by Riaan | Nov 14, 2011 | Table Mountain fauna & flora, Table Mountain news
Table Mountain has been elected as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature in the first tally of global votes (along with the Amazon jungle, Halong Bay in Vietnam, Iguaçu Falls on Brazil-Argentina border, Jeju Island in South Korea, Komodo in Indonesia, Puerto Princesa...
by Riaan | Nov 13, 2011 | Table Mountain fauna & flora
One hardly expects to come across animals on the well-trodden slopes of Sugarloaf (Lion’s Head circa early 1600s). Scarab beetles, girdled lizards and red-winged starlings are the usual suspects, with a rock kestrel putting in an occasional appearance. Great was...
by Riaan | Nov 8, 2011 | Table Mountain fauna & flora, Table Mountain routes
Snakes and Ladders I came across a Berg Adder the other day meters after negotiating one of the steel ladders on Table Mountain, making me feel like I was playing a game of real-life snakes and ladders. So, with no common ground other than their significance with...
by Riaan | Nov 1, 2011 | Table Mountain history, Table Mountain routes
At first thought I wanted to head this blog with ‘The first man to hike Table Mountain’, but that distinction belongs to a traceless individual whose name we shall never know – probably a young herdsman or hunter from the Khoi-khoi tribe, indigenous people who settled...
