRICAN COASTLINE.

550
00:33:39,284 --> 00:33:42,554
IT OCCUPIES
OVER 16,000 SQUARE MILES

551
00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:45,757
OF MOSTLY UNTOUCHED TERRAIN.

552
00:33:45,790 --> 00:33:49,060
FOR CENTURIES, THESE
SHEER CLIFFS AND RAGGED REEFS

553
00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:53,231
REPELLED NEWCOMERS,
SHIPWRECK AFTER SHIPWRECK.

554
00:33:53,265 --> 00:33:55,667
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
REMAINED ISOLATED,

555
00:33:55,700 --> 00:34:00,638
BECAUSE THE OUTSIDE WORLD
RARELY GOT IN.

556
00:34:00,672 --> 00:34:07,112
WHEN ANYBODY DID, THEY FOUND IT
ROUGH SAILING INDEED.

557
00:34:07,145 --> 00:34:11,149
IN 1552, THE SAO JOAO,
OR ST. JOHN,

558
00:34:11,182 --> 00:34:14,285
BECAME THE FIRST CARGO SHIP
TO WRECK ON THE COAST.

559
00:34:14,319 --> 00:34:17,289
100 PERISHED ABOARD
AS THE SHIP PUSHED

560
00:34:17,322 --> 00:34:20,425
INTO THE BARNACLE-COVERED TEETH
OF THE SHORE.

561
00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:26,164
BUT THE CAPTAIN MANAGED
TO GET 400 SURVIVORS TO LAND.

562
00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:29,300
THEY CAUTIOUSLY INTERACTED
WITH THE LOCAL TRIBES,

563
00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:32,170
BUT APPARENTLY NOT TOO WELL.

564
00:34:32,203 --> 00:34:34,672
MOST WERE MURDERED,
DIED OF DISEASE,

565
00:34:34,706 --> 00:34:37,242
OR KILLED BY WILD ANIMALS.

566
00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:41,112
ONLY 21 SURVIVED.

567
00:34:41,146 --> 00:34:44,483
THERE IS STILL A SENSE
OF ISOLATION HERE.

568
00:34:44,516 --> 00:34:49,955
THE LAND IS PROTECTED
BY BARRIERS OF OCEAN AND RIVER.

569
00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:52,657
EVEN TODAY,
CARS MUST CROSS THE KEI RIVER

570
00:34:52,691 --> 00:34:56,195
BY FLOATING PONTOON.

571
00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:59,397
IN DOING SO, THEY ARE ENTERING
THE CULTURAL HEARTLAND

572
00:34:59,431 --> 00:35:02,634
OF THE XHOSA PEOPLE.

573
00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,602
THESE POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES

574
00:35:04,636 --> 00:35:07,539
SUBSIST ON AGRICULTURE
AND FISHING--

575
00:35:07,572 --> 00:35:11,976
AND MONEY SENT BACK BY FAMILY
WORKING IN THE CITIES.

576
00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:15,981
ANCIENT CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE
STILL THRIVE HERE TODAY--

577
00:35:16,014 --> 00:35:20,051
CREATING A LIVING MYTHOLOGY
BORN OUT OF THE GEOGRAPHY.

578
00:35:20,085 --> 00:35:23,989
♪

579
00:35:24,022 --> 00:35:26,558
THIS ROCK IS KNOWN
AS HOLE IN THE WALL--

580
00:35:26,591 --> 00:35:30,528
A GEOLOGIC WONDER
THAT INSPIRED A WONDROUS STORY.

581
00:35:30,562 --> 00:35:35,000
♪

582
00:35:35,033 --> 00:35:37,269
XHOSA MYTHOLOGY
DESCRIBES SEA PEOPLE,

583
00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:40,138
WITH FLIPPER-LIKE HANDS
AND FEET.

584
00:35:40,171 --> 00:35:42,073
ONE OF THE SEA PEOPLE
FELL IN LOVE

585
00:35:42,107 --> 00:35:46,211
WITH A BEAUTIFUL GIRL
LIVING IN A NEARBY VILLAGE.

