Lists of Walks

Index of Walks: by Place

Cape Town

Cape Point 
Cape Point Shipwreck Trail 01.11.2009
Cape of Good Hope 01.08.2010
Cape Point eastern shore and Venus Pool 25.01.2009
Venus Pool 11.01.2009
Sirkelsvlei 11.09.2010 

Simon's Town
Boulders Penguin Colony 15.03.2009 
Kalk Bay Harbour & Boulders 26.06.201
Kleinplaas Dam Trail 11.10.2009

Fish Hoek
Fish Hoek Beach 28.02.2009
Fish Hoek Beach again 22.11.2009
Fish Hoek Beach: Walking Dogs 27.04.2010
Fish Hoek Beach Stroll 06.11.2011
Elsie's Peak 19.09.2009
Brakkloofrand 14.11.2009

Clovelly
Silvermine Valley & Trappieskop 12.09.2009

Kalk Bay
Kalk Bay Harbour 30.10.2009 
Back to Kalk Bay Harbour 04.02.2010
Kalk Bay Harbour & Boulders 26.06.2011

St James
Spes Bona and Echo Valley 01.02.2009
Spes Bona Valley CT  26.09.2010
St James Catwalk 07.06.2009 
St James, Muizenberg & Kalk Bay 09.01.2010
St James to Kalk Bay 16.10.2010
Jojolu Track over Cave Peak 04.07.2010
St James: Half-way along the Old Mule Path 10.07.2011 

Muizenberg
Boyes Drive above Muizenberg 27.03.2011
Muizenberg Beach 29.03.2009
Muizenberg Beach 23.08.2009
Muizenberg Beach with Dogs 06.12.2009
Muizenberg Beach: Surfers' Corner 08.05.2010
Muizenberg in the Mist 10.06.2011
Muizenberg Beach, A Quick Walk 30.07.2011 
Bailey's Kloof and Peck's Valley 28.03.2009
Zandvlei Wetlands CT 13.06.2010

Silvermine East
Steenberg Peak 03.05.2009
Klein-tuin Kloof and Crassula Path 18.10.2009 
Silvermine Circle over Steenberg Peak 25.09.2011
Silvermine Waterfall and around Maiden Peak 14.08.2010 

Silvermine West
Noordhoek Peak circuit 18.01.2009
Silvermine River Walk 27.04.2009
Silvermine River Walk Revisited 18.06.201
Old Wagon Path 04.07.2009
Steenberg Plateau 19.07.2009
Amphitheatre Path and Elephant's Eye 25.07.2009
Amphitheatre Path, Again 14.02.2010
Amphitheatre Path Anti-clockwise 07.11.2010
Amphitheatre Path Again 21.05.2011
Amphitheatre Path & Steenberg Ridge 20.08.2011 
Steenberg Ridge 27.06.2010
Back to Steenberg Ridge 05.11.2010
Bokkop Circuit 17.07.2010
Silvermine Reservoir Trail 16.01.2011
Constantiaberg 16.01.2011
Panorama Path 06.02.2011

Tokai
Tokai Forest 25.09.2009 
Tokai Plantation 02.05.2010

Constantia
Contour Path Constantia Nek to Newlands 18.07.2009
Vlakkenberg Peak 22.05.2010
Constantia Valley Open Gardens 30.10.2010
Cellars-Hohenort Open Garden  22.10.2011
Back Table, Dams & Waterworks Museum 12.12. 2010
Greenbelt: Alphen & Diep River Trails 12.04.2011
Greenbelt: Silverhurst Trail 17.07.2011
Groot Constantia Wine Estate 19.11.2011

