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Table Mountain: Platteklip Gorge and Kasteelspoort
There are dozens of trails up Table Mountain, and even if I lived in Cape Town long-term, I'd doubt I'd even come close to exploring each...
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Lion's Head Sunset
A few friends from work and I took a leisurely hike up Lion's Head to view the sunset. While I'd hiked the peak before at sunrise, I was...
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Table Mountain: Skeleton Gorge
Arguably one of the most well-known mountains in Africa, Table Mountain provides a magnificent backdrop to cosmopolitan Cape Town and now...
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Sunrise at Lion's Head
One of the several reasons I had the overwhelming desire to travel to Cape Town was the allure of the mountains -- Table Mountain,...