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En toe ons 21 km op ‘n lekker klam grondpad later die park binne is, het ons net op meer en meer blomme afgekom, van alle soorte en kleure \u2013 oranjes, geles, wittes, pienkes, perses … <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soos uit di\u00e9 beskrywing afgelei kan word, was my botaniese kennis in di\u00e9 stadium redelik beperk. Maar daar was nie grense aan my genot nie. Dit was die oorspronklike mooi \u2013 eg en onopgesmuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En vreedsaam, want die horde besoekers wat jaarliks hierheen stroom, het nog nie besef die blomme was vanjaar vroeg nie. Die hele grote park het in elk geval net vier vakansiehuisies te huur. Hier is weliswaar ook 11 verskillende kampterreine, maar dis aan die Weskus, meer as 100 km ver van die Skilpad-ruskamp waar ons uitgespan het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dak van Namakwaland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Die uitsig van die Dak van Namakwaland is asemrowend. Van die platorand byna 800\u00a0m bo seespie\u00ebl af val die aarde in golwe heuwels weg na die oseaan, wat ‘n dun blou strepie doer ver op die horison is. Gelukkig het ons verkykers ingepak!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die Namakwa- Nasionale Park <\/a>is een van Suid-Afrika se jongste bewaringsgebiede. Dit is eers in 2002 amptelik geproklameer, en so onlangs as verlede jaar nog het die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Parke (SANParke) ‘n aangrensende plaas aangekoop om die Namakwapark verder uit te brei tot die sowat 1400\u00a0km2<\/sup> wat dit tans beslaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Di\u00e9 sekelvormige natuurreservaat l\u00ea deels in die Karoo se vetplant-streek, wat gekenmerk word deur die grootse verskeidenheid van di\u00e9 geharde plante op aarde. Sowat 1 000 plantspesies kom slegs hier voor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vanjaar se goeie re\u00ebnval het die w\u00eareld hier groen gemaak, en die Hardeveld vroe\u00ebr as gewoonlik sag met blomme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die park is in ‘n uitstekende toestand danksy die harde werk van beamptes soos Daile Beukes en Bianca Kriel. Almal is hulpvaardig en deel hul kennis mildelik met ons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Omgewingsbeamte Reginald Christaan leer ons van geelsneeu en wit s\u00f4e, bittergousblom en soetgousblom, pietsnot en snolknol, slymstok en sandolyf, gansogies, bobbejaangesiggies en kattekrui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tradisionele name vir plante was nog altyd vir my mooi, maar hier maak ek eerstehands kennis met koekemakranka se krullote en kruidjie-roer-my-nie se stink blare \u2013 tot my spyt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fluitjiesbos is volop hier. Dit staan ook as waterpens bekend, want as skape aan di\u00e9 grysgroen indringer van Australi\u00eb met geel blommetjies vreet, swel hulle glo op. Toe ek dit hoor, het ek stilletjies gehoop dit gebeur nie met springbokke ook nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hier is heelwat kokerbome, wat alombekend is, maar kokerdoosblom (of uilblaar) was vir my ‘n nuwe ontdekking. So ook sambreeltjies, ‘n gepaste naam vir hierdie soort felicia (of astertjie) met kroonblare wat ondertoe hang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Een van ons ander gunstelinge was die dubbele gousblom, waarvan die hange by Kookfontein oranje gevlam het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDit lyk of hulle onderrokkies in die wind wapper,\u201d het my vrou ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nog ‘n treffer was bokhoring, struike met donkerpienk blomme wat di\u00e9 naam weens hul dun, skerp saadpeule dra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn ‘n ander deel van Namakwaland noem die mense dit koek-en-tee, want die sap is soet as hulle vars is,\u201d vertel Reginald ons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reginald is ‘n para-ekoloog wat ondanks sy gebrek aan formele opleiding al artikels in wetenskaplike joernale publiseer het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie veld is my universiteit. Jy kan in die klas sit of boeke lees, maar jy verstaan nog altyd nie. In die veld sien jy goed met jou eie o\u00eb.