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Traditional CacheWolfberg Arch

A cache by Discombob     Hidden: 8/22/2006

Size: Size: Regular (Regular)     Difficulty: 1 out of 5     Terrain: 4 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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In Western Cape, South Africa

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A gorgeous 8 hour hike in the majestic cederberg to the famous Wolfberg Arch.
Permits are needed to do this hike, at a cost of R40. I highly recommend that you buy a Wild Card from National Parks board before going to the Cederberg, as you have to pay for every hike you do, but its free if you have a Wild Card. Permits can be obtained from Dwarsrivier.

Drive through Sanddrift to get to the start of the hike, and head up the path to the top of the Wolfberg mountain.
Just before the cliff face at the top, follow the cairns in to the large crack on the left for the easy route, but if you want to do the fun route, veer slightly to the right near the cliff.
You should reach a dead end, with a cairn in the middle. There is then a tricky rock scramble on the right corner, just above head height. Head right for about 15 - 20m on the ledge, and then head left. there will be a crevase with 4 large rocks blocking it. Climb over these rocks, and you are entering the more exciting of the Wolfberg Cracks. This is a wonderful route, but does require some squeezing through tunnels, and shimmying up crevises. It gets quite tricky to the end.

Either route, you will end up on the flat top of Wolfberg, where you will bear left for 3.5kms to the arch.
I suggest marking the route back down on your GPS, just to be safe.

Be very careful up top here in misty weather, as it can be very easy to loose the path, and in summer it can get very hot, so bring plenty of water and sunscreen.

I almost stood on a horned adder on this hike, and also saw some fresh leopards prints, so watch out!

 


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 January 9 by Dr.Q and the Bandit (13 found)
We searched for a good hour and could not find anything.
We did find the "false" cache with the tins under a boulder.
But the only other boulder aprox 10m West from the arch, has signs that a fire had been made under it.
Not sure if the cache was meant to be there, and therefore burnt now.
Hope this is not the case and someone finds it after us.

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 September 17, 2009 by fdavis13 (1 found)
Took a school group up to find it as part of the cracks and arch hike... good fun

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 May 24, 2009 by Salls (3 found)
A stunning hike! We decided to take the trickier route up the cracks and although challenging, was very enjoyable. All in all, well worth it!
Took: Rainbow mouse and racing car toy
Left: rabbit toy, gold block and Surikata travel bug.

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 March 3, 2009 by carlstein (325 found)
GPS all over the place. Boris, who got there first and had already found and replaced the cache: "Does your GPS say it's there!?!"

One of bob's tamer hides

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 March 3, 2009 by Boris (164 found)
Had a great hike up the mountain with Team Carlstein, Emma Bear, Jan, Becs and Carrie - found the Cedercracks cache, and then headed up the 3rd crack - some very tight squeezes! Discovered I was not quite as fit as I thought! All in all an amazing day was had.
Out :TB
In: Mouse
TFTC
Boris

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Photo Becs, Carl, Emma, Carrie, Jan and Boris

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 8:46:19 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (4:46 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/11/2010 5:56:05 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (1:56 PM GMT)
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