The Olifants

We set out early on our last sampling trip in Pretoria. The Olifants river is in Mpumalanga and we expected to drive for quite a while. It was especially dry and cold too and this made being outdoors a little more challenging. The first sampling site was under a bridge. It was relatively clean except for some floating plant matter in the water. Sampling site No. 2 was at the Loskop dam, a holiday spot owned by Forever resorts. It was a very scenic site. We were grateful for the early start since it started raining as we wound up at the Loskop dam.