What was meant to be a three-day hike to Springstygbeugel and exploration of the area, turned into a curtailed two-day trip for me in a surreal turn of events. Paul had invited some MCSA Stellenbosch members, completed and lodged the CapeNature safety forms for us to...
“We’ll take it easy”, said Santie. She was responding to my reminder to her that I had just recovered from pneumonia contracted in, or on the way to, frigid Canada over the holiday season (I literally never get sick, so this was an unwelcome...
We ascended Diagonal, followed the Twelve Apostles Spine Track south-west, taking in Tranquillity Cracks, summited Grootkop (857 m ASL) as the wind cloud momentarily cleared. We were then blown down Oudekraal Ravine and returned along the Pipe Track. The full circuit...
The hike from Feetjiesbos (or Fairy Glen), near the Palmiet bridge, to Perdeberg Peak and back, in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, is not hard. It rises through rich fynbos at an easy gradient, gradually revealing views of the sweep of Sandown Bay beach to the Bot...
Kasteelskop is a rocky hill above Fairy Glen and below the Three Sisters that resembles a castle turret. It also features a castellated ridge from a certain angle. Our pleasant hike took in the kop and the nek (saddle) that separates it from the higher Three Sisters...
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