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Groot Winterhoek wilderness

by Ralph Pina | Apr 14, 2001 | Groot Winterhoek Wilderness, hiking, trails, wilderness trail

“To Hell and back”: 12 to 13 May 2001 Well, not really. It was more like paradise. A perfect autumn weekend in the Cape mountains above Tulbagh and Porterville.Big Ron and I followed the Groot Kliphuis River down to De Tronk, our mission to experience...

Grootlandsvlakte – Cederberg

by Ralph Pina | Nov 30, 2000 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking, trails, wilderness trail

November 2000 Once again Peter and I headed off into the mountains above Algeria to find silence and isolation, accompanied by a lone Finnish traveller. But this time the weather stayed cool, and on the Sunday became even windy and rainy. The idea was to overnight at...
Oorlogskloof hiking trail

Oorlogskloof hiking trail

by Ralph Pina | Nov 8, 2000 | hiking, Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve, trails

The Oorlogskloof River flows into the Doring River from the north, draining the Nieuwoudtville plateau. The 5-day Rock Pigeon Route winds through spectacular canyon-land and has been designed to take the hiker up chimneys, behind waterfalls and over great boulders....

Cederberg – Wuppertal to Algeria

by Ralph Pina | Dec 15, 1999 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking, trails, wilderness trail

11-12 December 1999 Our judgement impaired by a few beers and a bottle of red wine over dinner one night in the Strand, Ron, Peter and I resolved to try the Cederberg Traverse from Wuppertal to Algeria again – in the heat of December (a previous attempt was...

Boosmansbos Wilderness Trail

by Ralph Pina | Nov 30, 1999 | Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, hiking, trails, wilderness trail

November 1999 This trail represented a reunion of sorts for those who had walked the Tsitsikamma Trail. Unfortunately, the whole group couldn’t make it, but Watty, Peter, Big Ron, Charlotte, Lorette and Nico did. Boosmansbos Nature Reserve straddles the...
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  • Gamkaberg Plan B
  • Fonteintjiesberg
  • Swartberg Pass over the years
  • Cape of Good Hope Trail once again
  • Fairy Glen – Plateau – Kasteelkopnek trail
  • Smitswinkel – Simon’s Town recce
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