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This time a hike starting at the Visitors center in Parke Arikok.
The hike had a length of 7.6km, which is very acceptable for me, but it appeared to be a extremely difficult hike. Not because the hike went to 130m height twice with in between these to peaks a descent to sea level, but because the second dry river bed consisted of large boulders. En there was water in the normally dry river bed.
Yesterday I had a new very informative experience during the walk to Conchi (Natural Pool) and Daimiri (Bay).
I often walk in the afternoon, because I have little trouble with sun and heat and the time in the afternoon often suits me better. Yesterday I started my hike at a quarter to three. The planned route was 7.5km long with a maximum height of 98m. A route along sand dunes, the Natural Pool and two bays, Boca Keto and Daimari. This route has less impressive rock formations. It turned out that there were many slopes in the route, which made it more tiring than I expected.
This time a route that starts at the Balashi Gold mill ruins and then runs through French Pass and back via the Small Jamanota. A beautiful route, but unfortunately the start and end are on asphalt roads and/or wide dirt roads. That takes more than 1/3 of the total distance. The remaining 2/3 part is very nice. Quite tough, because you gradually climb over a large distance to almost the top of the Small Jamanota. The highest point of the route is 90m.
I downloaded a number of walking routes from Wikiloc and, as most of those routes pass through Arikok National Park, I also bought an annual access pass for the park.
On Google Earth I had seen that there was a path from the Seru Alejandro to the route of Rooi Lamunchi. That meant that I could reach that route from the place where I stayed without needing the car. But it meant an extension of the route by another 5 km.
On Friday, October 29, 2010, the day Frances and I arrived for a one-week vacation in Aruba, we drove from the airport to Seroe Colorado. According to the Werbata map there is a Werbata triangulation point (nr 20) near the lighthouse. Light tower and Werbata triangulation point are marked on the map. The lighthouse is easily recognisable. The problem is that my map in the GPS is not yet calibrated with exact coordinates, so the GPS is not very reliable yet.
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