During our previous visit to Hofi Mango we started the trail to the top of the Seru Warawara but decided after a short while to save this trip for another time. That time came on Thursday January 29, 2015. Once again we had permission from Alex and Lia Ooms to park our cars inside the hofi. The group was small this time, Eddy, Carel, François and I and one guest, Chris Winkel.
Alex showed us the way to the first top of the Seru Warawara; for us 'a walk in the park' because there was a path to this top. So we didn't have to crawl under or cut our way through the vegetation.
Soon we crossed a first dry-stone wall; The Werbata map showed a green line at this location which most of the time indicates a fence or other boundary between areas, but sometimes also a dry-stone wall.
At the first top (71.8 meters high) we took a first break. I started looking for a Kadaster measuring point in the vegetation. And indeed there was a Kadaster measuring point at this top, but I could only find remnants, broken off pieces. Nowhere I could find the place where the measuring point was originally placed; no traces of the foundation.
After the break, Alex left us and we continued in the direction of the second top. Again we crossed several dry-stone walls before we reached the top. At this top we took a second break. Carel brought a coconut with him which he opened and cleaned for us. It was a bit much coconut for the five of us. Chewing coconut is a tiresome experience.
At this top, which is a little bit higher than the previous one, I couldn't find a Kadaster measuring point.
We continued our hike through a roi. After a while we reached an open area; we decided to cross that and go more or less directly to the road. Close to the road we found a large and deep well with close to it a large engine, apparently used to pump up the water.
After reaching the road we went to the snack on the other side of the road and took a drink there. Then we walked via the asphalt road back to the gate of Hofi Mango.
The track starting at the resored sugar mill over the Seru Warawara
View from a subtop towards the Christoffel mountain
There is a lot to explain
The first dry-stone wall; on the Werbata map a green wall
Another view on the Christoffel mountain
Nice flowers along our trail
Flowers of the Watapana shimaron
Yerba di pataka
Indigo on the first top of the Seru Warawara
Remnants of a Kadaster measuring point
Yerba di glas
Lòki-lòki showing signs of drought
Another dry-stone wall
This Iguana was lying completely still even when I approached him closely
Orkidia (Lady of the night) - orchid
Fungi on the trunk of a tree
Layered rocks
Flower of the Orkidia (Lady of the night)
Carel is preparing a coconut for us
At the second top of the Seru Warawara
This is where the name of the Karpata is coming from
Strange object in the dam
Large and deep well
with a pump engine
There is water at the bottom of the well
Chris is studying the pump engine
Apparently from 1955