586
00:35:46,244 --> 00:35:47,645
BUT HER FATHER FORBADE HER

587
00:35:47,679 --> 00:35:51,249
FROM LEAVING TO JOIN HER LOVER
IN THE SEA.

588
00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:55,253
SO ONE NIGHT THE SEA PEOPLE
RETURNED WITH A GIANT FISH,

589
00:35:55,286 --> 00:35:57,722
WHICH RAMMED A HOLE IN THE WALL.

590
00:35:57,756 --> 00:36:01,059
THEY POURED THROUGH THE HOLE
SINGING AND SHOUTING,

591
00:36:01,092 --> 00:36:02,760
AND THE VILLAGE GIRL
JOINED THEM,

592
00:36:02,794 --> 00:36:06,598
DISAPPEARING BACK OUT TO SEA
FOREVER.

593
00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:11,169
IT’S CALLED ESIKHALENI--
THE PLACE OF THUNDER.

594
00:36:11,202 --> 00:36:12,770
THEY SAY ON SOME NIGHTS

595
00:36:12,804 --> 00:36:16,408
THEY STILL HEAR VOICES
CALLING FOR THE GIRL.

596
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:26,384
♪

597
00:36:26,418 --> 00:36:31,189
THE BEAUTY OF THE COAST
CONTINUES TO INSPIRE WONDER.

598
00:36:31,222 --> 00:36:34,058
THE EGOSO FAULT LINE
RUNS ALONG THE SHORE,

599
00:36:34,092 --> 00:36:36,394
THEN INLAND FOR 9 MILES.

600
00:36:36,428 --> 00:36:38,730
IT CREATED 300-FOOT CLIFFS,

601
00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:43,101
TURNING THE MOUTH OF EVERY RIVER
INTO A MAGNIFICENT WATERFALL.

602
00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:47,739
♪

603
00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:51,075
HERE THE MKOZI RIVER
THROWS ITSELF FROM THE CLIFFS,

604
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:54,245
PLUMMETING 180 FEET TO ITS END.

605
00:36:54,279 --> 00:37:00,051
♪

606
00:37:00,085 --> 00:37:04,189
FURTHER INLAND, THE GRACEFUL
CURVE OF HORSESHOE FALLS

607
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:08,093
GETS ITS BEAUTY FROM ITS SHAPE,
NOT ITS HEIGHT.

608
00:37:10,261 --> 00:37:13,164
BUT IF YOU WANT HEIGHT,
THE MAGWA WATERFALL

609
00:37:13,198 --> 00:37:18,603
ROARS OVER 466 FEET
INTO THE NARROW CANYON BELOW.

610
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,342
ALL THIS BEAUTY
SURROUNDS XHOSA VILLAGES

611
00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:28,446
THAT CONTINUE TO SEE LITTLE
CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE DECADES.

612
00:37:31,216 --> 00:37:33,585
BUT FROM A VILLAGE
JUST LIKE THIS,

613
00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:36,421
ONE LITTLE BOY
SAW FURTHER THAN MOST

614
00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:40,758
AND TOOK HIS IDEAS OF FREEDOM
TO THE HORIZON AND BEYOND--

615
00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:44,129
NELSON MANDELA.

616
00:37:44,162 --> 00:37:48,033
IN 1918,
HE WAS BORN ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA,

617
00:37:48,066 --> 00:37:51,770
AND "ROLIHLAHLA"
MEANS TROUBLEMAKER.

618
00:37:51,803 --> 00:37:56,007
HE GREW UP INSPIRED BY A WORLD
WHERE OLD AND NEW COLLIDE,

619
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,376
AND TRANSCENDED
HIS IMPOVERISHED REALITY

620
00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:03,281
TO BRING A DIVIDED NATION
TOGETHER.

621
00:38:03,314 --> 00:38:06,083
IN HIS BOOK
"LONG WALK TO FREEDOM,"

622
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:10,021
MANDELA WROTE, "I HAVE
THE MOST PLEASANT RECOLLECTIONS

623
00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:12,657
AND DREAMS OF MY CHILDHOOD,

624
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:15,259
WHERE I HUNTED,
PLAYED STICK-FIGHTING,

625
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,262
STOLE MAIZE ON THE COB,

626
00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:19,764
AND WHERE I LEARNED TO COUNT."

