Seru Gracia naar Seru Bosman 20140605 014 smallOn Thursday, June 5, 2014 we wanted to hike from the Seru Gracia to the Seru Bosman via the Seru Batata and a nameless mountain. The distance was only 1.7 kilometers but we expected that we would be unable to come back at the Seru Gracia in time. Luckily we got help from the park rangers. We went with two of our cars and a truck of the rangers to the Seru Bosman where we parked our cars. From there the park ranger brought us with his truck to our starting point, the Seru Gracia. In this way we would have to walk the trip only in one direction. And that appeared to be a good decision because it took us a full 4 hours to reach our cars. A clear indication of the difficulty of this hike.

We descended from the Seru Gracia into the valley between this mountain and the next one, the Seru Batata. A very remarkable thing happened during that descent. We walked in this region once before and suddenly François said that according to him we were very close to where we found the rare Anthurium plant during that previous trip. And indeed he walked us straight to the plant. without the help of a GPS and a waypoint. A remarkable memory. Impressive!

We walked on top and sometimes along a dry-stone wall reasonably easy to the top of the Seru Batata where François found a Kadaster measuring point. There we took a rest. A small group went ahead to the following top while the rest fell behind and got separated from the front runners. But in the end we regrouped at the top of the next (nameless) mountain. From there we agreed to stay together as a group.
The last part to the Seru Bosman did look very difficult with a dense vegetation but luckily after some deliberation we found a route that was reasonably easy. Close to 1 PM we reached our cars.

Along the route from the Seru Gracia we found a lot of blooming plants. In the last two weeks some rain had fallen and that was enough to get a lot of plants blooming.Strangely enough we could still see parts of the Christoffel park that are a lot dryer and thus still looking brownish.

Not an easy hike but the beautiful flowers made it all worthwhile.

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  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_001Our track on the Kadaster map
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_002View from the Seru Gracia; somewhere in the far distance are our cars parked
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_003We start our descent from the Seru Gracia
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_004Beautiful yellow flowers of the Byrsonima crassifolia
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_005View on the side of the Seru Gracia with Sabalpalms
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_006Several kinds of moss form a nice miniature landscape
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_007This field of Anthurium had better times during our previous visit
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_008The border wall
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_009Eddy and Carel walking over the ridge
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_010On top of the Seru Batata we find this Kadaster measuring point
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_011View on the Christoffel mountain with the Piedra Mulina to the right
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_012Another yellow flower
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_013Carel is taking pictures of that yellow flower
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_014Sabalpalm; in the background our target
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_015The yellow flowers of the Brasia
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_016Detail of the Brasia flower
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_017These ground bromeliads have a different color; probably because of the drought
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_018Very special flowers of the Capparis tenuisiliqua
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_019
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_020Flower of the Kedebèshi (Cynophalla linearis)
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_021A Tilandsia attached to a tree
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_022
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_023
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_024Even the Wabi looks nice
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_025Young leaves
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_026
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_027
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_028Flowers of the Bara-tai (Samyda dodecandra) smell like perfume
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_029A brasia
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_030Fred and Eddy on top of the nameless mountain; the last stop before the Seru Bosman
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_031The Seru Gracia where we came from
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_032
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_033This orchid is still not blooming
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_034Someone was here before us and was thirsty
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_035Moss on a tree
  • Seru_Gracia_naar_Seru_Bosman_20140605_036The last break before we go to the Seru Bosman where our cars are parked