Simonsberg

Simonsberg

by | Jul 24, 2021 | hiking

Simonsberg has been a looming, brooding presence in my life for almost fifty years. It towered to starboard daily on the short walks to engineering classes, and later on the cycle commutes to work. In stressful times when I needed calm and to gaze at something...
Orange Face Back Table

Orange Face Back Table

by | Apr 5, 2021 | hiking, Table Mountain National Park

Camel Rock, Wynberg Caves, Table Mountain National Park This was an interesting hike, at Santie’s suggestion, on the well-trafficked Table Mountain. It is a track less travelled on which we saw no one else although there were hundreds of walkers and joggers on...
Hike above Kogelbaai

Hike above Kogelbaai

by | Dec 7, 2020 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve

Studying satellite photos – on Google and Bing maps – of the mountains above Kogelbaai, I was able to discern a definite zig-zag path to the jeep track on the plateau north of Kogelberg Peak. So armed with a GPS waypoint for where the path leaves the...
Zebra stripes and yellow streaks

Zebra stripes and yellow streaks

by | Oct 29, 2020 | hiking

The MCSA Stellenbosch’s first official post-lockdown outing was a weekend hike to Zebra Peak (1458m ASL; Sebrakop on national geo-spatial maps) on Piketberg. It is located on private land on the plateau rim, north-east of most of the cultivated lands. With the...