Happy New Year!!
And while almost everyone else is carefully nursing a hangover, we're already out and about training in all seriousness.
The next few posts will cover some of the hikes we're going to do in preparation for Kilimanjaro.
This trek was along Olifantsbos in the Cape Point Nature Reserve.
We spent the first 2/3 of the hike walking along the beach in our hiking boots. In the mid-summer heat and on really soft beach sand; that was really hard work!
The beaches are stunning - hardly anyone there. We walked very far down, but you don't have to go far before coming across a number of shipwrecks right on the beach.
There is even a whale bone that has long ago washed up on the beach.
The circular route eventually takes you up along the cliff tops and then back to the car park. In total it took us around 3 hours to walk and we estimated this to be a 6km route.
Walking on the soft sand in big boots is very challenging, but really good exercise!
The great thing about hiking in and around the Western Cape is that we are spoilt for choice and the views are just unbelievable!
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