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Thank you for visiting my outdoor blog. RalphPina.com documents my experiences over many years of appreciating, and adventuring in, Nature. It celebrates visual beauty, advocates minimal impact, reflects on humans’ relationship with our ecosphere, spans the planet but focuses on the wild diversity of southern Africa. Photos, videos and GPS maps of hiking, cycling, kayaking, abseiling, canoeing and windsurfing..

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Paddling with wild horses

by Ralph Pina | Jan 9, 2024 | kayaking, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Rooisand Nature Reserve

Rooisand Nature Reserve A herd of wild horses has roamed the Bot - Kleinmond estuary and wetland for perhaps a century or more. The free roaming herd is actually feral and comprises about twenty-eight individuals. Many websites repeat the three theories about their...

Rooielsberg peak

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.

Karoo corridor MTB tour

by Ralph Pina | Nov 28, 2023 | Anysberg Nature Reserve, cycling, Sanbona Wildlife Reserve, Swartberg Nature Reserve, Touwsberg Nature Reserve

Mitzi, Marion's sister-in-law, owner of Makadas Adventures, planned this private cycling tour, and I assume, dubbed it the "Karoo corridor" too. In 5 days most of us covered 265 km, climbing through 2942 m and descending 2957 m. Some rode more and some rode less - and...

A walk on the Wild Coast

by Ralph Pina | Sep 21, 2023 | hiking, Mkambati Nature Reserve, trails

The Pondo Trail, Pondoland Besides a previous Wild Coast hike from Port St Johns to Coffee Bay, Pondoland, The Wild Coast and the Transkei have constituted a gap in my outdoor experience of South Africa. The beauty and the undeveloped nature of the coast south of Port...