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The Whale Trail – take three
Almost fourteen years after the first time, we elected to sample the slackpacking option for this trail. Slackpacking involves paying R520 per crate/coolbox for transport from hut to hut. It makes for very good meals, meals that can do the "huts" justice. "Huts" and...
Witels – what else?
Having "done the Witels" back in 2009, I had little intention of doing it again, but then she-who-shall-remain-nameless talked me into another MCSA mission from 25 to 30 December. Anyway, when Christmas Day dawned it had already transpired that...
Riviersonderendkloof zipline adventure
High up in the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site between Stellenbosch and Grabouw, eleven steel cables spiral and zigzag down the Riviersonderendkloof ("river-without-end gorge"), forming a series of catenary for a thrilling,...
Stettynskloof to Du Toitskloof Traverse
This MCSA hike is led regularly by August Carstens since he participated in a mountain bike event along this route. I can't get my head around the biking concept because there is no discernible path to speak of in the upper Stettynskloof while thick riverine bush and...
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