As mentioned in the previous sign, there is a turning here leading to Dipotamos Gorge. We featured that area in another early blog, on Liesegang Rings in the Akamas, so I won't show much here. You will find the relevent links at the foot of the page.

I am always on the lookout for navigable gorges. I remember when I was first checking out the rings, I thought there might be something interesting to their right. Unfortunately, it was all overgrown. Perhaps they have cleared the area since I last visited? I need to check it out...

I've always loved this view. See the link below on "Erosion" for more of the same.

Here we go again. All these four signs are in a very short distance of each other. Later in the walk they are few and far between, which is a bit of a shame, as I get lost for a while later in the walk (see part 2). Anyway, this is what the sign says:

This area is located at the "meeting point" of the calcareous rocks of the Pachna Formation and the clay rocks of the Kathikas melange, as well as at the beginning of the geological window.

On the left, at the bottom of the valley, there are individual oriental plane trees (Platanus orientalis) and Common reeds (Phragmites australis), which are an indication of water.

A short uphill route follows, where we come across livestock farms of goats and sheep, and reaches further the Moundiko plateau.

Herpetofauna species occurring in the wider area:

Blunt-nosed Viper (Macrovipera lebetina)

Montpelier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus)

Large Whip Snake (Delichophis jugularis)

Coin Snake (Coluber nummifer)

Cat Snake (Teleskopus fallax)

We now need to follow the track to the plateau. There is normally a guard dog or two at this farm, but it is on a lead.