Verlorenvlei View Traditional Geocache

Velorevlei is situated on the west coast of South Africa, about 25km from the small coastal town of Lamberts Bay, in an area where the cold Atlantic Ocean contrasts beautifully with the dry and rocky interior.Verlorenvlei is located in the Western Cape (32º24’S 018º26’E).  With and area of 1 500 ha, it is one of the largest lakes and one of the country’s few coastal freshwater lakes.  The catchment of the lake is about 1 890 km² in extent.  A small estuary connects the lake to the sea and marshlands are present along the main river which enters the lake .  The Verlorenvlei stretches between the West Coast villages of Elandsbaai and Redelinghuys.  The Verlorenvlei wetland has been classified as comprising both fresh oligotrophic lake  and marshland and reedswamp.