Full Circle Digital Magazine March | April 2014 | Page 6

HIKING • SAFFRON CAVE

View from Hout Bay Corner.

The wide, sandy mouth slopes upwards into an
extremely well-protected sort of alcove with plenty of
nooks and crannies for shelves and storage. Someone
(long ago, no doubt) had arranged some rocks for
a cooking fire, and there was also a rather odd but
modern(ish) blanket in the dust, too. We thought of
bringing it down, but also thought it may have been
there for a reason, so left it.
There are two, well-used, bird’s-nests in the ceiling,
probably of red-winged starlings but a twitcher would
be more able to identify the species by the nests.
Facing out of the cave, the left ‘lip’ is covered in thick
moss and obscured by a delightful little copse of saffron
trees, their bright orange bark contrasting beautifully
with the bright green moss.
We thought that, in lieu of us not being able to find the
cave’s