Swartkop Trail #9: Froggy Farm Traverse
The cache is hidden a few metres off the path up to Swartkop summit from Simon’s Town via Blockhouse Gap towards the end of a short traverse section with great views in most directions and especially down to Froggy Farm (home for Mr & Mrs SawaSawa!). It can be well combined with numerous other caches on the route up to the summit from Simon’s Town (Blockhouse Gap Trail) – Blockhouse Gap (GC1T6FH), Boer Block 4 (GCY8RY), Swartkop Short Stop (GC22RWX), Swartkop 360 (GCTXJV) and then MnCo’s series of caches Swartkop Ridge 1-5 along the ridge from Swartkop summit to Smitswinkel Forestry Station near Cape Point entry gate.
To Reach the Cache Location: Park near the end of Jan Smuts Drive @ S 34 11.964 E 18 26.909 and take the jeep track heading up the hill. Follow this around and up to the right. At S 34 12.042 E 18 26.756 on a sharp left bend turn off to the right at the signpost to start up the Blockhouse Gap Trail (aka the Mule Track). This gradually ascends across the lower slopes of Simonsberg winding and contouring its way up towards the gap.
At S 34 12.624 E 18 26.739 in the Blockhouse Gap turn left heading southwards along the trail up to the summit. When you reach approx S 34 12.874 E 18 26.939 head just a few metres north off the path to a flat, wobbly(!) triangular rock which makes a nice (if somewhat unstable??) resting spot to admire the view.
The cache, a small cylindrical pharmaceutical camo-container, is hidden up in the rock a short distance off the track at approx 630m altitude.