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Monday, 14 March 2011
South African Hiking Trails

Hiking up Du Toitskloof in the Limietberg Nature Reserve — The Krom River hike

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Krom River Hike

Krom River Hike

Having just accus­tomed ourselves to the early morn­ing gloom of the Huguenot tun­nel, we emerged on the Worcester side to pier­cing sun­light and a day that prom­ised not only to be free of clouds, but also incred­ibly hot.

Early March is really not a good time to hike because of the heat, but some­how we find ourselves endeav­our­ing to do so, des­pite numer­ous post-it notes on the fridge door writ­ten from the more dis­pas­sion­ate per­spect­ive of the morn­ing after, along the lines of 'DO NOT attempt to hike in February / March – may this be a reminder' ... Continued

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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
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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Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues