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The Houtbay Leopard Traditional Cache

Hidden : 11/6/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Hout Bay Leopard

Hout Bay's Leopard is a lasting symbol of some of our lost heritage. Have a closer look at this symbol of the last Leopard of this area. Minor rock scrambling / rock hopping is required.

Weighing in at 295 kgs this famous bronze statue of a Leopard was placed on its rocky pedestal in March 1963, a gift from Ivan Milford Barbeton. The bronze leopard is in memory of the last leopard sited in the area in 1930.

It is a popular tourist spot and many folk stop and take pictures from the nearby parking. I have long thought that it deserved a cache and initially wondered about scaling the rocks and placing the cache right at or on the statue however that would preclude so many folk from logging it so I have found a nifty spot very close by. Have fun!


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