Day Tours - Biking and Hiking Trails, West Coast
With the number of walking and hiking trails in and around Cape Town and its surrounding mountains and forests, one could easily be kept busy for weeks. The Cape provides an array of hiking backdrops from waterfalls and ravines to dry fynbos and lush forest - beautiful scenery as well as an adundance of flora and birdlife awaits.
Mountain Biking in Cape Town is well established but there are also many other mountain bike trails in the Cape west coast. With a little bit of effort it is easy to find an MTB trail in Beaverlac, Cederberg and Piketberg. This is the ultimate way to experience the west coast, rent a bike. Being out in the open riding the many country roads and tracks that exist from Malmsbury to Darling to Langebaan to Citrusdal and into the mountains gives a different perspective on the Sandveld and Swartland. It allows you to take the time to see the little things that build the character of the region.
Table Mountain
Table Mountain can be accessed via a funicular to the top. Among the more popular from the Cape Town side are Platteklip Gorge (starting from Tafelberg Road) and the Pipe Track (starting from Kloof Nek).
Lions Head
Spectacular walk through mountain fynbos with silver trees to the top of Lion's Head (669m high). Access to the steep section at the top is facilitated by steel ladders.
Silvermine Nature Reserver
Various hiking trails: On the eastern side, Silvermine river and waterfall, walks on Muizenberg, Steenberg and Kalk Bay mountains; on the western side, Panorama Circuit, access to Elephants Eye Cave, Tokai lookout, Hout Bay viewsite and Noordhoek Ridge lookout. Shady picnic sites on the western side.
Koeberg Private Nature Reserve
Coastal beach vegetation and dune fynbos, wetlands and saltmarsh. Grysbok Hiking Trail (2-3km) starts at the Visitor's Information Centre. The Dikkop Trail (8-13km) starts north of the main gate (first obtain a key at the Visitor's Centre). Panoramic views of Table Mountain.
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