by Ralph Pina | Oct 27, 2015 | hiking, Limietberg Nature Reserve
This MCSA hike is led regularly by August Carstens since he participated in a mountain bike event along this route. I can’t get my head around the biking concept because there is no discernible path to speak of in the upper Stettynskloof while thick riverine... by Ralph Pina | Oct 14, 2015 | hiking, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve
As Paul, the hike leader, had warned, the climb of the Cathedral (Second Ridge Peak) and Banghoek Peak would make for a “lang dag”. And so it proved to be. The MCSA party of fourteen covered 16.5 km and climbed a total of 1790 m over 10.5 hours. We... by Ralph Pina | Sep 21, 2015 | Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve
Abseil training led by Teuns Kok for the Mountain Club of SA, Stellenbosch Section by Ralph Pina | Jul 30, 2015 | Botswana, Chobe National Park, Hwange National Park, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Lake Kariba, Makgadikgadi NP, Mana Pools, Namibia, Nxai Pan NP, safari travel, Victoria Falls, Zambezi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
I don’t expect this post to be of much interest to others besides those who were in the party who drove the 8000 or so dusty kilometres. It is however a video record – comprising 5 short, amateur videos – of our overland safari through Botswana,... by Ralph Pina | Jul 26, 2015 | Hwange National Park, Mana Pools, Zambezi, Zimbabwe
July to September is the peak safari season in southern Africa, as I remember it from my days in the safari tourism industry. It is winter, but dry, which is good for viewing wildlife and the days are warm – shorts and t-shirt weather. Malaria risks are also...
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