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Western Cape Part, December 2012 - Beyond Cederberg. Biedouw Valley, Wupperthal & Sevilla Rock Art.

Enjo Nature Farm, Biedouw Valley.

We spent a lazy week here over Christmas - it was wonderful! There are only 3 campsites and a few chalets at the farm so an ideal Christmas venue for us.

The Biedouw Valley with the tops of the Cederberg in the distance.

We had a lovely shady site under a large tree near the river.

The three horses were often around grazing by the river - you can hire them for riding.

It was very hot most days so we spent a fair bit of time relaxing in and by the large concrete dam next to shady trees behind the farmhouse.

Wupperthal.

Wupperthal is a Mission Station situated in a remote valley to the east of the Cederberg. A couple of years ago we visited another Mission Station at Elim and expected Wupperthal to have a similar tourism centre but were very disappointed as there was no information at the visitors' centre about the village or what we could see. We had a look in the church and managed to find the 'famous' shoe factory which was in a very dilapadated building and were disppointed with the quility of the shoes on offer - Kevin had hoped to buy a pair.

Wupperthal in the valley below the Kouberg Pass.

The church at Wupperthal.

The rather dilapadated shoe factory at Wupperthal.

Sevilla Rock Art Trail.

We'd done this trail about 10 years ago when we'd last visited the Cederberg area and remembered being impressed by the paintings so decided to return. The trail is self-guided and you can buy a pass and leaflet at the shop.

The shop and cafe at the start of the trail.

Many of the paintings are amongst rocky outcrops.

Zebra foal.

Hunters.

Hunter.

It's nice to be able to get up close to many of the paintings and great to find that no vandalism has taken place here.

Some of the bushes on the trail are named - this is a milk bush which produces a milky sap if you break a stem.

1. Mokala National Park & Karoo National Park.

2. Limietberg Nature Reserve, Bontebok National Park & Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve.

3. Beyond Cederberg - The Biedouw Valley, Wupperthal and Sevilla Rock Art.

Diary. This is a pdf file and will open in a new window.

The remainder of this trip will be uploaded once we get back to Richmond which will probably be around the end of February.

 

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A couple of hand-reared lambs at Enjo Nature Farm.