627
00:38:19,798 --> 00:38:22,567
THE REST IS
WORLD-CHANGING HISTORY,

628
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,402
BUT IT ALL STARTED HERE

629
00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:29,206
IN THE HUMBLE AND BEAUTIFUL LAND
OF THE XHOSA PEOPLE.

630
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:33,044
SOUTH AFRICA WAS FOREVER
TRANSFORMED BY NELSON MANDELA,

631
00:38:33,077 --> 00:38:37,982
BUT THANKFULLY, ITS RICH HISTORY
AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES REMAIN.

632
00:38:38,016 --> 00:38:44,623
♪

633
00:38:44,656 --> 00:38:46,691
THIS IS PORT ST. JOHNS,

634
00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:49,126
WHICH USED TO HAVE
A DEEPWATER HARBOR,

635
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:54,098
ATTRACTING OLD TRADE SHIPS
ON THEIR WAY AROUND AFRICA.

636
00:38:54,132 --> 00:38:58,303
BUT OVER TIME, SILT FROM UPRIVER
FLOWED INTO THE BAY,

637
00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:01,239
MAKING IT TOO SHALLOW
FOR BIG SHIPS.

638
00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:03,741
NOW, ONLY SMALL FISHING BOATS

639
00:39:03,775 --> 00:39:08,647
CAN FLOAT DOWN THE RIVER
TO THE SEA.

640
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:11,183
THIS BEAUTIFUL BEACH
IN PORT ST. JOHNS

641
00:39:11,216 --> 00:39:13,251
HAS AN INFAMOUS NICKNAME--

642
00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:16,254
THE DEADLIEST BEACH
IN THE WORLD.

643
00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:18,156
SHARK ATTACKS
ARE MORE COMMON HERE

644
00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:21,292
THAN JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE
ON EARTH.

645
00:39:21,326 --> 00:39:24,629
HERE, THERE WERE FIVE FATALITIES
FROM SHARK ATTACKS

646
00:39:24,662 --> 00:39:26,364
IN JUST FIVE YEARS--

647
00:39:26,397 --> 00:39:29,767
THREE IN 2009 ALONE.

648
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:34,238
FURTHER UP FROM PORT ST. JOHNS

649
00:39:34,272 --> 00:39:37,308
IS A COASTLINE
WITH A DEEPER SHARK HISTORY--

650
00:39:37,342 --> 00:39:42,380
A STRETCH BETWEEN SCOTTBURGH
AND DURBAN.

651
00:39:42,413 --> 00:39:46,350
IN JUST ONE YEAR,
BEGINNING IN DECEMBER OF 1957,

652
00:39:46,384 --> 00:39:48,152
NINE SHARK ATTACKS OCCURRED

653
00:39:48,186 --> 00:39:51,189
WITHIN THE 40 MILES
OF COASTLINE.

654
00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:53,691
SIX OF THE ATTACKS WERE FATAL.

655
00:39:53,725 --> 00:39:57,729
IT IS NOW CALLED
"BLACK DECEMBER."

656
00:39:57,762 --> 00:39:59,664
THESE BUOYS DOTTING THE SURFACE

657
00:39:59,697 --> 00:40:02,266
ARE HOLDING UP
UNDERWATER SHARK NETS,

658
00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:08,006
INSTALLED IN 1964
TO PROTECT BEACHGOERS.

659
00:40:08,039 --> 00:40:13,378
WE NOW KNOW THAT SHARK ATTACKS
ARE MOSTLY MISTAKEN IDENTITY--

660
00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:17,248
A SWIMMER ON THE SURFACE
CAN LOOK LIKE NATURAL PREY.

661
00:40:17,282 --> 00:40:21,653
BUT IF DONE RIGHT,
SHARK DIVING IS SAFER.

662
00:40:21,686 --> 00:40:23,188
THESE DIVE BOATS
ARE GETTING READY

663
00:40:23,221 --> 00:40:25,056
TO TAKE VISITORS UNDERWATER

664
00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:29,727
TO MEET SHARKS
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

665
00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:33,164
ABOUT 250,000 PEOPLE
DIVE WITH SHARKS

666
00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:37,034
EVERY YEAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

667
00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:40,772
AT ALIWAL SHOAL DIVERS GET
TO SEE A VARIETY OF SHARKS,

668
00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:45,376
INCLUDING TIGER
AND, ON OCCASION, GREAT WHITES.

