Kalk Bay

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+/-25 Single Pitch Sport Routes, Grades 4 to 8a 20min walk up to crag.

Season

Autumn and afternoons. In winter there is water seepage in places and in summer onshore winds make the rock greasy.

Rock

Sandstone

Gear

Sport Rack & a 50m rope. If you wish to top rope, a couple of medium length slings and locking carabiners might be necessary.

The climbing

This Crag features short bolted routes on steep rock, surrounded by some of the best views Cape Town has to offer.

Getting there

The walk takes about 20 min. At the end of Boyes Drive is a cul-de-sac (Godfrey Rd.). Park here and follow the hiking trail up toward the saddle. Just before the saddle, the path crosses some stone steps, on your left you will see a cairn marking a vague trail. Follow this over a rise onto rock slabs in a notch in the saddle. Go right and through the notch exiting it's left side. Folllow the trail up towards the crags. One can park in Mountain Rd., Clovelly, In which case cross the saddle before joining the trail to the crag. From the Clovelly side if you are wanting to climb the Mermaid area, it is easier to turn right onto an obvious well-trodden path 10metres before the saddle. Follow this between two boulders, past a cave, then just above a mini-gulley take a not so obvious turnoff left towards what looks like two boulders, aiming between them. The left "boulder" turns out to be the Mermaid wall.