WAENHUISKRANS or ARNISTON?
The overused and over quoted words of Juliet (to which I am also falling victim now…) are quite applicable to the town situated one and a half kilometer from this cave. Waenhuiskrans is an Afrikaans name of Dutch origin meaning “Wagon house cliff” so called because the cave is big enough for an ox-wagon with a team of oxen to turn around and thus became known as Waenhuiskrans cave. In 1815 the Arniston, was rounding the Cape in convoy on a journey to repatriate wounded English soldiers from Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka), but the ship veered of course and sank close the cave. Due to this incident people started referring to the town where the Arniston sank and both names are in use till this day. This dualism is found in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The first 3 photos show the cave from the front and inside of the cave. The 4th photo (my favourite), I took in the vicinity of but not inside the cave (so go and search for that view!). The 5th photo shows the scale of the cave and the last photo the descent to access the cave.
The cave is only accessible at low tide thus it is a bit of planning in necessary for this adventure. You enter via a small hole on the side of the cave (front access too dangerous apart from becoming wet. It is amazing to be in the cave and to view the sea which rolls about 30 meters into the cafe. And you have the opportunity to frame nature!
Please feel free to visit my other contributions to the weekly challenge for more interesting and beautiful places .
The cave frames an amazing backdrop! Thanks for sharing a view I would, otherwise, never get the chance to see.
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Thank you for musing the caves. It is music to my ears. I know my puns leave much to be desired but it is early haven’t had coffee yet ☕
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Haha… puns in the morning are the way to start the day!
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Ek besef nou dat ek darem seker as kind die grot besoek het, maar my man, wat nou al 30 jaar in die Overberg bly, was nog nie daar nie! Ek sal hom sowaar moet neem soontoe. Pragtige foto’s.
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Baie dankie Toortsie; ja neem hom dit is ‘n spesiale ervaring
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Toe was ons daar, maar as ek reg onthou, was hy nie saam indie grot in nie. Hoekom sou dit wees, of was hy nie by nie? My onthougoed werk nie meer aldag lekker saam nie. Hoekom sou hy nie saamgegaan het in die grot nie? Verstaan nie nou lekker nie.
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Engtevrees?
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Pagtige fotos Abrie en perfek vir hierdie tema. In die laastetwee fotos waar mense verskyn, besef ‘n mens eers die omvang van hierdie feature (jammer ek het nounet wakker geword en my Taal is nog nie op dreef nie).
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Baie dankie Hester – vir een of ander duistere rede het ek nie ‘n foto binne die grot geneem wat die grootte daarvan behoorlik weergee nie. Buite die grot het ek wel ‘n mooi foto geneem van my dogter wat ek binnekort gaan post saam met iets wat sy geskryf. Volg in jou voetspore 🙂
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Dit sal great wees – ons wag daarvoor
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Pragtig soos gewoonlik!
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Baie dankie Tina
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Amazing photos of an amazing place…Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you very much Lulu. Yes it is certainly an amazing place to be with the added adventure of maybe the tide is going to catch me 😉
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Pragtige foto’s van ‘n pragtige plek. As kind het ons dit gereeld besoek. Ek kry steeds heimwee as ek daaraan dink.
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Dankie inderdaad pragtige plek; wel Laurette jy kan blog daaroor:
ek lees onlangs van Waenhuiskrans wat my herrinner…
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Such a beautiful place! I adore sea, oceans, actually everything which is water , so such a views amazed me so much! I wish I could explore something like this. Till now I saw different caves, but there were no sea view on the background! Beautifully framed!
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Thanks Lidiia. If ever you visit South Africa I will ask my daugter to accompany you and you can discuss her post with her while exploring the cave!
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That would be great =D
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I have been having a series of blond moments. South Africa lies inbetween the Alantic and Indian oceans not the Pacific🙈!!
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Oh, true… Anyway I haven’t been to Pacific Ocean too )
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You will be able to take beautiful pictures and then there is the Pacific ocean to swim in!
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My dream =)
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I have been having a series of blond moments. South Africa lies in between the Atlantic and Indian oceans not the Pacific🙈!!
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Pragtige foto’s, Abrie. Ja dis ‘n lekker ervaring om grot toe te gaan en as ons vriende van ver kry, is dit een vd dinge op die soyskaart. Ek hoop Toorts het al haar man geneem.
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Spyskaart
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