Table Mountain Waterfalls

The Symphony of Water

Every Cape Townian should do this winter hike. Its really short, really beautiful and really easy to access.

All you need to do is wait for a sunny winter's morning after some good rain. Then pack some muffins and a thermos, drive up to Tafelberg Road, park at Platteklip Gorge and set your sites to just before the zigzags. When you get to a junction about a third of the way up (there is a sign board there), hang a left towards devils peak and follow that path. It will take you straight to a beautiful waterfall and just after it is the perfect spot to sit and have your breakfast and watch the rest of Cape Town wake up. 

Table Mountain Classic

We did a quick hike up Table Mountain from Platteklip Gorge and down via India Venster, ending underneath the Cable Car to show Austrian cousin Sash and girlfriend Julz the sites of our beautiful mountain.

This is a classic route up with a very easy, clear path to follow. Its always busy, there is a security hut at the bottom, plenty of parking and always crystal clear streams to drink from.

Eastern Cape Hike : Kariega Mosslands Two Rivers Trail

Lightning flashed, thunder struck, and the heavens opened.There was morning and there was evening, the first day.

'Lost' it appears, is relative

“I know exactly where we are – we’re just SW of Judas Peak, Hout Bay.”

Had we been lost, I would have called Mountain Rescue and said that someone has blindfolded us, and dropped us somewhere in the mountains of the Western Cape. So while I still maintain that we were never lost, I will admit that the path down the mountain appeared to be missing. Being lost and being in trouble are two different things. So I call it more than semantic opinion… I call it adventure.

Red Disa Hike Adventure

 I've learnt my lesson on this hike and from now on we will call them “adventures”. You need a sense of adventure to hike, because they don’t always happen in a straight line and according to plan – so next time, we will arrange a mountain walking adventure, just so that we know to expect the unexpected.

Cederberg Crystal Pools Hike : When hikes are near, friends are few!

Years of nagging finally paid off and my friends agreed to do a Cederberg Hike. As more and more details became clear and the date drew near, the guest list shortened. In the end there were just 4 who were willing to trust my yet-to-be-tested navigation and survival skills!

Maps were photostatted, hiking fraternity consulted, gear begged for and borrowed until we were in a fashion, ready. Since we only had a weekend, and one of the conditions of the hike was that there would be a hut nearby if all hell broke loose with the weather, we opted for a short Crystal Pools hike with 1 overnight.

Landroskop Hike - Feb 2005 (Grabouw area)

On an uncharacteristically cold and misty February weekend - Phil, Maria and myself stood huddled around a fire in the Nuweberg forester's cabin near Grabouw - the starting point of our 2 day hike. The weather was very unsettled and a Cape coldfront is not to be taken lightly, but after leaving our next of kin contact numbers with the park officials, they allowed us on our way.