by Dominic Chadbon | Apr 11, 2016 | Cape Point |
Cape Point is your best chance to see wildlife while you’re in Cape Town. The perfect day trip, a Cape Point wildlife tour introduces you to the birds, mammals, insects and reptiles of the Cape mountains and coast. Top of the list are the big mammals. The baboons of...
by Dominic Chadbon | Mar 18, 2016 | Table Mountain |
Stroll around Table Mountain on a fine day and it’s hard to believe you are in a tough environment – floral-wise. The views are sensational but it’s windy up there with little shelter or shade. It freezes in winter and roasts in summer – the kind of place ideal for...
by Dominic Chadbon | Dec 17, 2015 | Cederberg |
High peaks, sun-baked ravines and wind-swept plateaus – the Cederberg mountains deliver some of the most dramatic hiking in South Africa. But its trump card is its accessibility. This kind of big-mountain hiking isn’t something you fly across remote glaciers...
by Dominic Chadbon | Nov 6, 2015 | Fire & Fynbos |
Eight months ago I stood in mountains that looked like they had just been napalmed. The fynbos vegetation had completely disappeared, devoured by a 30 metre wall of storm-driven fire that raged mercilessly across the Cape Peninsula’s Silvermine mountains, ending only...
by Dominic Chadbon | Sep 9, 2015 | Table Mountain |
Visitors to Table Mountain are often surprised by its scale. Away from the flat-top, the mountain reveals a less familiar side: lush river valleys and craggy peaks, frog-filled wetlands and white-sand beaches. It makes for a great day’s hiking and thanks to Table...