\u201d <\/p>Reginald Christiaan<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Reginald kom van Soebatsfontein, ‘n klein dorpie net buite die park op pad na Koingnaas. Daar het hy in 2004 vir dr. Ute Schmiedel van die Universiteit van Hamburg ontmoet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHulle het van Duitsland af gekom om na Suid-Afrika se biodiversiteit te kyk. Ek het gevra ek wil sien wat hul doen, en dis hoe ek by hulle en hulle by my begin leer het.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later het hy ‘n internskap by die Landbounavorsingsraad en Ditsong-museums in Pretoria gedoen. Sy studieleier was prof. Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, die bekende \u201cspinnekopvrou\u201d, en sedertdien bestudeer hy graag di\u00e9 goggas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk is mal oor wetenskap, veral veldwerk. Jy leer elke dag iets nuuts,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Terug op kantoor stel Reginald ons aan Deslin van Schalkwyk voor, wat ook van Soebatsfontein af kom. Sy doen diens by ontvangs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ons begin !horo \u2013 Nama vir gesels, s\u00ea Deslin \u2013 maar toe die foon lui, antwoord sy blitsvinnig. Die persoon aan die anderkant s\u00ea iets wat haar laat glimlag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJa,\u201d s\u00ea sy, \u201cek is mos gewoonlik op my toonnaels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n N\u00e1 die gesprek verduidelik sy di\u00e9 uitdrukking: \u201cHy was be\u00efndruk dat ek die foon net eenkeer laat lui het, toe s\u00ea ek maar ek is oppit\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nes Reginald, ken Deslin die park goed. Ek vra haar uit oor die netjiese klein kerkhof waar die korhaan-staproete begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDis die mense wat laaste hier op die plaas Skilpad geboer het se voorsate wat daar begrawe l\u00ea,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ons vind uit daar is nog ou grafte in die park \u2013 by Koeroebees, ‘n samestelling van twee Nama-woorde, \u201ckoeroe\u201d vir grawe en \u201cbees\u201d vir water. Daar is standhoudende water by di\u00e9 plekkie danksy twee fonteine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ons sien dis net 10 km van ons blyplek af, en besluit om sommer met ons bergfietse daarheen te ry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wat ‘n ervaring! Dis al die pad afdraande \u2013 so steil dat die eerste deel van die grondpad met sement vervang is anders sukkel selfs viertrekvoertuie om van onder af weer bo uit te kom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ons het af gevlieg op ons fietse, maar harde bene gekou terug.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ons sien ‘n rooikat by ‘n stroompie waar ons ‘n rukkie asem skep. Die dier spring die bosse in, maar oor die volgende bult kom die kat weer \u2013 vermoedelik uit nuuskierigheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ons sien ook jakkalse, gemsbokke, springbokke, steenbokkies, rooihartebeeste, dassies, muishonde en ‘n toktokkie \u2013 en elders in die park ‘n meerkat wat kiertsregop staan, ‘n groot haas wat met wippende ore stadig weghop, en ‘n broeipaar dikkoppe wat verstar toe hulle ons sien.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘n Akkedissie het smiddae kom hitte soek as ons ‘n vleisbraaivuur aansteek, en n\u00e1 ete het ons dan saam in die wintersonnetjie gebak.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ons huisie was lekker warm, maar ons het twee nagte die koue buite trotseer \u2013 om ‘n volmaan spierwit in die lug te sien hang, en ‘n paar dae later om miljarde sterre helderder as ooit te sien blink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Onder by Koeroebees kom ons op murasies af. Dis huise van klip, klei en hout wat met die jare verweer het. Op ‘n inligtingsbord word genoem ses gesinne het in ‘n stadium hier gewoon. Die grond is in 1844 aan ene JHS Aggenbach toegeken. Die laaste gesin het in 1963 weggetrek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ‘n Kort staproete lei na n\u00f3g grafte. Hulle is ook omhein, maar anders as bo by Skilpad is hier nie grafstene met name en datums op nie. ‘n Plakket noem net dat plaaswerkers hier begrawe is. In die dood is di\u00e9 mense van Namakwaland anoniem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nog iets val ons op \u2013 plek-plek is daar vreemde sirkels in die veld. In die parkgids lees ons d\u00edt word \u201cheuweltjies\u201d of \u201ckraaltjies\u201d genoem \u2013 die oorblyfsels van antieke termietneste wat tot 30 000 jaar oud is. 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