What a wonderful weekend hike this turned out to be. It was quite a long drive which I hitched along with friends Peter and Claudette in their vehicle. There is a fuel strike on the go and fortunately their vehicle uses diesel and so could easily make it there and back on a full tank it needed. We arrived there as the sun set on Friday and left mid-morning on Sunday.
Being winter there was not a lot of bird life although I did see a spectacular malachite kingfisher. The most fascinating thing on the hike was seeing a group of about twenty insect eating plants. They are bright scarlet and about 2 centimetres in diameter. This is the first time I have seen such plants in their natural habitat and did not know they occurred here in South Africa. They are truly amazing little plants.
The hike was an easy 13 kilometre round trip which took about 5 hours at a very leisurely pace as one of the hikers was not fit at all.
This is a place to see again and a definite must for the hot summer. The streams will be fantastic for coling off from the high summer temperatures.
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