by Ralph Pina | May 26, 2021 | hiking, Table Mountain National Park
Another bright idea from Santie. Peter and I had previously, many years ago, ascended Myburgh’s Ravine and I suspect we came down Llandudno Ravine, but there are large sections of the Twelve Apostles that I have not walked. It was an exquisite day. The steel... 
by Ralph Pina | Apr 5, 2021 | hiking, Table Mountain National Park
Camel Rock, Wynberg Caves, Table Mountain National Park This was an interesting hike, at Santie’s suggestion, on the well-trafficked Table Mountain. It is a track less travelled on which we saw no one else although there were hundreds of walkers and joggers on... 
by Ralph Pina | Jan 24, 2021 | conservation, De Hoop Nature Reserve, hiking, trails
As South Africa emerged from the hard lockdown in mid-2020, I became desperate to escape to the outdoors. On the off-chance that the Whale Trail was open, I contacted Cape Nature and easily obtained a booking for the trail in January 2021. The hugely popular trail was... 
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 | Dec 7, 2020 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Steenbras Nature Reserve
Studying satellite photos – on Google and Bing maps – of the mountains above Kogelbaai, I was able to discern a definite zig-zag path to the jeep track on the plateau north of Kogelberg Peak. So armed with a GPS waypoint for where the path leaves the...
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