by Ralph Pina | Jun 2, 2024 | cycling, safari travel, Swartberg Nature Reserve
Completed by Thomas Bain and his team of convicts in 1888, the Swartberg Pass is now 136 years old, a national monument and a testament to Bain’s road-building skills. It winds through 23.8 km and the bulk of it traverses the Swartberg Nature Reserve, linking... 
by Ralph Pina | May 28, 2024 | hiking, Table Mountain National Park, trails
Once I wrote, a bit arrogantly, that life was too short to repeat a hiking trail. I have since broken this “rule” many times and this trail, the Cape of Good Hope Trail, is increasingly responsible for these “transgressions”. The trail is like... 
by Ralph Pina | Apr 5, 2024 | hiking, Kleinmond Nature Reserve
The Kleinmond-Palmiet area features many scenic trails which are not managed by CapeNature, but by the Overstrand Municipality and volunteer organisations. Many of them originate from the vicinity of the Fairy Glen picnic site near the Palmiet River bridge. This... 
by Ralph Pina | Apr 1, 2024 | hiking, Table Mountain National Park
“Do you want to join me to recce an alternative route from Smitswinkel to Simon’s Town?”, Santie asked. Love to, I said. The recent fire above the town had burnt the Swartkop ridge to a crisp and the route along the ridge from Smitswinkel to... 
by Ralph Pina | Jan 9, 2024 | kayaking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Rooisand Nature Reserve
Rooisand Nature Reserve A herd of wild horses has roamed the Bot – Kleinmond estuary and wetland for perhaps a century or more. The free roaming herd is actually feral and comprises about twenty-eight individuals. Many websites repeat the three theories about...
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