After cycling through Namibia; on the gravel for 800km, I still have energy to go on a dart road again.
I feel I have to see the beauty of nature. It doesn't matter how long I have to cycle on bad road.

あれだけナミビアで未舗装を走ったのにこりない私。それでも景色が良いなら行くしかない。Cederberg Wilderness Area






It was amazing scenery though the road was a bad condition. There were many plants I've never seen.

道が凄まじく悪い以外は文句なし。見た事の無い花や草が沢山生えていた。








This is Rooibos plants in wild. Those used to be used by San-Bushman as medical plants. Now, many products of this have been exported to Japan.

これがルイボス茶の原料になる草。サン族が薬草として飲んでいたそうだ。



Seemed Hiking was one of the good options to enjoy this area. There were plenty of trekking routes.

トレッキングルートも整備されていて、それ目的でも十分面白そうな場所。バランシングロックや、滝まで行くルートなんか面白そうだった。




According to a tourist information, there are many bushman's rock arts left in this region. However, looked its impossible to find by myself unless I had a guide because there were no signs.

観光案内曰く、この辺りの岩場にはサン族の岩絵が沢山残されているそうな。ただ、目印とか全く無いので、ガイド無しでは見付けるのはまず無理でしょう。




It was easy to manage the water. There were some places where fresh and cold water running.

そのまま飲める美味しい水もいろんな場所で流れていた。冷えてて美味しい。




In a reservoir, many water plants have grown on the bottom. I felt like observing a big nature aquarium tank from the top.

ため池には水草がビッシリ生えていて、巨大アクアリウム水槽を上から見ている感じだった。




As I passed over the mountain region, the Wine Land had been appeared. This region is the main wine producing area in South Africa, and the wine from here has been exported for all over the world.

この山岳地帯を降りると、ワインランド。この地域が南アフリカワインの中心的な場所で、ここから世界各国に輸出されているそうな。




Another pass after Ceres
Ceresからの峠道



The vineyards were all over this place. The history of wine making in South Africa is actually long. It's even longer than America and Australia.
The quality of it is also recognized by several prizes.

永遠と葡萄畑が続く。南アフリカのワイン生産は実はアメリカやオーストラリアよりも古い。
品質も賞なんかを取っているくらいなので、良い物が育っているのだろう。




Seemed the vintage of this year has been all done. The most of vineyards looked quiet. I wondered how the vintage was in this year.
I wished I had someone going wine tasting with. Since I don't want to drink wine alone, I just focused on cycling.
Perhaps, I should cerebrate my goal in Cape Town by taking some sparkling South African wine.

もう葡萄の収穫は終わった後で、どこの畑も静まり返っていた。今年の出来栄えはどうなのだろうか。ワインテイスティングもしたいのだけれど、ワインを1人で飲みたくは無いので今は我慢。ケープタウンに着いたら記念にスパークリングワインでも頂こうかな。