Cecelia Forest
Cecelia Waterfall 07.02.2009

Wynberg
Stellenberg Open Garden 06.11.2010 

Kirstenbosch 
Kirstenbosch: Upper Garden 21.11.2009
Kirstenbosch: Christmas 25.12.2009
Kirstenbosch: Lower Garden 06.02.2010
Kirstenbosch: More Meandering 11.04.2010
Kirstenbosch: Mid-Garden Stroll 12.06.2010
Kirstenbosch: Sculpture and Fynbos 13.08.2010
Kirstenbosch: A Demolition in the Rain 22.08.2010
Kirstenbosch: Riot of Colour 02.10.2010 
Kirstenbosch: Summer Green 28.11.2010
Kirstenbosch: Awesome Agapanthus 27.01.2011
Kirstenbosch: Pretty in Pink 03.04.2011
Kirstenbosch: 'Allo Aloe 12.06.2011
Kirstenbosch: A Winter Garden 02.07.2011
Kirstenbosch: A Winter Garden II, 17.07.2011
Kirstenbosch: A Winter Garden III 23.07.2011
Kirstenbosch: Pretty Vygies 05.09.2011
Kirstenbosch: Daisy Daisy 11.09.2011
Kirstenbosch: Pretty Pastels 16.10.201
Kirstenbosch: Christmas 2011 25.12. 2011
Kirstenbosch: The Pineapple Lily 30.12.2011

Above Kirstenbosch
Skeleton Gorge & Nursery Ravine 30.01.2011

Newlands Forest
Newlands Forest Woodcutters 14.02.2009
Woodcutter's Trail 29.08.2009
Woodcutter's Trail again 02.01.2010
Back to Woodcutters 17.04.2010
Wonderful Woodcutters 27.02.2011
Newlands Forest again Hiddingh Path 13.03.2009
Fernwood Track 09.05.2009
Littlewort Trail 29.11.2009
Newlands Forest Contour Path Loop 01.05.2010
Newlands Forest Zig-Zags 15.08.2010
A Little Lost in Newlands Forest 02.04.2011
Newlands: Mid-forest Meander 14.05.2011
Newlands Forest in November 08.10.2011
Newlands Forest, Flowers 27.11.2011
Newlands Forest, More Flowers 18.12.2011
Newlands Forest, Slow Stroll 27.12.2011 

Devil's Peak
Oppelskop 11.03.2009
Devil's Peak Contour 18.09.2009
Devil's Peak: End of Tafelberg Rd 24.11.2009
Woodstock Cave 28.11.2009

Devil's Peak Lower Slopes
Quarry to Cannons 02.05.2009
Deer Park 27.06.2009
Devil's Peak Lower Slopes 30.06.2009
Old Military Rd 24.09.2009
Quarry to Deer Park 06.11.2009
Devil's Peak Lower Slopes again 14.12.2009
Devil's Peak Lower Slopes Loop 15.01.2010
Devil's Peak Lower Slopes: No, Not in a Gale 02.04.2010

Vredehoek
Vredehoek 14.10.2009
Vredehoek Streets 14.05.2010
Around Vredehoek 12.10.2011

Gardens & Oranjezicht
De Waal Park 12.04.2010 
Oranjezicht up to Table Mountain 29.09.2010 

Table Mountain
Kloof Corner 25.02.2009
Kloof Corner to Cableway13.09.2010
Kloof Corner and Contour 12.11.2010
Kloof Corner & Pink Watsonias 26.11.2010
Up Kloof Corner Again 23.12.2010
Kloof Corner: Up and Down 18.05.2011
Kloof Corner, Up the Steps 22.11.2011
Kloof Corner, A Cloud 29.11.2011
Kloof Corner, Sun Rays 06.12.2011
Kloof Corner in December 16.12.2011
Platteklip Gorge, Maclears Beacon, Nursery Ravine 10.04.2009
Platteklip Gorge & Western Table 19.12. 2010
"Puff Adder Alley" route 30.01.2009
"Puff Adder Alley" Again 20.02.2009
"Puff Adder Alley" Another Puff 15.04.2009
"Puff Adder Alley" Waterfalls 16.07.2009
"Puff Adder Alley" with My Brother 30.08.2009
"Puff Adder Alley" in Summer 19.11.2009
"Puff" for Dorothy's Birthday 25.05.2010
Return to "Puff Adder Alley" 17.09.2011 
Table Mountain Contour 19.05.2009
Table Mountain Contour 11.09.2009
Table Mountain Contour Revisited 12.06.2011
Table Mountain Circuit 18.04.2010
Tafelberg Road 08.04.2009
Tafelberg Road, not quite the Saddle 13.11.2009
Tafelberg Road Stroll 03.12.2010
Along Tafelberg Road Again 17.06.2011
The Saddle 22.01.2010
Table Mountain: Venster Gully 12.02.2010

