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Grootvadersbosch and Boosmansbos

Grootvadersbosch and Boosmansbos

by Ralph Pina | Dec 30, 2018 | Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, hiking

At Peter’s suggestion, prior to his annual pilgrimage back to the Cape, we booked a couple of nights’ camping in Grootvadersbosch with the idea of perhaps hiking to the Boosmansbos forest. We had undertaken the 2-day wilderness hike way back in 1999 in...

Langeberg Traverse – Rim of Africa

by Ralph Pina | Nov 24, 2014 | Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, hiking, Marloth Nature Reserve, trails, wilderness trail

“A mountain journey of no ordinary experience” goes the Rim of Africa tagline. It suggests an other-worldly, spiritual journey, or maybe a quest that will test you deeply. If I expected profound epiphanies as I wrestled with career frustration and anger, I...

Boosmansbos Wilderness Trail

by Ralph Pina | Nov 30, 1999 | Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, hiking, trails, wilderness trail

November 1999 This trail represented a reunion of sorts for those who had walked the Tsitsikamma Trail. Unfortunately, the whole group couldn’t make it, but Watty, Peter, Big Ron, Charlotte, Lorette and Nico did. Boosmansbos Nature Reserve straddles the...

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