by Ralph Pina | Sep 20, 2024 | Featured Posts, hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, scenic walks
Rod’s Trail is an easy 9 km circular, scenic walk that follows the base of the Kogelberg mountains above Betty’s Bay, then meanders down to the coast to return along the beach than forms part of the Betty’s Bay Marine Protected Area. Gain in... by Ralph Pina | Apr 5, 2024 | hiking, Kleinmond Nature Reserve
The Kleinmond-Palmiet area features many scenic trails which are not managed by CapeNature, but by the Overstrand Municipality and volunteer organisations. Many of them originate from the vicinity of the Fairy Glen picnic site near the Palmiet River bridge. This... by Ralph Pina | Nov 28, 2023 | Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve
At 637 m ASL, Rooielsberg Peak is the high peak above Blousteen, south-west of Kogelberg Peak. There are no recognised trails up there and it is closed to the public. by Ralph Pina | Aug 9, 2022 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve
Some recent excursions up the Rooiels valley had shown that an old trail joins up with an old jeep track that ascends out of the Palmiet valley. A relatively easy, though long, walk is thus possible from Rooiels to Oudebosch/Harold Porter Botanical Garden, or vice... by Ralph Pina | May 29, 2022 | hiking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve
As the name suggests, Klein Hangklip is a smaller replica of Hangklip peak located further south at Cape Hangklip. Hangklip is the sentinel east of False Bay’s entrance. In the age of sail, many a navigator mistook Hangklip for the Cape of Good Hope and ended up...
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