Table Mountain Lower Slopes
Table Mountain Lower Slopes 28.07.2009
Table Mountain Lower Slopes 03.09.2009
Table Mountain Lower Slopes to Higgovale 29.12.2009

Lions Head and Signal Hill
Lions Head 04.02.2009
Lion's Head 17.10.2009
Lion's Head with Dogs 17.11.2009
Lion's Head Circle 29.10.2009
Lion's Head Circle, with Daisies 20.07.2010
Lion's Head in Springtime 25.09.2010
Lion's Head: Training Walk, Week 1 06.11.2010
Lion's Head: Training Walk, Week 2 13.11.2010
Lion's Head: Training Walk, Week 3 11.11.2010
Lion's Head: Training Walk, Week 4 & Mountain Rescue 27.11.2010
Lion's Head: Training Walk, Week 5 04.12.2010
Lion's Head: Training Walk, Week 6 15.12.2010
Lion's Head: Training Walk, Week 7 18.12.2010
Lion's Head 2011: Walk 1 03.01.2011
Lion's Head 2011: Walk 2 09.01.2011
Lion's Head 2011: Walk 3 04.02.2011
Lion's Head 2011: Walk 4 22.02.2011
Lion's Head 2011: Walk 5 20.12.2011 
Lion's Head Pipe Track 05.07.2009
Lion's Head Pipe Track, Revisited 09.02.2010
Lion's Head Pipe Track 15.10.2010
Signal Hill 23.05.2009
Signal Hill on a Windy Day 28.01.2010
Signal Hill Lower Slopes from Bo-Kaap 24.11.2010
Maskew's Path up Signal Hill 10.06.2009

Cape Town City Centre
The Company's Garden 09.01.2011
Fan Walk to Cape Town Stadium, CT 18.02.2011

V&A Waterfront
Waterfront Clocktower Precinct 02.01.2010
Waterfront Victoria Wharf 07.09.2010 
Waterfront to Mouille Point and GPP 14.02.2011

Mouille Point and Green Point
Mouille Point Promenade 06.05.2009 
Mouille Point again 05.01.2010
Mouille Point, Now Also with Sculpture 02.07.2010
More Mouille Point 23.09.2010
Mouille Point Prom: Storms! 03.02.2011
Mouille Point Meander 04.04.2011
Green Point Park and the Stadium 19.05.2010 
Green Point Park 03.08.2010
Green Point Park and a Sunset 14.06.2011
Biodiversity Garden at Green Point Park 04.01.2011
Biodiversity Garden, Checkin In 19.08.2011
Biodiversity Garden, Colour In 15.10.2011 

