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Thursday, 28 January 2010

Bainskloof weekend

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape
Bainskloof

Bainskloof

Where do you find your­self in just an hour and fif­teen minute drive out­side of Cape Town? Well on Saturday morn­ing I found myself at a friends hol­i­day home in Bainskloof, and no I wasn’t tele­por­ted there it was an easy drive. Three good friends and I decided to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the city and head to a fam­ily hol­i­day home that has enjoyed many happy moments over the years.

We had decided to indulge ourselves in a com­plete girly week­end and what bet­ter way to spend it than right on the river, in a mag­ni­fi­cent set­ting with our favour­ite magazines, chilled white wine and moun­tains of good food ... Continued

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Thursday, 8 October 2009
South African Hiking Trails

Rock-hopping in Bainskloof

posted to: Activities and Things To Do, Western Cape

For more adven­tur­ous types who don’t only go camp­ing to sleep off the pre­vi­ous night’s Klipdrift or spend the week­end fan­tas­iz­ing about the return of their hair-dryer, I highly recom­mend camp­ing at  Tweede Tol in Bainskloof and doing the rock-hopper trail along the Witte River between the camp­site and Eerste Tol at the top of the Bainskloof Pass.

Bainskloof is situ­ated in the Limietberg in the Western Cape. The camp­site is con­veni­ently loc­ated no more than an hour and a half from Cape Town and is about 15 minutes from Wellington ... Continued

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Tuesday, 2 September 2008

The Bainskloof Pass

posted to: Attractions, Western Cape
Bainskloof

Bainskloof

However wordly and well-travelled you are, meet­ing a man who has had an ear and part of his nose bit­ten off by a bird of prey is an unusual exper­i­ence. The ranger as the camp site we stayed at in Bainskloof had a remark­ably good sense of humour for someone mauled by an eagle. Asked about it, he merely shrugs. As a snake wran­gler and keeper of the type of birds that can take off body parts with a single snap of the beak, appar­ently it comes with the ter­rit­ory. I couldn't help but be glad that I didn't inhabit that territory.

Bainskloof pass (a part of the R303 regional road) runs from Paarl, over the Limiet Mountains, to Ceres, Northeast of Paarl. This 30km stretch of road, with it’s highest point at 595m, is both a his­tor­ical monu­ment in itself, hav­ing been built in 1853 by Andrew Geddes Bain, a Scottsish Settler without any formal engin­eer­ing train­ing, although it is still regarded as one of the best passes in the coun­try, and a unspoilt nature reserve, which forms a part of Cape Nature Conservation. Continued

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