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 west as Blombos, east to The Crags near Plettenberg Bay, and inland past Oudtshoorn to Prince Albert and Ladismith in 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

Letter from the Chair | August 2026

August 24th, 2026|Comments Off on Letter from the Chair | August 2026

From my chair: Dear all It gives me great delight to tell you that Greg and Cheryl Devine were made Honorary Life Members of the South Cape Section at a very well-attended social gathering on [...]

Doring Rivier Circular day hike | 5 July

August 24th, 2026|Comments Off on Doring Rivier Circular day hike | 5 July

Hike description: … A lovely day out! ‘A peach of a day’ and the weather gods and the mountains delivered!! MCSA members included Greg and Cheryl Devine, Lisa Mulligan and Wikus de Beer, Werner Frei, [...]

Letter from the Chair | July 2026

August 24th, 2026|Comments Off on Letter from the Chair | July 2026

From my chair: 33° 55’ 03.28”S 22° 30’ 52.34”E Dear all Allow me to start with a gentle nag: most of you have now sent Werner (wfrei.sedge@gmail.com) a picture of your happy smiling face for [...]

Red Stone Hills, Calitzdorp | 20 June

June 25th, 2026|Comments Off on Red Stone Hills, Calitzdorp | 20 June

In search of Calitzdorp’s Golden Arches. To sum up this excursion in a single sentence would be – Blood was shed, but at last count all limbs remained generally present and intact! By the time, [...]

Upcoming Meets

Our hike schedule is continually updated, but here is a list of upcoming hikes. Please contact any committee member or our meets/hike coordinator for details.