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Monday, June 07, 2010

Lion's Head: A 360 degree view of Cape Town

Nestled in between Table Mountain and Signal Hill, Lion’s Head proudly sits at 2,195 feet overlooking the entire Cape. The distinguishing feature of Lion’s Head: the trail wraps around the nape of the neck, eventually meandering up to the crown of the head, allowing for 360 views of the Cape. Incredible! The exposed trail makes you feel like you may fall off the side of the mountain. To add adventure to the exposed hike, there are ladders to climb steep rock faces, chains to hold on to, and an option to rappel UP a chain. We decided against rappelling up, but we did have white knuckles as we walked across a very exposed portion of the trail. As we were hiking down a para glider swooped right over our heads and peacefully glided through the sky, circling Camps Bay.

1 comment:

Mama Weimer said...

Wow, what a view!!!!! Climbing that steep a mountain woould not be my preference. Obviously you returned without any catatrophic results. How many more mountains do you plan to climb?