Ralph Pina
  • Home
  • About
    • Studies
    • Oranje
    • Football
    • Reading
    • Reflecting on the last, lost decade
  • Terms
  • Contact
Select Page

Crystal Pools – Cederberg

by Ralph Pina | Jun 30, 1999 | Cederberg Wilderness Area, hiking, trails, wilderness trail

June 1999 The Cederberg is probably my favourite wilderness area.  Little can compare to the remoteness, the silence and timelessness of those mountains.  Ron and I resolved to tackle one of the classic wilderness routes – Algeria to Wuppertal, by  way of...

Welcome to RalphPina.com

Thank you for visiting my outdoor blog. RalphPina.com documents my experiences over many years of appreciating, and adventuring in, Nature. It celebrates visual beauty, advocates minimal impact, reflects on humans’ relationship with our ecosphere, spans the planet but focuses on the wild diversity of southern Africa. Photos, videos and GPS maps of hiking, cycling, kayaking, abseiling, canoeing and windsurfing..

Recent Posts

  • Burnt dogs, no Englishmen
  • Mad dogs and Englishmen …
  • Hike above Kogelbaai
  • Deep into Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
  • Zebra stripes and yellow streaks
  • Berg River Dam to Jonkershoek traverse
  • Blind Gully and Diagonal, Table Mountain
  • HH Epic Trail
  • Three Sisters and Perdeberg
  • Perdekop escape
  • Botmaskop fly-past
  • Kromrivier Kloof: bucket list stuff

Recent Comments

  • Diana Smit on Burnt dogs, no Englishmen
  • gwilford2012 on Hike above Kogelbaai
  • Ralph Pina on Hike above Kogelbaai
  • Corinne Merry on Hike above Kogelbaai
  • gwilford2012 on Hike above Kogelbaai

Twitter

Tweets by @ralphpina

Navigate

Jun 1999
MTWTFSS
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930 
« May   Jul »

Analytics

  • Google
  • Sharing analytics

Friends

  • Peter Groves

Good Causes

  • Fire Information System for SA
  • The Cape Leopard Trust

Hiking sites I like

  • Boots and Fins
  • Ian Webb's Great Hikes in the Western Cape
  • Jacques Niemand – interesting hikes
  • Maps – Hike the Cederberg
  • Mountain Club of SA Stellenbosch Section
  • Mountain Meanders

Parks

  • Cape Nature
  • SANParks

Archives

Recent Posts

  • Burnt dogs, no Englishmen
  • Mad dogs and Englishmen …
  • Hike above Kogelbaai
  • Deep into Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
  • Zebra stripes and yellow streaks
  • Berg River Dam to Jonkershoek traverse
  • Blind Gully and Diagonal, Table Mountain
  • HH Epic Trail
  • Three Sisters and Perdeberg
  • Perdekop escape
  • Botmaskop fly-past
  • Kromrivier Kloof: bucket list stuff
  • Solitude at Agtertafelberg hut
  • Turret Peak mission
  • Hunting in Assegaaiboschkloof
  • A weekend at Zoo Ridge
  • A pristine winter’s day on Victoria Peak
  • A militarised Wolhuter Wilderness Trail
  • Picnic at Hangklip
  • Gantouw Pass
  • Seweweekspoort Para-cycle Tour
  • Paddling to Steenbras mouth
  • Cape of Good Hope Trail 11 years later
  • Grootvadersbosch and Boosmansbos
  • Botmaskop

Recent Comments

  • Diana Smit on Burnt dogs, no Englishmen
  • gwilford2012 on Hike above Kogelbaai
  • Ralph Pina on Hike above Kogelbaai
  • Corinne Merry on Hike above Kogelbaai
  • gwilford2012 on Hike above Kogelbaai
Jun 1999
MTWTFSS
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930 
« May   Jul »

Recent Posts

  • Burnt dogs, no Englishmen
  • Mad dogs and Englishmen …
  • Hike above Kogelbaai
  • Deep into Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
  • Zebra stripes and yellow streaks

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License except where otherwise indicated for some photos. Kindly attribute by linking to this site or citing “www.ralphpina.com”.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Designed and Developed by NetMechanic 2021