To the Rooiels source

To the Rooiels source

by | Apr 16, 2022 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

I think we decided on the route for that day at breakfast. The only criterion was that we would walk from my house and not drive anywhere. Santie would be on a mission anyway: to log her 1200th species on iNaturalist. My previous hike up the Rooiels River valley had...
Rooiels River walk

Rooiels River walk

by | Mar 12, 2022 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

This was my first hike from our new home in Rooiels, having moved to this coastal paradise in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve five weeks ago. We quickly came to realise that we have landed in the middle of a contest between the preservationists/conservationists who...
The Kogelberg Trail

The Kogelberg Trail

by | Jun 11, 2021 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

The Kogelberg Trail is a circular, 24 km hiking trail in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve. Last weekend’s walk was fifth time that I have done it, as I remember. All the gradients are gradual, there is no exposure nor scrambles and the trail has few obstacles. It is...
Three Sisters and Perdeberg

Three Sisters and Perdeberg

by | Jul 26, 2020 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Kleinmond I was expecting a stroll with a gradual climb to the Perdeberg lookout, something I have done a couple of times. But I was rapidly disabused of this notion when we veered up onto the Three Sisters ridge and proceeded to scale its...
Picnic at Hangklip

Picnic at Hangklip

by | May 8, 2019 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

The unmistakable Hangklip (hanging rock) peak is in the Hangklip Core Conservation Area, one of many such areas in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. It is a nature gem wedged between the growing and ugly sprawl of Pringle Bay and Betty’s Bay residential areas....