Story and nature photos by LUCAS MARQUARDT
Other photos by SPRINGBOK LODGE
If you like top-notch racing in an elegant at-
mosphere, head to the Jan. 6-7 L'Ormarins
Queens Plate Weekend at Kenilworth Race-
course in Cape Town; if you like world-class
Thoroughbred prospects at outstanding
value, head to the Cape Premier Sale, South
Africa's most prominent yearling auction,
to be held in Cape Town on Jan. 21-22.
If you like life-affirming nature experi-
ences, stick around and visit one of the
country's several dozen nature reserves.
The long trek to the land of Mandella, fine
wine and bucolic stud farms wouldn't be
complete without a visit to one of these re-
serves, which range from the massive Kru-
ger National Park to any number of smaller,
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