Around the Seru Gracia
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The Seru Gracia is with its 296 meters one of the highest mountains in Curaçao. We started our hike on Thursday January 16, 2014 from the top of this mountain. That is possible because there is a road till the top to enable service men to get to the equipment on top of this mountain. There are several large antennes here for communication on the island and between the islands and for the coastal radar. So we parked our cars there and descended on the Northwestern slope of the mountain.
Nameless roi next to Roi Sanchie
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During our previous visit to the area of Zevenbergen in the Christoffelpark we went through the roi to Pos Kayuda and from there we walked back through Roi Sanchie. Between these two roi's there is a nameless roi. That was our target for the hike on Thursday January 9, 2014.
We parked our cars once again at the subtop of the Seru Gracia. From there we descended into the roi. Not an easy task because the slope was quite steep and the underground not very stable. And it had rained so the rocks were slippery.
Pos Kayuda and Roi Sanchie
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On Thursday December 19 we made our last hike of 2013. And because there is still a lot to explore in the area of Zevenbergen (seven mountains) in the Christoffelpark, we planned an extra long trip from a subtop of the Seru Gracia through an unnamed roi (riverbed) to Pos Kayuda and from there through another roi, Roi Sanchie, to another top, where we had parked on of our cars. And it became indeed a long trip because the vegetation was much denser than we had anticipated. It took us 6 hours to walk a distance of 5 kilometers. But it was worth every minute because we walked through an incredibly beautiful nature that made you wonder if you were still in Curaçao.
Seru di Baha Hundu
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On Thursday December 5, 2013 we went again to the Christoffelpark. We are exploring the mountains and valleys in the area of Zevenbergen (Seven mountains) and this time the Seru di Baha Hundu was our target. A mountain that is 206 meters high according to the topographical map from Kadaster '93. We parked our cars again close to the Seru Bientu; from there we went for about 100 meters in the direction of the top of the Seru Bientu; there we left the path and descended in the valley between the Seru di Palomba that we climbed last week and the Seru di Baha Hundu, our target for this week.
Seru di Palomba
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On Thursday November 28, 2013 we went for the third time this month to the Ser'i Bientu. This is an area of the Christoffelpark that is no longer accessible to the public. It is in the former plantation of Zevenbergen (Seven mountains) and as the name says this is an area with many hills and valleys. A beautiful sight if you are on top of one of the many mountains.
The first time we went to the top of the Ser'i Bientu and from there we had seen some trees in the valley that could be of a rare species. That was the main reason that we came back for a second visit. We found some large red Gum trees, not rare but very impressive. When we studied our track afterwards we found out that we had entered the wrong valley. We had been in the valley on the Eastern side of the Ser'i Palomba. So we came back for a third visit. This time we went higher up the slope of the Ser'i Bientu and entered the valley on the Western side of the Ser'i Palomba.
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