Flora of South Africa

The flora in South Africa has been remarkable and that of the cape is even more unique and has a special designation as I discovered on Table Mountain.  It's spring here so the trees are budding out and the wild flowers are bursting forth. Spring is one of my favorite times of year.  Here on the peninsula winter is their wet season, so everything is green right now and warming up. In the north, summer is the rainy season, so folks there are looking forward to rain soon. The contrast is pretty stark as we've ventured almost 3000 I'm on this bold adventure from north near Johannisnerg to the Capetown peninsula. 

   First signs of spring near Kaepseschoot

   No sign of green yet near Waterval Burfen

     Dune flowers 

    Rainforest on the coast

   Protea in full bloom on the peninsula

    Western Cape fertile with orchards and vineyards. 

    Wild geraniums everywhere

   Beef River teeming with life

Hippopotamus Cave, Praal

We visited the  Sacred  Hippo  Fertility  Cave  of  the  Ancients  at  Paarl  Mountain  near  Franschoek    and Stellenbosch,  the  famous  Cape  Winelands.    We  are  in  a  Vortex  area,  the  convergence  again  of  two Great  Mountain  ranges.   Overnighted at  the  beautiful  Berg  River  Resort.  

This is our last day together as a group.  Shannon. Gillian and Chtis travel home. Adele and I are returning to Capetown where I'll spend another three days. Adele is planning to stay much longer. 

     The hippo rock

    The womb cave

   View of Praal

Bushman’s Kloof

 Today  we  journeyed west  along the Atlantic coast to  the  Bushman’s  Kloof, the  Sacred Valley  of  the  Bushman.   This  is  an  ancient  animal  migratory  passage  way.   

We spent  the  day  examining  the  Sacred  Shamanic  Rock  Art  and  Shelters  of  the  Ancients.    We walked the  trail  to  experience  the  land  and  the  shamanic  rock  paintings  left  by  our  Ancestors.  They  knew  much  of  the  nature  of  heaven  and  earth  and  had  an  open  communication  with  the  stars.

   Giant being overlooking valley below

    Dragon protecting the place

    Rock art 

     Toktokkie 

Saying Goodbye

We've had to say goodby to Anthea and Britt who returned to the UK last week, so our group is down to nine. We returned the rental can and are now in Dean and Louise's trucks. We had a great four nights in the Glencairn Hotel and Dale our hostess has been very gracious and gone out of her way to make our stay comfortable and exciting. Two ghosts roam the premises and two nights ago there was a burglary. A man had left his cell phone on the bar and he decided to break in and retrieve it. While at it he thought he'd rob the till. Much to his chagrined there was no money in the till and the security guard apprehended him before he got away. 

Table Mountain and Lion's Head, Capetown

Today we  journeyed  up  to  the  top  of  Table Mountain,  experiencing  the  energies  of  this  incredible  site  - the  legendary  Umlindi  Wemingizimu  -  The  Stone  Giant Watcher  of  the  South!    We  visited  the  Third  Eye  Chakra  –  the upward  gazing  Eye  of  the  “Table  Mountain  Goddess”.   We opted for the cable car ride both ways, which was a relief for my ankle which had a good workout yesterday.  The views were stunning as we were blessed with another glorious day of sun and no wind at the top. 

   A brass relief of Table Mountain and its 12 buttresses representing the 12 apostles. 

   Lion's Head and Robbin Island in the bay. 

    

   Capetown down below

Sun Valley, Cape Town

We  visited  the  Sacred  Burial  Cave  and  Ascension  Cave, honouring  the  Ancestors  of  this  land.  This  is  possibly  the most  powerful  transformative  energy  center  on  the  peninsula.  In the afternoon we visited the All Seeing Eye Pyramid which aligns with the summer solstice.  For me this was the most transformative place. 

    Ascension Cave looking out over the valley below

   Sand dunes form an ancient sea bed

  All seeing eye pyramid

  Pyramid from the side at a 55 degree angle

  A misty afternoon lends atmosphere

     Protea grows wild here as a large shrub. 

Dias Beach & Cape Point

Cape  Town  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  cities  in  the  world, with a peninsula  enshrined  by  the  two  primal oceans  -  the  Atlantic  and  the  Indian.    We visited Cape  Point  known as the Cape of Good Hope and  there  at  Dias Beach  we anchored all  our  sacred  journey  experiences,  shared our  song  with  this  powerful  primal  convergence  of  the sacred waters  of  the  Indian  and Atlantic  Oceans  at  this  Root  Chakra  of  Africa.  

     View of Dias Beach

    Visit to a penguin sanctuary

   Baboons along the route 

     Baby going baboon-back

Llandudno Beach for Spring Equinox

We arranged to meet at this amazing beach for a sunset ceremony to celebrate spring equinox when there is equal light and dark around the world. We had a perfect sunset and quite s few locals came out for the event. The landscape here is unique; with giant boulders perfectly round cast about like giant marbles. The focus was the great mother stone, standing there like a giant breadt. 

   Lots of pyramid shaped peaks dot the landscape across South Africa. 

   Amazing crystalline structures embedded in the granite