Sea Point  
Sea Point Promenade 17.02.2009
Sea Point Promenade at Sunset 09.07.2009
Sea Point Promenade Grey Day 29.07.2009
Sea Point Promenade Skies 25.08.2009
Sea Point Promenade Slowly 06.10.2009
Sea Point Promenade Sunny 03.11.2009
Sea Point Promenade On My Own 02.12.2009
Sea Point Promenade on a Saturday 31.01.2010
Sea Point Promenade: Hello Again 29.03.2010
Sea Point Promenade in the Mist 17.05.2010
Sea Point Promenade, now with Sculpture 23.06.2010
Sea Point Promenade, Lawns, Palms & Sea  25.08.2010
Sea Point Promenade, It's Been a While 28.10.2010
Sea Point Prom: Training Walk, Week 1 02.11.2010
Sea Point Prom: Training Walk, Week 2 10.11.2010
Sea Point Prom: Training Walk, Week 3 17.11.2010
Sea Point Prom: Training Walk, Week 4 25.11.2010
Sea Point Prom: Training Walk, Week 5 30.11.2010
Sea Point Prom: Training Walk, Week 6 07.12.2010
Sea Point Prom: Training Walk, Week 7 16.12.2010
Sea Point Prom 2011: Walk 1 12.01.2011
Sea Point Prom 2011: Walk 2 01.02.2011
Sea Point Prom 2011: Walk 3 21.02.2011
Sea Point Prom 2011: Walk 4 01.03.2011
Sea Point Prom 2011: Walk 5 28.03.2011
Sea Point Prom 2011: Walk 6 18.04.2011
Sea Point Prom 2011: Walk 7 27.05.2011
Victoria Road to Clifton 01.06.2009
Bantry Bay, Victoria Road 12.07.2010 

Clifton
Clifton Third Beach 02.12.2011

Camps Bay
The Glen 04.10.2009
Beta Road Beach 22.02.2009 
Camps Bay Beach 05.03.2010
Back to Camps Bay Beach 20.02.2011
Pipe Track 06.06.2009 
Pipe Track from Theresa Ave 16.10.2009
Pipe Track from Kloof Nek 13.04.2010
Pipe Track, Partway 24.09.2011

The Twelve Apostles 
Tranquility Cracks 24.10.2009 

Llundudno
Sandy Bay 18.02.2009 
Llandudno Beach 21.05.2010

Hout Bay
Hout Bay Contour Path 22.02.2009 
Blackburn Contour 28.06.2009
Chapman's Peak 03.10.2009
Kaptein's Peak 20.09.2009 

Noordhoek
Long Beach 13.04.2009 

Milnerton
Milnerton Beach 22.04.2009
Milnerton Beach Stroll 03.07.2011 
Sunset Beach 11.04.2010
Windy Woodbridge Island 26.03.2011
Woodbridge Island, Happy Dog, Milnerton, CT 17.12.2011

Table View and Blouberg
Dolphin Beach 26.07.2009 
Dolphin Beach, Blouberg & Big Bay 05.02.2011
Table View Beach 27.12.2009
Bloubergstrand to Big Bay 24.01.2010 
Marine Drive to Blouberg 20.06.2010
Big Bay Beach 29.05.2011

Melbosstrand
Melkbos Beach 01.05.2009
Koeberg Nature Reserse Grysbok Trail 10.10.2009 

Elsewhere in the Western Cape

West Coast
Yzerfontein 16 Mile Beach 17.05.2010
Yzerfontein Pearl Bay & Schaap Island 09.07.2011 
West Coast National Park & Postberg 29.08.2010 
West Coast: Churchhaven I 04.06.2011
West Coast: Churchhaven II 05.06.2011

Worcester
Karoo Desert Botanical Garden 03.10.2010
Karoo Desert: The Shale Trail 03.10.2010 

Stellenbosch
Jonkershoek Nature Reserve (Swarboskloof) 27.01.2009
Jonkershoek Nature Reserve (Rivers) 27.01.2009 
Assegaaibosch Wild Flower Garden, near Stellenbosch 04.09.2009
Spier Wine Estate 19.03.2011
Muratie Wine Estate 05.11.2011

The Helderberg
Helderberg Nature Reserve: Black Route 25.04.2010
Strand Beach 09.10.2010

Elgin Valley
Elgin Open Gardens - Part 1 31.10.2010
Elgin Open Gardens - Part 2 31.10.2010

Kogelberg Nature Reserve
Palmiet River Walk 01.03.2009

Hermanus 
Hermanus Cliff Path West 14.11.2010
Fernkloof Gardens 14.11.2010

Overberg
Kleinbaai Stroll 08.09.2009 
Salmonsdam: Waterfall & Ravine Trail 16.09.2010 
Cape Agulhas 17.09.2010
Caledon Wild Flower Garden 19.09.2010

