door Fred Triep

This map is an adaptation of the Worldmap of Garmin and  gives an overview of the location of Cabo Verde compared to mainland Africa The area of the purple frame indicate the Island Santiago

The island of Santiago with the gebied van de wandelroarea of the trail

Click on the map helemaal links, links, rechts,far left, left and right for seeing the detailed mapssls je grote gedetailleerde kaarten   The map on the right side is a uitvergroting van het kader enlargement of the frame in de kaart van Santiago links in the map of Santiago

Map of the hiking route, gemaakt mbv kaart made by using Google maps en gegevens van mijn and details of my Garmin Oregon 3 GPS ontvanger Garmin Oregon 300 GPS

Shortly you can also click for the Portugese version

Naar de Nederlandse versie (to the Dutch Version) para o  versão portugués (to the Portugese version)

General description of the hiking trip

The island of Santiago, one of the 12 inhabited islands of Cabo Verde), offers a number of opportunities for hiking. Dit is de mooiste wandeling, die ik op dit eiland gelopen heb. This hike is the finest hike I have made on this island. Deze wandeling is onder normale droge omstandigheden niet moeilijk, maar kan bij regen of wel moeilijk zijn. This hike is not difficult under normal dry conditions, but can be difficult in wet situation. Maar de regen valt slecht in beperkte mate in de periode juli tot en met september. But the rain is limited to the period of July to September. De wandeling gaat door het Parque Natural Serra Malagueta. De start van de wandeling is op 750 meter in het gehucht Serre, dat aan de doorgaande weg van zuidoost Santiago naar noordwest Santiago ligt. The hike goes through the Parque Natural Serra Malagueta. The start of the hike is on a height of 750 m in the hamlet of Serre, that is on the road from southeast to northwest Santiago.

The hike is up to the first village marked with a marking of a green and a white stripe. De paden, die verkeerd zijn, worden aangegeven met een groen/wit kruis (vergelijkbaar met het kruis bij LAW paden in Nederland, België, Frankrijk en Spanje). The paths that are wrong, are indicated with a green / white cross (similar to the cross used on long distance paths in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Spain).

This picture can not be enlarged Right: At division of paths is sometimes (but not always) the right path indicated by a marking of a green stripe with a white stripe above it Photo: Fred Triep

Detailed description of the hiking trip

I made this hiking trip with Marianne R. gemaakt op 31 december 2009, tijdens een tweeweekse reis naar de Kaapverdische eilanden (Cabo Verde). on December 31, 2009, during our holidays of two weeks on Cabo Verde.

We sleep in the city Praia on the southern end of the island. We zijn deze dag met een busje vanuit naar Assomada gegaan, dat midden op het eiland ligt. This day we went with a bus to Assomada  in the middle of the island. Daar stapten we over op het busje rihting Tarrafal. There we boarded for a bus in the direction of the city Tarrafal in the north of the island. Ongeveer halverwege die reis, stappen we rond 11.00 uur in het bergplaatsje Serre uit, op 750 meter hoogte. About halfway that journey, we leave the bus (around 11.00 o’clock) in the mountain village of Serre, at 750 meters altitude. Daar blijkt een straffe passaatwind te waaien, waardoor het even koud is. On this height there appears to be a pain trade winds to blow, making it equally cold. Aan de rechterkant van de weg vinden we al snel een informatiebord over het voetpad, dat door het dal gaat. On the right side of the road we soon find an information board on the footpath that goes through the valley.

The large photo is 136 Kb Right: Information board at the start of the hike at Serre Photo: Fred Triep

Left of the billboard is a small mountain path that descend into the valley. Op dat pad zien we ook Kaapverdianen lopen, met bagage op hun hoofd. On that path we see Cape Verdeans walk with luggage on their heads.

We take this path. We kiezen steeds bij splitsingen het breedste pad of het pad, waarvan we kunnen zien, dat het nog veel verder loopt. Maar regelmatig worden we ook geholpen door de aanwezigheid van markeringen. On divisions we choose to always take the widest path or the path of which we can see that it goes much further. But we are also regularly helped by the presence of markings. We twijfelen soms bij huizen, die we passeren, maar de mensen zijn vriendelijk: ze wijzen ons het goede pad. We sometimes hesitate near houses we pass, but the people are friendly: they show us the right path.

On our way to the first town I make a large number of photos, I represent some of them below.

- The description below will soon be supplemented with photos

After about two hours we reach the first village, that  has been called Principal (170 m). Daar komen we ook het eerste cafeetje tegen, waar we even wat drinken.In this village we surpass the first bar on our hiking trip, so we get a drink.

From the village we travel behind a dirt road, which takes us to the coast. Over this gravel road regularly drives buses, which bring people from the village to the coast and the seaside to the village market. Onderweg zien we twee kinderen met jerrycans, die wachten op vervoer. We see two children with jerry cans, waiting for transport.

The large pictures are respectively 186 and 88 Kb Left: Children with jerry cans full of water, waiting for transport Rechts: Meisje, dat bij de jerrycans wacht op vervoer Right: Girl, waiting at the jerry cans for transport Photos: Fred Triep

The unpaved road is in the beginning a river, most of the year dry. This road is the lowest point of the valley. After some time we come back to a village. Behind this village is the road a separate paved road to the right of the river.. We follow this road and arrive at the coast road. There we have to wait fifteen minutes until a bus comes along, that bring us back to the south along the coast

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GPS data from this route

Map on the left: map of the available track and waypoints During this hike I used my Garmin Oregon 300 GPS to store tracks and waypoints Dit materiaal is beschikbaar als mps file (Mapsource formaat van Garmin) en als gdb file (garmin GPS database formaat).This material is available as mps file (in Garmin Mapsource format) and as a gdb file (Garmin GPS database format).   Note: The background image of the map on the left is the Mapsource Worldmap and this map is really coarse. We hebben dus niet in de zee gelopen, zoals dit kaartje suggereert. So, we have not hiked into the sea, as this map suggests.

Maps

There are no detailed maps to get from the Cabo Verde islands. Er is een overzichtkaart van Freytag & Berndt, waarop alle eilanden staan: There is a general map of Freytag & Berndt, on which all islands are represented.

Hyperlinks on hiking on the island Santiago and other islands of Cabo Verde

On the under mentioned pages you will find more information on this hike or hike or on the island of Santiago:

• Ribeira principal

• Google books about this hike

This new page was created on Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

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email : Fred Triep