Cecilia Ravine

Route Description:

Start from Cecilia forest. Kirstenbosch or Constantia Nek. The route starts to the left of the Cecilia waterfall on the contour path (by continuing up towards Spilhaus ridge a short way if coming from the Kirstenbosch side) then do a high traverse into the stream bed in order to get above the waterfall. Continue up the stream bed until forced out onto the right steep slope up lots of leaves and rotten trees. This is where it is easy to go wrong so don’t go up too soon.

If you are at the correct height, a narrow traverse leads onto a cave like rock ledge, with even narrower traverse off at the far side.

From here the ravine is more open and higher up move out onto the left hand side and under tree branches next to a small cliff.

(Before moving up left you used to find metal remnants of an old blue car that had been crashed or pushed down from the road above.)

When the trees end, keep left until possible to scramble and bush bash up onto the flat top of the buttress a short distance below the Back Table road from Constantia Nek.