669
00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:48,346
SOUTH AFRICA HAS ALWAYS
ATTRACTED EXPLORERS

670
00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:49,981
AND INVITED RISK--

671
00:40:50,014 --> 00:40:54,385
FROM DIVING INTO THE DEEP
TO CLIMBING INTO THE SKY.

672
00:40:57,722 --> 00:41:01,559
IN 1948, BRITISH EXPLORER
GODFREY EDMONDS

673
00:41:01,592 --> 00:41:04,528
APPROACHED THE HIGHEST
MOUNTAIN RANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA

674
00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:08,599
WITH A JEEP AND
A SUPPORT TEAM WITH MULES.

675
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:10,502
THERE WERE NO ROADS.

676
00:41:10,535 --> 00:41:13,138
BUT AS A FORMER
ROYAL AIR FORCE PILOT,

677
00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:17,342
HE KNEW ALL ABOUT
BLAZING TRAILS.

678
00:41:17,375 --> 00:41:19,377
HE WAS IN WHAT IS NOW CALLED

679
00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:22,747
UKHAHLAMBA-DRAKENSBERG
NATIONAL PARK,

680
00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:24,548
WHERE MOUNTAIN PEAKS
FORM THE BORDER

681
00:41:24,582 --> 00:41:27,452
BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA
AND LESOTHO.

682
00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:30,588
EDMONDS WAS TRYING
TO GET THROUGH.

683
00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:35,660
AS HE BOUNCED THROUGH
RUGGED COUNTRY,

684
00:41:35,693 --> 00:41:39,497
HE WOULD HAVE SEEN HERDS OF
ELAND AND THE OCCASIONAL ZEBRA.

685
00:41:39,530 --> 00:41:43,100
♪

686
00:41:43,134 --> 00:41:46,137
WITH LOCAL TRIBESMEN,
MULES AND ROPES,

687
00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:48,639
HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE
ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP--

688
00:41:48,673 --> 00:41:53,111
9,400 FEET--
NOW CALLED SANI PASS.

689
00:41:53,144 --> 00:41:56,981
♪

690
00:41:57,015 --> 00:42:00,151
HIS DARING FEAT PROVED
THAT A ROAD ROUTE WAS POSSIBLE,

691
00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:04,221
AND CONSTRUCTION BEGAN
A FEW YEARS LATER.

692
00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:08,192
TODAY IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS PASSES IN THE WORLD.

693
00:42:08,226 --> 00:42:12,030
♪

694
00:42:12,063 --> 00:42:13,998
IT’S A STEEP AND RUDDY TRACK--

695
00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:15,467
TRICKY WHEN DRY,

696
00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:19,004
AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
WHEN COVERED IN SNOW OR ICE.

697
00:42:19,037 --> 00:42:24,075
♪

698
00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:25,476
BUT IT CARVES A PATH

699
00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:27,746
INTO STORIED, TEETH-BARING
MOUNTAINS

700
00:42:27,779 --> 00:42:30,148
THAT STILL TANTALIZES EXPLORERS

701
00:42:30,181 --> 00:42:33,217
WHO DARE TO ENTER
THE DRAKENSBERG.

702
00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:38,155
♪

703
00:42:38,189 --> 00:42:41,759
DRAKENSBERG MEANS
"DRAGON MOUNTAIN."

704
00:42:41,793 --> 00:42:47,165
IT TOOK NATURE OVER A BILLION
YEARS TO FORM THIS RANGE.

705
00:42:47,198 --> 00:42:52,503
THESE MOUNTAINS RESIST EROSION,
SO THEY REMAIN RUGGED AND STEEP.

706
00:42:54,605 --> 00:42:57,174
THEIR ZULU NAME, UKHAHLAMBA,

707
00:42:57,208 --> 00:43:00,511
MEANS "BARRIERS
OF UP-POINTED SPEARS."

