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    Hike up Lion’s Head in Every Season

    14 April 2022 - By 

    Lion’s Head is one of the most iconic and easily recognisable natural attractions in Cape Town. Not only does it form part of the city’s famous three peaks (Devil’s Peak, Table Mountain and Lion’s Head) – but it is also one of the most popular hikes. Truthfully, I think every Capetonian and tourist has hiked up Lion’s Head at least once – and in every season too. While the hike has definitely become a more crowded, Insta-worthy hike in recent years, I still love that this is a hike that people of all fitness levels can enjoy for free. Since…

  • Travel Review: Cape Town’s Oldest Daily Traditional – The Firing of the Noon Day Cannon

    7 March 2016 - By 

    On March 4th, I finally ticked yet another Cape Town adventure off my local travel wishlist. It is something I have been wanting to do for almost two years now… so I will provide a little background story behind my quest to visit the Signal Hill Noon Day Cannon. It all started in January 2014 when, driving around the CBD with my parents, we heard what sounded like a mini-explosion go off in the city in the midst of a hot, summer haze of frenetic traffic. I joked and said it must be something exploding beneath us, as the sound…

  • To The Top of Table: Platteklip Gorge Hike Review – Part 1

    5 November 2015 - By 

    On October 24th, despite having succumb to an irksome bout of flu that’s been doing the rounds, I was determined to hike to the top of Table Mountain via the Platteklip Gorge Hike. My older brother recommended it to me after I gushed to him about my Lion’s Head hike and, as advised, I waited for a hot Saturday (roughly 26-28 degrees) when I knew there would be quite a few hikers out, thus making it safer to hike on my lonesome. What with the my second-year studies drawing to a close and the hot spell persisting, I knew it…

  • Travel and Beach Review: Gorgeous Clifton – Cape Town’s Unique Beach Quartet

    4 August 2015 - By 

    Cape Town beach-goers are blessed with a wealth of glorious beaches to choose from, starting with the picture-perfect Blouberg to the glamourous Camps Bay, but my favourite by far is the quartet of granite boulder-strewn Clifton beaches, with their frothy, nippy waves that kiss the sandy, pristine shoreline, as yachts frame the seemingly endless horizon and rest serenely upon the breathtakingly beautiful turquoise waters. Though the four beaches – respectively known as: Clifton 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th – share similar surroundings, they each attract their own group(s) of beach-goers and accompanying range of outdoor activities. Visitors from the Mother…