signal hill

Oct 2 2014

Table Mountain & Signal Hill

Hi,
I’m Florent and I’m with my two roomates Friedl (photograph) and Samy (volonteer) to share with you one of our most incredible journey in South Afrika !

Saturday 20th September : Table Mountain & Signal Hill

DSC_0088Table Mountain

 Perfect day to go hiking with the other volonteers of the MBC on Table mountain: amazing sky, not too much wind, just the long road between us and the top!

DSC_0149One objectif : Reach the sun !

From the first step of the climb, you can see a breach between two mountains. Then, every step makes you watch the valley better than your feets: Cape town, the Sea, and Lion’s Head on the left.

DSC_0283-2Lion’s Head from Signal Hill

After 30 minutes, you can’t see Lion’s head anymore, and it gets colder because you are exactly between the two mountains. No more sun, but an amazing view with water falling from the top on the left,  big and pretty stones on the right.

DSC_170Cape Town during the walk

And after 1hour30, we are in the gorge. Explosion of the sun, after 30 minutes with the head so close to the floor, we finally reach the sky !!

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Far away, our second objective : Signal Hill for sunset. Just the time to take the cable car, and here we go !

DSC_0272DSC_0272Signal Hill from the top of table mountain

Signal Hill : It’s 17h45. Sunset is expected around 18h30, just enough time to enjoy the landscape around, table mountain in our back, and the endless sea in front of us.

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We walked through the grass to find the perfect view, crossing the road of lovers and other tourist.

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And soudainly, it’s happen. Sunset. No more words, enjoy the view.


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Florent, Friedl and Samy

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Oct 28 2013

Paragliding

This weekend a few of us decided to go into Cape Town and have a look around and go to the waterfront. We hadn’t even planned it but somehow we ended up having the most amazing experience ever going paragliding! We made our way up to the top of Signal Hill, where the most amazing views of Cape Town could be seen. It was so cool as on one side you had the ocean and on the other Table Mountain. Within minutes of meeting the people taking us gliding, we were strapped in and ready to go. We didn’t even have enough time for the realisation of what we were about to do kick in before the adrenaline hit us. It was so fun having to run off the top of the hill down a green runway and into the air as if you were flying. When I first started to run within 3 seconds I was off the ground. Apparently you are meant to run for a lot longer so we had to touch back down and keep running until we got enough lift! The views from up in the air were even more amazing – you could see for miles and right down into all the flats below. It was quite relaxing just floating in the air towards the sea. At the end just before landing the instructor decided to do some short turns over the sea which was quite scary but exciting at the same time. We landed right beside the beach surrounded by people sunbathing. It was a fantastic experience and I would love to do it again. Was fun to be able to see Cape Town from a different angle. There are so many cool things and lots of adventure sports to do in Cape Town during your weekends here!!
Hannah, volunteer from Ireland
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