Thanks Joshi, much appreciated.

Ah, thanks for clearing up the ceder/cedar thing! I couldn’t find an explanation anywhere online. Sorry we missed the cedar plantation, I would have liked to see that. Next time 🙂

Thanks again for organizing such a great trip.

Maybe I can give you some clearity on the words “cedar” and “ceder”. In English you get the word “cedar” for the cedar trees and, as you said, the Cederberg Mountains are named after the cedar trees. And then, on the other side, you get “seder” – the Afrikaans for “cedar”. When they decided to name the Cederberg Mountains, they decided to combine the two different languages’ (English and Afrikaans) spelling of “cedar”.

The donkey cart driver was suppose to show you the Cedar Trees on the mountains, just before you reached Heuningvlei. There only a few still left in the Cederberg area. Heuningvlei also plants and grows these cedar trees in a little plantation next to the Heuningvlei Backpackers’ Lodge (The villagers should have showed you it. It is a very successful project, as the trees only survive 1 000m above sea level.). They have an annual treee planting day, were everyone interested can plant a cedar tree. When the trees are big enough, they replant them in the Cederberg Mountains.

Hmm, that’s weird. No idea why…Glad you appreciate my description of Heaven. It seriously was — we loved it there. I definitely could have stayed a couple more days.

Thanks a lot ! enjoy your day!

Thanks very much. It was good scenery to photograph.

Thanks!