Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve

As Stella and I normally spend a lot of time inside working during the week this weekend we decided to do some outside activity. On Saturday the weather was bad and anyway we had promised Sesethu and Sinethemba, the five and six year old siblings living at Cotlands, to have a movie night with them as it is their last weekend at Cotlands. On Sunday the weather luckily was perfect for our plan and we decided to go hiking in Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve which is only about 6 kilometres from our place. We took a lot of food for an energizing picnic and started our 20 kilometre trail with a lot of motivation. The difficulty of our trail was very diverse. Sometimes the trail was flat and steady and sometimes it was quite steep and we had to climb over big stones. Especially in the hot midday sun – we had temperatures of about 35°C – the way uphill could partly be very exhausting but the great vies that we had were definitely worth it. And we could even see some animals, such as very pretty coloured birds, zebras, springboks, wildebeests and otters. Sadly it was very difficult to come close to them so that our pictures aren’t very breathtaking but at least the nature was an easier target for our cameras!