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Here is a list of some hiking clubs in Cape Town, there are many more. You can search online if any links have changed:
Mountain Club of South Africa (MCSA), Cape Town Section
MCSA, National (all sections)
University of the 3rd Age (U3A) hiking groups.
Meridian Hiking Club
ComeHike Hiking Club (formerly known as Cape Union Mart Hiking Club / CUM Hike)
Trails Club of South Africa (TCSA)
Ramblers (Western Cape)
CRAG - Cape Runners Against Gravity
Climb ZA - comprehensive resources for rock climbers
Please support the organisations doing amazing work on hiking trail maintenance, safety and security, as well as hacking of invasive species:
Friends of Table Mountain: FOTM is a public, mountain users' organisation that focuses on Nature Conservation, Trail Maintenance, as well as Safety and Security.
Sugarbird Trust: The Sugarbird project is a registered public benefit organisation funded entirely by public donations, working in collaboration with SANParks to protect and restore the Cape Floral Kingdom by removing invasive alien plants
SANParks Honorary Rangers: "The Honorary Rangers from the Table Mountain region are typically involved in fund raising to support various projects and wish list items; maintaining the structural integrity of many of the mountain hiking and cycling trails; maintenance of various park infrastructures; visitor safety patrols (vehicular, bicycle and on foot, on Table Mountain and other high visitor areas; environmental interpretation & educational displays at various event; assisting with various scientific research project;, erection of educational signage, graffiti removal off natural rock structures and other park owned infrastructures; alien vegetation clearing; visitor education at Boulders (penguins) and a support function for the TMNP visitor safety K9 unit."
Mountain Guides:
Note: Listing here does no imply endorsement of any guide and users should use their discretion to determine whether the guide is suitable for the desired activity. A Google Search of "Table Mountain Guides" or "Mountain Guides Western Cape" will also quite likely list additional organisations.
Hike Table Mountain - Accredited mountain guides specialising in Table Mountain hiking and scrambling: enquiries@hiketablemountain.co.za
High Adventure - Guided walking, hiking, scrambling and rock climbing on Table Mountain and the Cape mountain ranges.
Venture Forth - Guided trekking, rock climbing and mountaineering adventures suitable for adventurers of all ability levels from Table Mountain to the greater ranges. Accredited as a mountaineering school with the MDT and THETA.
Anthony Hall, Rock climbing guiding and instructing (multi-pitch traditional & sport,) scrambling and mountaineering, antventure@yahoo.com
Mother City Hikers - Lauren Medcalf, DEAT Registered Mountain Guide
Ridgway Ramblers. Binny Ridgway is a qualified guide registered with the National Parks Board as a service provider on the mountain, offering guided hiking on Table Mountain and throughout the Cape Peninsula.
A selection of some books & maps:
Lines of Least Resistance: Vignettes on Table Mountain's 101 hiking and scrambling routes, Riaan Vorster, 2022
Table Mountain Classics: A guide to the classic walks, scrambles and easy rock climbs on Table Mountain, Tony Lourens, 1988, Blue Mountain Adventures
Table Mountain Guide, 5th Edition, 1983, Cape Town Section of MCSA. (Sadly now out of print...)
Adventure Walks and Scrambles in the Cape Peninsula, Karen Watkins, 2003, Double Storey Books.
Slingsby Maps - Table Mountain, Silvermine, Hout Bay and Cape Point maps by Peter Slingsby
Walks with a Fat Dog... and more walks without - Peter and Maggie Slingsby, Baardskeerder, 2006
Easy Walks in the Cape Peninsula, Mike Lundy, 3rd Edition 2000, Human and Rousseau
Best Walks in the Cape Peninsula, Mike Lundy 1st edition 1991, 3rd edition 1999
Common Wild Flowers of Table Mountain, Hugh Clarke and Bruce Mackenzie, Struik 2007
Table Mountain: To Cape Point Carrie Hampton & Andrew McIlleron, Struik, 2006, 199 pages
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