708
00:43:04,115 --> 00:43:08,152
DESPITE THEIR IMPOSING PRESENCE
AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE ANGLES,

709
00:43:08,186 --> 00:43:13,058
HUNTER-GATHERERS CALLED THE SAN
LIVED HERE SINCE THE STONE AGE--

710
00:43:13,091 --> 00:43:17,062
UNTIL THEY WERE FINALLY PUSHED
OUT IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY.

711
00:43:20,264 --> 00:43:23,467
FOR 4,000 YEARS,
THIS WAS THEIR HOME--

712
00:43:23,501 --> 00:43:25,770
AND THEY LEFT BEHIND
THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION

713
00:43:25,803 --> 00:43:28,339
OF CAVE ART IN THE WORLD.

714
00:43:31,309 --> 00:43:32,744
THEY LIVED AMONG THE PEAKS

715
00:43:32,777 --> 00:43:37,682
WITH NAMES DRAWN
FROM THEIR IMPOSING SHAPES.

716
00:43:37,715 --> 00:43:40,284
CATHEDRAL PEAK.

717
00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:44,722
THE ORGAN PIPES.

718
00:43:44,755 --> 00:43:49,226
♪

719
00:43:49,260 --> 00:43:51,229
THE BELL.

720
00:43:54,298 --> 00:43:58,035
THE DRAKENSBERG
IS A HAVEN FOR HIKERS.

721
00:43:58,069 --> 00:44:00,538
AND IT IS A ROCK CLIMBER’S
PARADISE--

722
00:44:00,571 --> 00:44:03,007
BUT NOT FOR AMATEURS.

723
00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:07,411
ASIDE FROM THE HAZARDS
OF CLIMBING,

724
00:44:07,445 --> 00:44:12,183
THE DRAKENSBERG IS WELL-KNOWN
FOR SUDDEN RAIN OR SNOW.

725
00:44:12,216 --> 00:44:15,953
AND THE ROCK CAN BE CRUMBLY,
SO LOOK OUT BELOW.

726
00:44:15,987 --> 00:44:21,392
♪

727
00:44:21,425 --> 00:44:23,260
THE IMPRESSIVE DEVIL’S TOOTH

728
00:44:23,294 --> 00:44:26,731
IS ONE OF THE RANGE’S TOUGHEST
ROCK CLIMBING CHALLENGES.

729
00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:30,701
IT WAS CONSIDERED UNCLIMBABLE
UNTIL SUMMITED IN 1950

730
00:44:30,735 --> 00:44:33,671
BY THREE STUDENTS
FROM JOHANNESBURG.

731
00:44:33,704 --> 00:44:38,209
THE DEVIL’S TOOTH IS PART OF
A MASSIVE, WONDROUS FORMATION--

732
00:44:38,242 --> 00:44:41,212
THE DRAKENSBERG AMPHITHEATER.

733
00:44:41,245 --> 00:44:43,981
IT IS ONE OF NATURE’S
FINEST SCULPTURES--

734
00:44:44,015 --> 00:44:46,184
3 MILES WIDE.

735
00:44:46,217 --> 00:44:48,753
IT IS 6 TIMES BROADER
THAN THE MATTERHORN

736
00:44:48,786 --> 00:44:53,624
AND 10 TIMES THE BREADTH
OF YOSEMITE’S EL CAPITAN.

737
00:44:53,658 --> 00:44:57,162
IT WOULD BE AN ASTONISHING
AMPHITHEATER TO SING IN...

738
00:44:57,195 --> 00:45:01,599
AND BY COINCIDENCE,
ANGELIC VOICES ARE RIGHT NEARBY.

739
00:45:04,202 --> 00:45:07,238
THE DRAKENSBERG
BOYS CHOIR SCHOOL IS HOME

740
00:45:07,271 --> 00:45:10,307
TO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CHOIRS
IN THE WORLD.

741
00:45:10,341 --> 00:45:12,376
THEY ARE KNOWN
FOR THEIR UNIQUE STYLE

742
00:45:12,410 --> 00:45:16,681
AND DIVERSE RANGE OF MUSIC.

