Secret Cape Town: Hiking to Tranquillity

A well-kept hiking secret, Tranquillity Cracks is a series of deep, cave-like crevasses cut into the sandstone of Table Mountain’s Twelve Apostles above Koeëlbaai near Slangolie Buttress in Table Mountain National Park, above Camps Bay. A gnarled yellowwood guards the entrance to a cleft that leads deep into an outcrop known as Slangolie Face. Disregard side passageways and continue to a grassy enclosure surrounded by weirdly shaped rocks. Peep over the side and behold the Apostles marching northwards with the sharp point of Lion’s Head beyond them and Camps Bay far below.

Getting there: Walk along the Pipe Track above Camps Bay, then up Woody Ravine. Once on top, take the trail southwards. Not long after a rocky scramble past Slangolie Ravine, keep a lookout for a small rock cairn on your right. Follow the overgrown path to your right towards the rock face. GPS S33°58.811; E18°23.012.

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Secret Cape Town

* Kalk Bay on foot
* Top mountain biking spots
* Horsing around
* Pelagic birding
* Einstein for kids
* Coasteering
* Tobogganing round the bends
* Kayak with penguins
* Dive with sharks
* District Six Museum
* Feeling bookish
* Proudly South African handiwork
* Sharing arts and culture
* Weekend markets
* Tea at the Mount Nelson
* Take a cruise

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