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Muquinqui

hike | 2023-02-05
270 m altitude, 125 m prominence, - km isolation

The storm had completely stopped by the time we reached the bottom of the mountain. We parked our car on the main road and walked up the almost perfectly formed spiral road to the top. We were able to take in all the surrounding views at least four times; twice on the way up and twice on the way down.

Recently fallen trees from the morning storm
I have three theories about the unusual fire circle: 1. it could be the result of a UFO landing; 2. it could have been caused by lightning from an earlier storm; 3. the farmers in the area could have been burning something.
The genus Malvaviscus penduliflorus consists of flowering plants belonging to the mallow family, Malvaceae. These species are commonly known as Turk’s cap mallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus and mazapan.
Overgrown road goes all the way to the top

Well, the road is passable with a high-clearance car, but there are some large fallen trees along the way. Some from the morning storm. One fell after we left. Anyway, it was nice to walk in the fresh air after the rain.

Typical São Tomé inscription “1916” on trig pillar
Huge, typical Portuguese trig pillar on the summit, with a smaller one nearby (left)
Communication mast (right)
“1955” inscribed on large trig pillar
Rob at the top and on the way down

At the top we found huge Portuguese style trig pillar and communication masts. Not a great view because of the clouds, but on a sunny day the sea and some smaller peaks would make the landscape more interesting.

Exposure of tree roots (left)
Breadfruit tree (right)
The name of the mountain Muquinqui was again carved in stone along the path

It’s almost midday and we still have time for one more summit today. About ten kilometres to the south-east, near the Voice of America radio station, is the last summit of the trip – Sameiro.


Muquinqui 270 m altitude
125 m prominence
Ranges West Africa Mountains - Bight of Benin
Countries/regions São Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé Province
Distance 3.10 km up 3.10 km down
Elevation 121 m gain 121 m loss
Time
0h45 up
0h05 other
0h35 down
1h25 total
Trailhead 149 m altitude 0.3758880, 6.6449440
Route

Leave the car on the main road and walk along the overgrown forest road to the top. Return the same way.

Difficulties

A tree fell on the road after we walked

Links GPX trail
  • West Africa 2023
  • « Pico Boa Entrada
  • Sameiro »

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TRIPS

2023
West Africa 2023 II
Iberian Peninsula 2023
West Africa 2023
Central America 2023
2022
Andes 2022
Northwest Europe 2022
Malay Archipelago III 2022
Malay Archipelago II 2022
Anatolia Mountains 2022
Iberian Peninsula 2022
Atlas Mountains 2022

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839 km walked, 65 247 m climbed

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