The view from Piekenierskloof Pass over the Swartland, en route from Cape Town to Clanwilliam and the West coast. It looks especially attractive in the soft light lent at the rising and setting of the sun. But this is sterile land, where biodiversity is sacrificed at the altar of monoculture, particularly wheat.
Beyond those mountains, to the rich waters of the cold Atlantic, and behind me, in the Cederberg mountain wilderness, are the real places to visit.
For this week’s place to stay, I’m suggesting nothing dry, but rather a cool looking spot on the edge of the Atlantic, Strandloper Ocean Boutique Hotel, in the picture-book coastal village of Paternoster. I visited the village 20 years ago, before my life took the wildly interesting turns that it has. It was remote, quiet, rugged and beautiful then, apparently it’s a bit busier today, trendy with the Cape Town crowd. Maybe I’ll get there before you (!)
http://www.strandloperocean.com/
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