Category: Hikes

Hikes by 1st Claremont Scouts

Bobbejaanskloof

1st Claremont Scouts regularly hike in Bobbejaanskloof which we rate as one of the best day kloofs in the Western Cape. It is a kloof which as lots of jumps (some of them pretty high), swims and general wading through water without being too long. The jumps are not mandatory and it is always necessary …

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Orange Kloof 2012

Orange Kloof is the huge kloof lying above Constantia Nek. You get a good view of the kloof from the ridge on the Vlakkenberg (see here for a description is this route). Orange Kloof has not been burnt since 1935 and up until pretty relatively recently was a no go area for the general upblic. …

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Day hike at Vlakkenberg

We did this day hike in reverse direction to most descriptions which start from Constantia Nek. Instead we started from East Fort just before the toll plaza on Chapman’s Peak drive. We left one car at Constantia Nek as this is not a circular hike. We left from East Fort at about 8 in the …

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