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 | Nov 28, 2017 | cycling, hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, scenic walks
From Kogelberg to Harold Porter Botanical Garden and back I fail to understand why I hadn’t thought of it before. The Leopard’s Gorge hike is a perennial favourite: short and scenically spectacular, fynbos and forest. But the logistics of leaving transport... 
by Ralph Pina | Oct 5, 2017 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido NP, scenic walks, Spain
Walks in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, Pyrenees After the Canal du Midi we rented a car at Carcassonne and drove through the Pyrenees to Torla in Spain, a mediaeval town high up in the mountains near the mouth of the Valle de Ordesa. Peter had argued for the... by Ralph Pina | Nov 28, 2016 | Canada, Jasper National Park, scenic walks, trails
Jasper National Park I extended a recent business trip to North America to visit my daughter, Heather, in Edmonton. She and her husband, Dirk, treated me to a fantastic long weekend in the Canadian Rockies, in Jasper National Park. Winter had officially set in and... by Ralph Pina | Jul 30, 2016 | hiking, scenic walks, Table Mountain National Park
Silvermine, Table Mountain National Park It has been many years since I walked the Silvermine plateau and the spectacular ridges and peaks above Noordhoek. On the spur of the moment I decided to exploit Marion’s new-found interest in the outdoors to revisit... by Ralph Pina | Jul 17, 2013 | scenic walks, Table Mountain National Park, trails
The route up the jeep track that skirts Orange Kloof and the path up Disa Gorge is probably the easiest route up to the “back table” on Table Mountain, where the reservoirs are located. It passes through a restricted area and you will need a permit from...
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