Thursday, 13 December 2012

Cape Town, Table Mountain, Walks & Viewpoints (3)

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Skeleton Gorge & Nursery Ravine:

You can combine a visit to the gardens at Kirstenbosch with an ascent up Table Mountain via one route and a descent down another, ending at the Kistenbosch National Botanical Garden's restaurant for tea.

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Starting at the restaurant, follow the Skeleton Gorge signs, which lead you onto the Contour Path.
At the Contour Path, a plaque indicates that this is Smuts' Track, the route favoured by Jan Smuts, the Boer leader and South African prime minister.

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The plaque marks the start of a broad-stepped climb up Skeleton Gorge, involving wooden steps, stone steps, wooden ladders and loose boulders.
Be prepared for steep ravines and difficult rock climbs - and under no circumstances stray off the path.
This route requires reasonable fitness, and takes about two hours.

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Skeleton Gorge is not recommended for the descent, as it can be very slippery; rather use Nursery Ravine.
At the top of Skeleton Gorge, walk a few metres to your right ro a sign indicating kasteelspoort.
It's just 35 minutes from the top of Skeleton Gorge along the kasteelspoort path to the head of Nursery Ravine.
The descent returns you to the 310-metre Contour Path, which leads back to Kirstenbosch.
This entire walk lasts about five hours.

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