Rooi Noord van Seru Pretu 20150226 037 smallIn the context of investigating as much of the lesser known parts of the Christoffelpark we went again to the area of Zorgvlied; this time our target was a roi to the North of the Seru Pretu. And because we didn't plan to come back at our starting point, we parked Fred's car, a pick-up truck, at the viewpoint Boka Tabla and went from there to the viewpoint closest to our starting point, viewpoint Knip, with two other cars. We had one guest this day, Martijn, son in law of Karel Aster. The others were François, Fred, Carel de Haseth, Karel Aster, Eddy, Hetty and I. From viewpoint Knip we walked via the asphalt road to a location close to the roi; there we went into the vegetation to go to the starting point of this roi on the side of the Seru Pretu.

Luckily this time the vegetation was not too prickly and there was also not too much Palu di lechi. The roi was beautiful with colorful moss on the rocks on the side of the roi and nice plants on the sides. In the roi we found bones of several different species of animals, a cat, a donkey and a nice skull of a stag with two antlers. We also found several artifacts that indicate that there has been a form of agriculture in this area, two hoes and a pickaxe. At one part the side of the roi was a steep slope that led to the top of a nameless hill. A few of the sleuths decided to climb this hill, the others climbed only part of the slope and went back into the roi itself.

There is also a steep drop in the roi; the roi drops for several meters almost vertically; this will give a very nice waterfall when enough water is flowing through this roi.

We continued through the main roi till we found a side branch that allowed us to go in the direction of viewpoint Boka Tabla. We followed that roi and then climbed the hill till we reached the asphalt road. From there it was a short walk back to Fred's car. Fred brought everyone to the other viewpoint where the other cars were parked. From there we went back to the parking lot of the Christoffel park. That concluded our hike. It was an interesting one, nice nature and we found proof of agriculture in this area.

  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_001Our track (blue) from the viewpoint Knip to the viewpoint Boca Tabla through the roi
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_002Same track on the Kadaster map from 1993
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_004Walking on one of the sides of the roi
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_005Nice colored moss on the rocks
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_006The skull of a stag
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_009Tillandsia in the sun
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_012Strange but nice looking trunk of a tree
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_017The tiny nest of the tiny hummingbird
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_019A large fungus on a tree
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_020an old hoe; there was some agriculture in this area
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_021Time for an apple on the side of the roi
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_025Field of the common aloe
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_026A piece of a rooftile
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_027An old wine bottle
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_030Bottom of another old wine bottel
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_031Field of Bromelia's
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_034A steep slope on the side of the roi
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_037And a nice view into the valley
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_038Time for another short break
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_039Orange moss on the bark of a branch
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_040Some of the group went to the top of the hill
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_041Another view of the valley
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_045An old pickaxe, more proof of agriculture in this area
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_046And another hoe
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_047Nice field of Bromelia's
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_051A steep drop in the roi; Fred starts the descend
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_052The others follow him
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_053François descends as the last one
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_055View on the drop; this will make a nice waterfall
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_057Bottom of a case bottle
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_060Nice rock formation at the bottom of the steep drop in the roi
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_061Part of a gin jar
  • Rooi_Noord_van_Seru_Pretu_20150226_063A sea shell is probably brought here by a hermit crab