De Mond Nature Reserve
De Mond Viewpoint and Track 17.09.2010
De Mond Sterna Trail 18.09.2010
De Mond East Lagoon and Upriver 18.09.2010 

De Hoop Nature Reserve

The Whale Trail: Day One 9.03.2011
The Whale Trail: Day Two 10.03.2011
The Whale Trail: Day Three 11.03.2011
The Whale Trail: Day Four 12.03.2011
The Whale Trail: Day Five 13.03.2011

Swellendam
Bontebok National Park 17.03.2009
Marloth Nature Reserve: Koloniesbos & Doktorsbos 18.03.2009
Marloth: Duiwelsbos Waterfall 08.08.2010
Swellendam dog walk along road 16.03.2009
Swellendam dog walk on hill 17.03.2009
Swellendam dog walk at dam 19.03.2009
Swellendam stroll with dogs 06.08.2010
Swellendam: another walk with dogs 09.08.2010
Swellendam hill off the Appelbos road 07.08.2010
Swellendam: dams and beyond 10.08.2010 

Grootvadersbosch, near Heidelberg
Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, 20.03.2009 

Vermaaklikheid
Vermaaklikheid, 04.04.2009
Vermaaklikheid River Strolls 16-19.12.2009
Vermaaklikheid Hill Circuit 17.12.2009
Vermaaklikheid Stroll to Shop 18.12.2009
Vermaaklikheid Hill Circuit Counterclockwise 20.12.2009
Vermaaklikheid: Along Muddy Roads 22.01.2011
Vermaaklikheid: Up the Valley 23.01.2011
Duivenhoks River Estuary 24.01.2011
Vermaaklikheid: Rural Rambles 25.02.2011


Southern Cape

Knysna
Elephant Walks at Diepwalle 17.06.2009 
Jubilee Creek & Millwood 09.08.2011

Harverville
Garden of Eden 16.09.2009
Kranshoek 19.06.2009 

Plettenberg Bay
Keurbooms Lagoon 13.06.2009
Back to Keurbooms Lagoon 10.08.2011
Keurboomstrand and Matjes Cave 14.06.2009
Back to Keurboomstrand 08.08.2011 
Robberg Beach 08.08.2011
Robberg Nature Reserve 15.06.2009 
Robberg: Witsand 11.08.2011
Turtle Creek 09.08.2011 

Valley of Ferns 07.08.2011
Birds of Eden 10.08.2011

Tsitsikamma 
Storms River Mouth 18.06.2009
Storms River Mouth Revisited 12.08.2011


Eastern Cape

East London
Dog Walk on Big Field 19.03.2010
Dog Walk in Bunkers Hill 20.03.2010
Dog Walk on Lower Field 20.03.2010
Dog Walk on the Field, Again 21.03.2010
Dog Walk in the Rain 22.03.2010
Dog Walk, Back to the Field 23.03.2010
Nahoon Beach 24.03.2010 

Gonubie
Gonubie Beach Boardwalk 22.03.2010


Gauteng

Magaliesberg
Glenburn Lodge Gardens 13-14.03.2010


Further Afield

Zambia
Zambia: Royal Zambezi Lodge 28.04. - 03.05.2011
Lower Zambezi: Boat & Fishing Trips 28.04.2011
Lower Zambezi: Game Drives 29.04.2011
Lower Zambezi: Walking Safari 30.04.2011
Lower Zambezi: Canoe Safari 30.04.2011
Lower Zambezi: Chongwe Falls 02.05.2011

Where possible routes have been plotted on Google Earth. Click on *** Route plotted here *** in each blog entry to open up the map. Please note that this blog is not intended as a guide. Should you wish to try any of these walks please consult a map and/or guide-book for proper route description. See also my note on safety.

(updated 31.12.2011)