Friday, 9 September 2011

The Whale Trail


An amazing hike despite less than perfect weather. What a great time of the year to go as the flowers were magnificent and the whales abundant.








We walked for 5 days and slept in cottages each night. We didn't see another person apart from the Whale Trail staff, no vehicles, no TVs, no other houses - heaven. We couldn't charge our cellphones and in any case signals were poor almost everywhere. We were 11 ladies and 1 guy and the trail is so popular it has to be booked a year in advance.



The hiking cottages were well equipped and 3 of them are on the
ocean's edge.



Sleeping in the top bunk was a bit tricky at my age, especially with the low beams under the thatch.

We had an interesting trip on the ferry at Malgas on the way to Potberg.





The second day was very wet and Gayle was freezing when we arrived at Noetsie hut.
















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Location:Die Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape

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