Day 5 - Namaqualand Flower Tour

The Rolling Countryside of Flowers

This is another 0700 breakfast. What I would do for a bit of a lie in. The meals at Tharrakamma B & B are scrumtious.

The sun is out and the jackets discarded for the day. Good stuff.

On the way to Garies and through the Kners Flaktes.

The Kners Vlaktes is named such because of the layer of stones that cover this area and as you walk you hear a "crunching" sound. This layer also acts like a ground

Kamiesberg Pass

cover for the soil to retain the moisture for the succulents to flourish.

Entered Namaqualand at 1045. This is where we should see the vast fields of daisies. The sun is out and it all looks good for viewing the flowers.

There are rolling fields of Namaqualand Daisies, Vygies and Gazinias whichever way you look.  When you do the flower tour you must take it as you get it. You may see an abundance of flowers or nothing at all. We were told that two weeks ago it snowed and there was nothing to be seen. We were very fortunate.

The Farm Jakkalswater

We overnight on the farm Jakkalswater in Nabebeep. Supper was grilled  lamb chops, chicken and "skilpadjies" (kidneys and liver wrapped in a lard net) Potato salad with rooster koekies (bread dough shaped like rolls that is basted grilled) I did everything except the Skilpadjies

The farm is powered by solar panels, gas and generator so there was no using the hair dryer. Pony tails for us for the mean time.

We all had to make a head gear of some kind to be admitted into supper and as usual we were way behind time as we were sitting chatting - so it was a last minute affair.
It can be confirmed with absolute surety that we will not win the prize for originality.

We are not good at this kind of thing.