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Muizenberg to Simon's Town

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Trail stats

Distance
11.82 mi
Elevation gain
2,267 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
1,998 ft
Max elevation
1,342 ft
TrailRank 
72 5
Min elevation
1,342 ft
Trail type
One Way
Time
4 hours 51 minutes
Coordinates
1732
Uploaded
November 23, 2016
Recorded
November 2016
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near Bailey’s Cottage, Western Cape (Republic of South Africa)

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Itinerary description

I was looking to explore the area so I took the train from Simon's Town to Muizenberg and then hiked back to the place where I was staying. It is a combination of some difficult climbing/descending (mostly at the start) mixed in with a good distance of walking along the roadside.

There are plenty of ways to lengthen the hike like adding more beach portions or tackling another hill. To shorten simply hit one of the train stations along the way.

A good workout with many interesting things to see along the way.

Waypoints

PictographIntersection Altitude 289 ft
Photo ofIntersection 1

Intersection 1

Turn left on Boyes Drive. The trail is just up ahead on your right.

PictographIntersection Altitude 614 ft
Photo ofBallys kloof

Ballys kloof

More of heading up the mountain.

PictographIntersection Altitude 778 ft

More up

More up

PictographIntersection Altitude 958 ft
Photo ofIntersection 4

Intersection 4

Intersection 4

PictographIntersection Altitude 712 ft
Photo ofWeary Willy and creek

Weary Willy and creek

Turn right once you cross over the stream and head up the mountain to stay on my path. A left will take you to Kalk Bay (train station and shops).

PictographIntersection Altitude 1,073 ft
Photo ofIntersection 5 left to Jololu

Intersection 5 left to Jololu

Take a left and follow the Jololu arrow on the stone marker.

PictographPanorama Altitude 1,329 ft
Photo ofFish Hoek overlook

Fish Hoek overlook

A good spot to view the towns below.

PictographCave Altitude 1,322 ft
Photo ofBoomslang Cave / pass

Boomslang Cave / pass

Yeah, a whole lot of I'm not doing that!

PictographIntersection Altitude 584 ft
Photo ofIntersection 6

Intersection 6

Turn right to follow my path.

PictographIntersection Altitude 256 ft

Clovelly Street

Turn left on this street and follow it to the main road.

PictographIntersection Altitude 115 ft
Photo ofFish Hoek train station

Fish Hoek train station

A place to bail if you have had enough.

PictographIntersection Altitude 98 ft

Simon's Town train station

There are a couple more train stations in between. You are never far from the tracks once you hit the main road.

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