Tirmanmak Hiking Club Hiking through Cecilia forest and Orange Kloof, near Table Mountain The hiking club taking a well deserved rest in Helderberg Nature Reserve  
               
 

Hiking Programme - October 2011 – March 2012

For more detailed information about individual hikes or rendezvous points, please contact the hiking leader responsible for the hike.

                 
 

Day

Date

Venue

Leader

Grade

Rendezvous

Time

Duration

 

Sat

1 Oct

Jason’s Hill, Rawsonville

Valerie D

Easy - mod 6,km

N1 Engen

07:30

4 Hrs
R25pp

 

Sat

15 Oct

Castle of Good Hope & Bo-Kaap tour with lunch snack

Magdalene

Easy

Castle

09:00

5 Hrs

 

Sun

23 Oct

Corridor ravine to Tranquillity Cracks

Dennis

Difficult

Kloofnek parking

07:30

5 - 6Hrs

 

Sat

05 Nov

Happy Valley,
Wellington

Valerie D

Easy - moderate

Engen on N1

08:30

6 – 7 Hrs

 

Sun

13 Nov

Helderberg Nature Reserve

Christo Beukes

Mod - strenuous

Helderberg Nature Reserve

08.00

6 Hrs

 

Sun

20 Nov

Walk in CT Urban Park and to Granger Bay

Alison

Easy

Mouille Point lighthouse

14:00

3 Hrs

 

Sun

27 Nov

Lion's Head

Patsy

Mod - strenuous

Lion’s Head 08:30 5 Hrs
 

Sat/Sun

3/4 Dec Year-end lunch @ Hartenberg Estate Valerie D

Festive social
R140pp

Hartenberg Estate
Bottelary Rd, Stellenbosch

11:00

3+ hrs

  Tues 6 Dec General Meeting Jean Meeting Pinelands Library 19:30 Magdalene will share their Brazil holiday with group
 

Sun

11 Dec

Elephant's Eye

Patsy

Moderate

Cecelia Forest

08.00 4 Hrs
  Sat 07 Jan Ikwa Ttu! Cultural experience + snack lunch Magdalene Easy Engen N7 08:00

4 – 5 Hrs

  Sat 14 Jan Beach walk, Muizenberg Patsy Easy Parking area Muizenberg Civic Centre 08.30 3 hrs
  Sun 22 Jan Three peaks, Silvermine Leslie Moderate Silvermine, East gate 08.00 4 – 5 Hrs
  Sun 5 Feb Rondevlei Nature Reserve, Grassy Park + picnic Val D Easy At reserve in Grassy Park 09.00 4 Hrs
R10 entry fee
  Sun 12 Feb Disa walk on Table mountain Dennis Mod - strenuous Outside main entrance Kirstenbosch Bot gardens

07:00

5 – 6 Hrs

 

Sun

19 Feb Echo Valley/Cave Peak Kalk Bay Don Moderate Kalk Bay railway station 08.30 4 Hrs
  Sat - Sun 3-4 March 2 day Orange Kloof Trail (Hoerikwaggo) Edwina Moderate
R220pp
Silvermine Dam

07:30

2 days

 

Tue

06 March General Meeting Jean Meeting Pinelands Library

19.30

 

 

Fri – Sun

9 – 11 March Nuy trail, Worcester Leslie Moderate Engen N1

TBA

Weekend

 

Sun

18 March

Platteklip Gorge and/or Maclear’s Beacon via Cable car Leslie
Stephanie
Difficult
Easy
Kloofnek parking

07:00
09:00

5 - 6 Hrs
3 – 4 Hrs

 

Sun

25 March

Slangkop, Kommetjie Mountain or beachwalk option

Dennis Mountain-strenuous
Beach-moderate
Slangkop lighthouse

08.00

Mountain 4 –5 hrs
Beach 2 - 3hrs

 

NB: Diarise long weekend 27 – 29 April 2012 – Cederberg weekend hike. Dennis Koopman convenor.

Please phone leader previous evening to confirm that you will attend a day hike.
Please note that only members may attend away weekend hikes - visitors welcome on day hikes.

Duration time of the hikes may vary and is only an approximate estimate.

Contact numbers of hiking leaders:

Christo B 021 8511521 & 0823937102 -Dennis 021 6922094 & 0833214215

Leslie 021 7887486 & 0827174766 - Don 021 9390204 & 0844090204

Edwina 0846689187 - Valerie D 082 2006811 - Annelore 076 7230423

Alison 021 5313930 & 0833965069 - Patsy 0824411882 - Stephanie 082 9750116

Magdalene 0827174766