Day hike to Robberg

Robberg - sandbar leading to the "island" - a hammer shaped outcropping at the end of our hike.  The ocean is WILD here!

Local fauna on local flora

Josh and Kai getting ready for our hike.  Josh had been ill the whole day/night before, but was raring to go by hike-time.

More local flora - these little flowers were abundant on our hike.

View down to one of the beaches we've frequented while here - what we were looking down at for the beginning of our hike.

Oumi Marie braving the trail with a big smile!

More views - at a spot on the hike called "The Gap" - a view to our picnic destination.

More stunning flora.

Seal colony just below where we were hiking - and the namesake for the whole area - "Rob" means seal in Afrikaans and "berg" means mountain.  So, Robberg means "seal mountain."  We were hoping that the abundance of seals might also mean a Great White sighting, but no luck!

Ben and Kai contemplate the dune below them - slide or run?  Slide or run?

Ronato created a traffic jam taking this shot.  Robberg is apparently usually totally void of people, but on the Sunday after Christmas, it was absolutely crawling with people.

The descent - super fun to just run right down.

Or slide . . . though this half-drum wasn't so fast.

Picnic break on "the hammer" with the whole crew - Elbie, Perino (Ronato's brother), us 4, Josh, Ben, Rina (Ronato's cousin), Louie (Rina's husband), and Marie (Ronato's mom).  The sand was almost like powder.

Fragile sand plants.

These lovely flowers were only in the most craggy spots on our hike.  Lovely.

What we would call a lizard, but what they call a "ghecko" here.  They were abundant on the little island and would run alongside one as we walked on the trail - almost as if they were expecting to be fed!

Elbie and Pippin contemplating the swell, which was significant.  It didn't keep Pippin out of the water though!  She is an absolute fish.

Pack-horse Skye (I somehow ended up with the kid's bits of clothes, wet kikois, empty water bottles, etc. etc.) and Kai having a quiet moment on the return hike.

Josh and Grannie Marie also having a nice moment together.  It was a lovely day for us all to be together!