Kliprug Loop Trail Run

Our trail grading: ORANGE 1A

Distance: 16.6km

Extremeness: Cold thin air and some altitude gain

Location: Kliprug, Calvinia, South Africa

Joggers: Only me

Today I had the privilege to jog on Kliprug, a farm owned by my father in law. The winter rains just started to fall and the field was beautiful. I drove from the Keiskie house to the gate of Kliprug and commenced my jog here. The thin air made it a bit tougher, but the beauty of the place, the clean air and the dead silence made it worth the suffering. I think the pictures tell the full story...

Looking back from Kliprug's gate

This lamb did not survive the extreme jog

This very red road made me think about Oudtshoorn

Looking back towards Keiskie

This small dam shows how wet it really was

The start of the downhill

The beautiful mountains of the Hantam

More downhill

Kliprug's abandoned farm stalls

This cliff is called "the waterfall" (for obvious reasons) 

My grandfather & father in law actually stayed here until 1947