Weired Traditional Cache
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The Palmiet River rises in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve and enters the sea near Kleinmond. The cache is situated not far from the estuary of the the river.
Kogelberg Nature Reserve is on the coastal road from Gordon's Bay, past Rooi Els, just 3 km from Kleinmond.
The reserve presents perhaps the finest example of mountain fynbos in the Western Cape. It has some 1600 plant species, of which 150 are endemic. It also has three patches of relic indigenous forest similar to the celebrated Knysna forests. But source of the greatest pride to Cape Nature Conservation is UNESCO's recognition of Kogelberg as a biosphere reserve. Broadly speaking, this is an acknowledgement that people can live in harmony with nature, especially communities living in proximity to reserves or protected areas.
The Kogelberg does not have many large animals. There are a few leopards; the Cape clawless otter may be seen in or near water; smaller antelope include klipspringer and grysbok; and baboons, dassies and hares are fairly common. Peregrine falcons, black eagles and fish eagles hunt and nest in and around the reserve. An endemic freshwater crab and the endangered micro-frog are found in the area. A herd of wild horses that was abandoned by a British garrison after World War II roam the flats of the Bot River estuary at Rooisand.
You can drive quite close to the cache and park just off the road. Take your bathing costume for a swim and discover the name of the cache! The cache contains the normal goodies as well as:
A log book
A pen
A geocache Read Me document
A soldier to guard the cache
Enjoy the hunt!
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Uvqqra va n pnivgl haqre n ynetr ebpx jvgu fgbarf pybfvat bss gur ragenapr.
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