They lie at the northern limit of the great African savannahs that are found just a few miles distant.
Fierce shimmering hazes are hanging over these extensive grasslands and all that can be seen moving are the wheeling vultures high overhead.
These magnificent birds traverse the plains looking for the old and the weak.
The summer is the time of these carrion birds as nature winnows all but the strong.
Somewhere down below an animal is walking it’s last steps. The vultures know this and begin to circle lower.
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Photo: La Janda from the mountain. Courtesy of the author.