743
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:18,182
THEY HAVE TOURED THE WORLD,

744
00:45:18,216 --> 00:45:20,652
BUT ALWAYS RETURN
TO THEIR HOME BASE

745
00:45:20,685 --> 00:45:25,323
PERCHED AMONG THE PEAKS.

746
00:45:25,356 --> 00:45:29,126
AND THE PEAKS
ARE ONLY GETTING HIGHER.

747
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,695
SOUTHERN AFRICA IS RISING

748
00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:34,432
DUE TO A GIANT PLUME OF MAGMA
DEEP UNDERGROUND,

749
00:45:34,465 --> 00:45:39,570
SLOWLY FORCING THE ANCIENT
DRAKENSBERG RANGE SKYWARD.

750
00:45:39,604 --> 00:45:42,440
LIKE THE REST OF AFRICA’S
WILD SOUTH COAST,

751
00:45:42,473 --> 00:45:44,241
IT IS NEVER AT REST.

752
00:45:44,275 --> 00:45:46,277
IT IS ALWAYS ON THE MOVE...

753
00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:49,213
AND REINVENTING ITSELF
WITH EVERY WAVE.

754
00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:54,152
♪

755
00:45:54,185 --> 00:45:58,022
THIS IS WHERE HUMANITY WAS BORN

756
00:45:58,055 --> 00:46:00,591
AND CONTINUES
TO CHALLENGE ITSELF.

757
00:46:03,060 --> 00:46:07,598
WHERE LOCAL TRIBES MET
WORLD EXPLORERS...

758
00:46:07,632 --> 00:46:12,170
AND MOVIE STARS
MEET NATURE’S ICONS.

759
00:46:12,203 --> 00:46:14,272
WHERE YOU CAN TRACK
THE IMPRINTS OF TIME

760
00:46:14,305 --> 00:46:18,242
THROUGH WIDE OPEN SPACES.

761
00:46:18,276 --> 00:46:24,749
SOUTHERN AFRICA IS STILL A LAND
OF CONTRAST AND CONTRADICTIONS,

762
00:46:24,782 --> 00:46:27,451
IMMOVABLE MOUNTAINS OF ROCK,

763
00:46:27,485 --> 00:46:32,423
AND SHAPE-SHIFTING DUNES
OF SAND.

764
00:46:32,456 --> 00:46:35,726
NATURAL CATHEDRALS OF STONE

765
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,430
AND MAN-MADE MONUMENTS OF FAITH.

766
00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:43,600
CITIES BUILT
FROM COMMERCE AND CULTURE...

767
00:46:43,634 --> 00:46:49,273
AND FOLKLORE BUILT
FROM GEOLOGY AND MYTHOLOGY.

768
00:46:49,307 --> 00:46:53,111
THERE IS STILL WILDLIFE
FOLLOWING ANCIENT INSTINCTS,

769
00:46:53,144 --> 00:46:57,649
CLINGING TO WHAT’S LEFT
TO LIVE ON.

770
00:46:57,682 --> 00:47:01,252
THERE ARE PLACES
THAT STILL LOOK PRIMEVAL.

771
00:47:01,285 --> 00:47:06,657
WHERE YOU CAN STAND
AND FEEL IMMERSED IN CREATION...

772
00:47:06,691 --> 00:47:10,395
EVEN WHEN SOMETHING NEW
IS CREATED EVERY DAY.

773
00:47:13,197 --> 00:47:16,233
IN THIS DYNAMIC STRETCH
OF SOUTH AFRICA,

774
00:47:16,267 --> 00:47:19,003
HOPE PREVAILS
THAT CONSTANT CHANGE

775
00:47:19,036 --> 00:47:23,307
WILL NOT SPOIL WHAT SHOULD BE
PRESERVED FOREVER--

776
00:47:23,341 --> 00:47:26,578
AN ANCESTRAL SENSE OF BELONGING.

777
00:47:26,610 --> 00:47:29,179
THAT NO MATTER
WHERE YOU’RE FROM,

778
00:47:29,213 --> 00:47:32,183
THIS PLACE FEELS LIKE HOME.

779
00:47:32,216 --> 00:47:39,724
♪

780
00:47:39,757 --> 00:47:49,700
♪

781
00:47:49,734 --> 00:47:56,441
♪