Wash-Basin
Rock
The
cache is hidden in the Cape Point reserve along a cliff top trail
with stunning views and (in season – July to November) the
possibility of seeing southern right whales close by
below. It may
easily be combined with several other great caches in the area
depending on the approach used and it can be done as part of a fine
circular trail.
The wash
basin is an almost perfectly circular hole in the top of a flat
rock near the cache location which is a great spot to chill-out
& spend some time watching the waves crashing over the flat
rock slabs at the entrance of Antoniesgat – a sea cave just
200m away to the north.
As
always, although the cache is not in a tricky place, take
appropriate care around cliff edges especially in windy
conditions!
To reach
the cache:
Park @
the Rooikrans car parking area @
S34
20.467 E18 28.249 and
proceed down the track passing the Rooikrans Whale-Watching
viewpoint on your right. Continue past the location of
the Matroosklip
Whale-Watch Viewpoint cache (GC2YDTY)
and
follow the trail running along the top of the cliffs until you
reach the rocky outcrop location of the cache after approximately
10-15 minutes.
Stand at
the wash basin and face approximately west – the cache (a
small cylindrical camo-container) is hidden at the far side of the
top rock covered with the low green shrub in a niche in the rocks
about 1m off the track - no risky scrambling is
required!
From
here you can either return the way you came or continue on and down
to the Antoniesgat
cache (GC1WXFX) following
the well-cairned path down from the junction with the main
overnight trail @ S34
20.234 E18 28.133.
For a circular trail:
Carry on
from Antoniesgat to Buffel’s Bay north up the coast passing
Paddawan’s excellent
SS Tania
cache (GC2CDNY) en
route. After passing through the picnic area, pick up the overnight
trail on the left of the access road leading up out of
Buffel’s Bay @ S34
19.141 E18 27.329 and head
south along this passing the
Matrooskop
Viewpoint cache (GC1Z0FA)
along
the way. Continue along this trail to the Rooikrans parking area
where you started.