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Paddling up the Steenbras
There isn't actually much of the Steenbras River to paddle up, even on a kayak - only about 300 metres. Rather it's the 13 km round-trip paddle from Gordon's Bay harbour and the usually benign, but spectacular, rivermouth entrance that is most of the fun. On this last...
Slanghoek Peak via Witte River
The route to Slanghoek Peak curves south and east up the Witte River valley. A fairly level and scenic walk from the car park at Eerste Tol on Bainskloof Pass of 12.5 km to a saddle below Slanghoek on Mountain Club property, known as Springstygbeugel1, almost...
All along the watershed – Saaltjie to Botmaskop
Last Sunday I hosted some of the Patagons and other hiking buddies at Jonkershoek for a day hike - "not too long, too high and too hard" was the request. So I thought it would be nice to follow the eastern watershed from north of Twin Peaks to Botmaskop - not too high...
Hiking Oorlogskloof’s Rock Pigeon Trail
Also known as "Wessel Reloaded" 5 days, 52.2 km (55.1 km according to my GPS recording), 18 hrs 27 min moving time at a moving average speed of 3 km/h We all agreed afterwards that Oorlogskloof is probably the best hike in South Africa - mainly because of the care and...
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