Welcome to the South Cape Section of the Mountain Club of South Africa!
We are located in the Garden Route and are geographically widespread. We are concentrated in the George, Sedgefield, Knysna and Plettenberg Bay areas, but have members from as far as Mossel Bay to The Crags near Plettenberg Bay, and as far inland as Oudtshoorn and even further into the Great Karoo.
We have the Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma, Swartberg, Langeberg and Kamanassie mountains in our backyard, as well as numerous coastal hikes that we visit often, so are spoilt for choice as far as hiking and climbing go. Apart from the well known routes, we are always looking for new places to explore.
We have an informal social get together every month (except January) at the Sedgefield Bowling Club. These socials are held on the first Thursday of the month, with a start time of 18H30, and feature slide shows of recent outings or other interesting topics.
As a Section of the Mountain Club of South Africa, we subscribe to their objectives, and are proud to be members of a well respected organisation which is more than a century old.
Recent News & Meet Reports
Jonkersberg | 15 August 2021
A punctual meeting at 8am near the Glentana off-ramp from the N2 was slightly thwarted by a locked gate across our path leading to the trailhead. However, a twenty-minute delay did little damage to the [...]
Outeniqua Hike | 8-12 August 2021
Six members of the mountain club did the trail from Jubilee creek to the Big tree along the N2. (Left to right) Clive Louw, Peter Hobson, Jacolise Joubert, Judy Malherbe, Gillian Forbes and Hugh Sussens. [...]
Compassberg & Murch Point | 31 July, 1 August 2021
Hikers: Dennis Lange, Ed and Mimi Kay-Shuttleworth, Nelia and Stuart Neill, Gillian Forbes, Scott McIvor, Pierre and Som Kruse These two peaks lie in the great Karoo near Nieu-Bethesda. Compassberg is an imposing mountain - [...]
TWIN PEAKS (GEORGE & CRADOCK PEAKS) | 20 JUNE 2021
The visit to the Twin Peaks this year differed from past excursions in that this time the approach was not from Witfontein via the Power Stream and Breakfast Rock to the saddle. This ascent was [...]