As I have already written in the
first article, South Africa offers beautiful nature. Every province is
different; let’s thus speak about the region where I currently stay and which I
have already could discover a bit.
Around Stellenbosch you see
mountains everywhere – if you have nothing to do, the best way how to occupy
your day is going for a hike with your friends. And even if you have only few
hours free on Monday before your class, you can go for a short hike to the
closest mountain – that close it is. That’s why I have already been three times
on this mountain called Stellenbosch Mountain but not on others that are
located a bit further. And it is also a good place for running if you find the
flat land too boring. I have to say that Stellenbosch is really well situated
because although the mountains are everywhere around, the town is on more or
less flat land so going to the campus by bike is pretty easy.
Furthermore, Cape Town is quite
close to Stellenbosch – it is about 50km, about one hour drive. There are
several peaks in this city – Table Mountain and Lion’s Head belong among the
most well-known.
Last Saturday, we decided with a
group of friends to hike Lion’s Head. One German friend has just bought a great
car that can hold up to nine or ten people so we arrived by car up to the foot
of the mountain where we began our hike.
The top of the Lion’s Head is a
favourite place for watching the sunset. And that’s we had planned as well. We
brought some food so as we could do a picnic on the top while watching the
sunset. And the hike was definitely worth it. When we successfully climbed up to
the top, we could see the sea of clouds (on the place where normally is
supposed to be normal sea). Watching the sun going down and enjoying our
picnic, we didn’t see the time passing. And suddenly the sunset was there.
Actually, we spent more than one hour like this but it seemed to be only ten
minutes.
The top of the Lion’s Head was
quite crowded – it is not that vast and because it was only a day before the
Full Moon and weather was very nice, the Lion’s Head attracted lot of visitors.
And then it was the time to go
down … at nigh … only under the moon light. The most difficult part of the
trip. You have to be careful because some parts of the path are not very easy
to overcome if it’s dark but if you take your time, it is not that difficult as
it had first seemed to be.
Even people who are not really
nature and hiking lovers fall in love with the landscapes of the Western Cape.
The Table Mountain is next on our
hiking schedule!
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