Dave Birkett bouldering on Llandudno Beach, Cape Town
The world famous Rocklands is found in the Cederberg mountains north of Cape Town. It is a very beautiful area in a semi-desert setting, very isolated and pretty safe. There are several excellent quality sport routes and a multitude of world-class boulder problems. The rock is a fine grain sandstone of medium hardness, excellent for climbing on due to its varied features. It is quite rough so you will surely need to plan restdays to re-grow some skin. Some of the bouldering has been developed by Frederic Nicole, Klem Loskott and others. Some of the cliffs just off the Pakhuis pass towards Calvinia were the first to be climbed on trad gear in the area. Much later in the early nineties Cedar Rouge was opened and all the other routes were put up over the next few years. More info on the SACIN website.
A web site dedicated to bouldering in South Africa and containing many Topos etc
 | ROCKLANDS (Western Cape) |
| CAPE TOWN (Western Cape) |
| JOHANNESBURG (Gauteng) |