by Santie Gouws | Dec 31, 2020 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking, wilderness trail
A wilderness hike in the Cederberg in December is not everybody’s cup of tea, so when the weather report predicted the mercury rising to a scorching 40°C on day 3 of the proposed trip, I was quite surprised when there were no last minute cancellations, even from the... 
by Ralph Pina | Dec 24, 2020 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking, wilderness trail
… go out in the midday sun (in the Cederberg in summer) Or so the song goes. Except that the hiking group comprised a Belgian, a German, a half-Dutchman, a half-Greek-Cypriot and a boeremeisie – the instigator. All keen hikers and outdoorspeople. Almost... 
by Ralph Pina | Sep 3, 2019 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, scenic walks
Red Cederberg The name “Zoo Ridge” has always struck me as a bit of marketing hyperbole. It is a name given to an area between the Swartruggens and Skurweberg mountains in the south-eastern Cederberg. But when you get to wander through its mazes and arches and wonder... 
by Ralph Pina | Dec 19, 2017 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking
December in the Cederberg is hot. So although Peter and I had all the best intentions of hiking into the wilderness from our camping bases at Sanddrif and Algeria, reality was decidedly less energy-intensive. We took a 9 km round-trip walk to the Maltese Cross and... 
by Ralph Pina | Jun 5, 2017 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, cycling
152 km in 3 days Our cycling tour, organised by Magriet, colleague and fellow, serial Baviaanskloofer, followed a very similar format to the previous cycling tour two years ago and was also timed for the same late-autumn weekend in May. There were four stark... by Ralph Pina | Oct 8, 2016 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking
Cederberg Wilderness Area It took me 32 years since my first hiking experience in the Cederberg to summit Sneeuberg – in my 60th year and on the occasion of the Mountain Club of SA’s 125th anniversary camp. Paul Verhoeven organised and led the hike and...
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