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Table Mountain : Hout Bay : Orange Kloof - February 2011
Starting at Constantia Nek, then up Frustration Ravine, along the "Apostles Path" on top, down Disa Kloof and back to Constantia Nek - weather 0 degC (wind chill). Gale force North Westerly wind with driving rain at times (small hail pieces) (exhilarating) Time 4 hours.
On the way to look down over the waterfall
Some brave hikers risk the wet rocks to ascend Disa Gorge and glimpse the waterfall
As far as you can go, the waterfall is just above
A view down the gorge
The view down the valley
A dragon fly waits for the sun to warm it up
Disperis paludosa, an orchid, growing among some grass on damp sandy incline
Satyrium bracteata, an orchid species
Disperis capensis, a tiny orchid, growing among some fynbos on an incline
Close-up of a lichen growing among the fynbos