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Straddling the Olifants: wilderness walking trails

by Ralph Pina | Jul 26, 2011 | conservation, Kruger National Park, Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, safari travel, trails, walking safaris, wilderness trail

(another Kruger safari) Olifants Wilderness Trail, Kruger National Park The African bush has been calling for a while, so we packed up and headed 2000 km north-east for Kruger and our favourite means of really experiencing the bush: wilderness walking trails. Our...

La Motte to Franschhoek Pass traverse

by Ralph Pina | May 23, 2011 | hiking, Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve

In typical MCSA Stellenbosch style: a couple of koppies (little hills) on this uitstappie (outing). The numbers tell the story: 12.25 km maximum slope: 58.2% minimum elevation:  240 m; maximum elevation: 1405 m elevation gain: 1472 m; elevation loss: 1008 m moving...

Franschhoek to Jonkershoek via Assegaaiboschkloof

by Ralph Pina | Apr 17, 2011 | hiking, Jonkershoek Nature Reserve

The mountain club’s plan was to walk from Franschhoek to Jonkershoek along the watershed via Emerald Dome and Victoria Peak. We would ascend Fortsnek and cross Noordkloofpiek, the scene of last year’s firefighting. It promised to be a long, hard, but...

Fighting the Kogelberg fire

by Ralph Pina | Mar 21, 2011 | conservation, firefighting, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

The latest fire that swept through the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve last week was nothing short of disastrous. Young veld burnt again and all the eleven-year old veld has been destroyed, so that, in the words of a nature conservation official, “everything between...

Paddling up the Steenbras

by Ralph Pina | Feb 14, 2011 | kayaking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

There isn’t actually much of the Steenbras River to paddle up, even on a kayak – only about 300 metres. Rather it’s the 13 km round-trip paddle from Gordon’s Bay harbour and the usually benign, but spectacular, rivermouth entrance that is most...
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