GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Join the Wildlife and Environmental Society of SA (Wessa) Eden team on Saturday 9 September for a 3km hike at Gouritsmond Commonage.
This is an easy walk, partly on board walks, through five different biomes - saltmarsh, coastal strandveld, dune thicket, transitional fynbos and Protea fynbos.
The hiking trail was initiated by the Gouritzmond Conservancy Trust after Dr AnneLise and Jan Vlok researched and identified this unique ecosystem in 1999. Since the establishment of the conservancy area, four hiking trails have been developed.
These traverse the abovementioned biomes that host many species of birds, insects, reptiles and the like.
A least 14 endangered plant species and one red data species and the endangered butterfly (Poecilmitis brooksi teari) have been identified in the area. Participants will receive a hiking trail guide with short descriptions of all the numbered plant species encountered along the trail. Isabel Swart, chairman of the Gouritzmond Conservancy, will be the host for the day.
"Isabel and her team of volunteers are looking forward to our visit, so do yourselves the favour of booking for this fun-filled learning experience and at the same time support this commendable conservancy initiative in Gouritzmond," said Annemarie Gebhardt, one of the organisers.
For more information, visit the website http://southerncapemobi.co.za/index.php/local-info-region/local-info-gouritzmond/item/101-conservationtrust-bewaringstrust.
The cost of the outing is a R50 donation towards the Gouritzmond Conservation Trust.
Bookings are essential. More detailed information and route directions will be sent out after your bookings are placed.
To place your booking, provide the names of all the persons in your party, as well as contact numbers, to Annemarie at e-mail angebhar@telkomsa.net or phone her on 044 870 0086.
Also indicate whether you are willing to offer or require lifts so as to share the cost of fuel and reduce our carbon footprint. If this applies, Annemarie also needs to know your point of departure.
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