Cecilia Forest, Western Cape | Cape Town Hikes | Hiking
Guides for the Cecilia Forest Hiking Trail located in Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape |
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This is
a leisurely walk that will take you through the forest, up
and along towards Constantia Nek. This is a great walk if
you want to avoid the direct heat on a sunny day. The actual
walk is very easy going and takes you along gravel road and
a few small paths. From the car park you will walk up a gradual
incline, but nothing overly strenuous. There is a really interesting
little section that that takes you off the road into a single
track path. Some people even say that there are forest fairies
that live in the trees here… The route turns back just
before Constantia Nek and heads back to Cecilia Forest via
a lower trail. There are a couple of streams along the way
which allow you to take a welcoming sip of cool mountain water,
but be sure to take some other refreshments along.
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Starting
Point: Cecilia Forest
car park where Hohenhort Drive meets Rhodes Drive
Ending Point: Cecilia
Forest car park where Hohenhort Drive meets Rhodes
Drive
Walk Duration: 1½ - 2 hours (Add on for stops)
Type of Terrain: Gravel/Dirt
Road, Single Track
Difficulty: This
is an relatively easy walk with mild uphill sections.
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Route Description:
• The walk begins at the Cecilia Forest car park where Hohenhort
Drive meets Rhodes Drive
• Follow the dirt road until you reach a fork. Take the road
to the left.
• Shortly after the fork, keep your eye out for a single track
path that leaves the road and heads up and to the right.
• Follow the single track until you reach another dirt road.
Turn left when you reach this road.
• This next section of road is fairly flat. Walk for the next
1km. You will then need to keep your eye out for the next path that
leaves the road that heads up and to the right.
• If you reach a fork in the gravel road with one road heading
back and down to the left and the other continuing round to the right,
you have missed the path. Walk back 20m and you will see the path
heading upwards.
• When you pop out on the road, head left, down the road.
• At the next fork turn left. If you had to continue straight
you would reach Constantia Nek.
• Follow this road downhill. Take the next road up and to the
left.
• You know you are on the right track if you hit the mountain
stream in the next 100m.
• At the next fork in the road take the right turn which continues
downhill.
• The next fork down to the right takes you back to the Cecilia
Forest car park.
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Cecilia Forest, Western Cape | Cape Town Hikes | Hiking
Guides for the Cecilia Forest Hiking Trail located in Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape |
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