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Orange Face Back Table

Orange Face Back Table

by Ralph Pina | Apr 5, 2021 | Featured Posts, hiking, Table Mountain National Park

Camel Rock, Wynberg Caves, Table Mountain National Park This was an interesting hike, at Santie’s suggestion, on the well-trafficked Table Mountain. It is a track less travelled on which we saw no one else although there were hundreds of walkers and joggers on...
Dropping down Cascades

Dropping down Cascades

by Ralph Pina | Feb 15, 2021 | Featured Posts, kloofing, Limietberg Nature Reserve

When Paul suggested a lockdown escape to Cascades in Du Toitskloof, with a little abseiling involved, I thought it a decent idea. I knew that the MCSA often scrambled up it and abseiled down the next day. My conclusion was that if you can scramble up it, it...
Kloofing Visgat

Kloofing Visgat

by Ralph Pina | Feb 13, 2021 | Featured Posts, Groot Winterhoek Wilderness, kloofing

Almost by accident I was nominated to lead a MCSA Stellenbosch section kloofing trip down the Visgat canyon. Visgat is a highlight of the MCSA Cape Town section’s summer calendar and they kindly allocate a few dates to Stellenbosch. The fact that I could have...
Fighting aliens in De Hoop

Fighting aliens in De Hoop

by Ralph Pina | Feb 11, 2021 | conservation, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Featured Posts

My recent post, The Whale Trail in the Pandemic, has attracted enormous traffic, by the standards of my site at least. In it I opine that biological control of Acacia cyclops (rooikrans) in De Hoop Nature Reserve is failing because my – admittedly unscientific...
The Whale Trail in the pandemic

The Whale Trail in the pandemic

by Ralph Pina | Jan 24, 2021 | conservation, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Featured Posts, hiking, trails

As South Africa emerged from the hard lockdown in mid-2020, I became desperate to escape to the outdoors. On the off-chance that the Whale Trail was open, I contacted Cape Nature and easily obtained a booking for the trail in January 2021. The hugely popular trail was...
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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..

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  • The Whale Trail in the pandemic
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  • 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

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  • Deep into Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
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