South Africa 5: Chilling and the Sevilla rock art trail

Friday the 23rd of October. This was our chill out day. We didn't drive anywhere but just stayed at the Enjo farm. We did do some hiking though, so it wasn't a real lazy day. Luckily it was partly cloudy and thus pretty pleasant to walk. Day before, when we had arrived to the farm, they had given us a information paper and on it were also some suggestions for hikes. So we gave that a try.

Our chalet in the morning sun

View from the cottage

The runway

This bird was very loud.

There was also a labyrinth on the farm.

On a morning walk; our chalet and the beautiful landscape.

Activities on the farm

The dam

Signs pointing to the right directions

Funny stones

You can see the farm down in the valley.

The Enjo farm

More of those funny stones

The Biedouw valley

Those two horses again

Cats chilling on the roof of the farm house.

 In the evening we went to the pool for sundowners, Savannah cider, and to look at the sunset.

This is kind of my grandma's style of plating flowers.

And the donkey with the goats

Lots of weaverbird nests

I like those trees. I think it's a type of aloe.

Saturday the 24th of October. Already in Switzerland I had read that the Cederberg region is very rich on old rock paintings so I wanted to go to see some. Not far from the Enjo Farm there is a place called Traveller's rest which is a farm with a small shop, restaurant/cafe and also accommodation. There is also a rock art trail called Sevilla rock art trail. We passed the Traveller's rest on our way to the Enjo Farm and decided we would go back there to do the trail. The trail isn't very long but it was very hot so water and hat is an absolute muss. There are nine marked spots of rock art along the trail and you will get a leaflet with some rudimentary information when you buy the tickets at the Traveler's rest. It took us something like two and half hours to walk the trail but the time, of course, depends on the amount of time spend on each site. We did find it absolutely fascinating to see the painting, to think that some of them are several thousand years old. Some of them were really well made. Even if you are just slightly into art or history, you should definitely do the trail.

Goats were blocking the road

Driving up Hoek se Berg and leaving Biedow valley behind us.

Restaurant/shop on the Traveller's rest

Hot, hot, hot!

And always those funny stones

Where are the paintings?

There they are!

You could see some of the paintings so well and there were hudreds of them.

Big butts :D

The landscape along the trail

A hand print!! To think that this print has been made many, many years ago...

Back at the Traveler's rest.

Driving back to the Enjo Farm. Here you can see the condition of the road.

A dog was chasing the horses but when the horses we together again they started to chase the dog and he though it better to disappear.

This horses must have the best life...so much space to roam around.

In the evening it was time for the sundowners again. Hubby might have preferred rugby. South Africa was playing against New Zealand in the rugby world cup. Unfortunately we didn't know what time the game is on or if it would be possible to see it somewhere. I told Dominic that he should ask at the farm house because the Southafricans will for sure be wathing the game. Well, he never did and we missed it. We were walking back to the chalet from the pool when we saw some other guest who had watched the game at the farm house and heard the results from them. Well, we didn't miss a lot because South Africa lost. The next day we saw the owner and she had visited our chalet the morning before to tell that we could watch the game at the farm house if we wanted but unfortunately we weren't home because we were walking the rock art trail.

The horses at the chalet

She wanted to come inside