{"id":363,"date":"2019-08-28T11:38:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/blooming-views-along-the-aloe-trail-port-elizabeth\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T11:38:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:38:31","slug":"blooming-views-along-the-aloe-trail-port-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/blooming-views-along-the-aloe-trail-port-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming views along the Aloe Trail, Port Elizabeth."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recently ambled\u00a0along the <a title=\"The Aloe Trail Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nmbt.co.za\/listing\/aloe_trail.html\">Aloe Trail<\/a> with members and friends of the The Zwartkops Conservancy and captured some breathtaking moments. We chose the 7km trail and enjoyed great weather, winter blues and vibrant aloes in bloom. The trail meanders along the top of the ridge above Amsterdamhoek and heads up and along the Swartkops River in the direction of The Flamingo Trail.  The Flamingo Trail last spring:- <a title=\"Dempsey's along the Flamingo Trail\" href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/scenic-flamingo-trail-with-nmbt-september-2013\/\">https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/scenic-flamingo-trail-with-nmbt-september-2013\/<\/a>  Wanting to support The Zwartkops Conservancy? contact Jenny Rump:  Zwartkops Conservancy Environmental Manager:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cell:082 853 0700\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tel: 041 466 1815  Zwartkops Conservancy on Facebook:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zwartkops?fref=ts\"><span style=\"color: #b88e52;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Zwartkops?fref=ts<\/span><\/a>  Zwartkops Conservancy website:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zwartkopsconservancy.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #b88e52;\">http:\/\/www.zwartkopsconservancy.org\/<\/span><\/a>  <figure id=\"attachment_2471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2471\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/blooming-views-along-the-aloe-trail-port-elizabeth\/003c-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2471\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/003c.jpg\" alt=\"winter delight in the eastern cape.\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter delight in the Eastern Cape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_2472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2472\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/blooming-views-along-the-aloe-trail-port-elizabeth\/009-7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2472\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2472\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/009.jpg\" alt=\"looking across to the flamingo trail\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking across to The Flamingo Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_2473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2473\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/blooming-views-along-the-aloe-trail-port-elizabeth\/012-5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2473 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/012.jpg\" alt=\"bluewater bay, amsterdamhoek and swartkops river mouth in the distance\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluewater Bay, Amsterdamhoek and Swartkops River Mouth in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_2474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2474\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/blooming-views-along-the-aloe-trail-port-elizabeth\/attachment\/039\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/039.jpg\" alt=\"winter aloe blooms everywhere\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter aloe blooms everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently ambled\u00a0along the Aloe Trail with members and friends of the The Zwartkops Conservancy and captured some breathtaking moments. We chose the 7km trail and enjoyed great weather, winter blues and vibrant aloes in bloom. The trail meanders along the top of the ridge above Amsterdamhoek and heads up and along the Swartkops River &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,11,8,10,9,12],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","tag-dempseys","tag-nelson-mandela-bay","tag-news","tag-port-elizabeth","tag-sights","tag-tourists","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}