Rim of Africa

Rim of Africa South Africa Trekking. Rim of Africa is a 62 multi day hiking traverse from the Cederberg to the Outeniqua in the Cape Fold Mountains.

The Rim of Africa High Mountain Traverse starts on the 24th September each year and follows a series of wild fynbos ridgelines from the Cederberg to the Outeniqua. It comprises nine different traverses of varying lengths from 7 to 10 days. The Rim of Africa aims to rekindle the love of nature, reconnect people with the earth, with health and put vitality back into the journey of life. The Rim of

Africa Initiative hosts an annual traverse of the Cape Fold Mountains, fostering experiences which support personal and cultural reconnection to nature, whilst encouraging the conservation of these remarkable mountains and their rich biodiversity. We work in partnership with supportive landowners, local conservation and tourism groups and in cooperation with CapeNature.

Great weather and a great bunch of hikers, we were the lucky ones this weekend. Getting as fit as you reasonably can ahe...
17/08/2026

Great weather and a great bunch of hikers, we were the lucky ones this weekend. Getting as fit as you reasonably can ahead of a multi-day hike makes all sorts of sense.

Once a year we wind our way along the ridges of the Cape Fold mountains from the Cederberg to the Outeniqua. In the hear...
12/08/2026

Once a year we wind our way along the ridges of the Cape Fold mountains from the Cederberg to the Outeniqua. In the heart of it is the Langeberg, a real dragon's-back of a ridgeline. There are still a few spots open on Traverse 5 & 6, From the Koo to Montagu (20 – 26 Oct) and then on past Swellendam to Barrydale (26 Oct-4 Nov).
Do you see yourself in those shoes?

Mid-winter turns out to be the perfect hiking weather! Our fourth RoA 2026 weekend hike combined excellent skies with be...
17/06/2026

Mid-winter turns out to be the perfect hiking weather! Our fourth RoA 2026 weekend hike combined excellent skies with beautiful flowers and some significant veld restoration in the Langeberg near Barrydale.
As a team, we cleared over 500 wilding pines (mostly small) and introduced a biocontrol agent into clumps of 1000s of hakea (hakea is an invasive w**d in the protea family which can quickly take over a mountainside).
This still left time for some challenging hiking, river crossings, gear testing, chilly dips, stargazing and lazing about generally.
There are four more weekends scheduled before our 2026 Traverse, sign up for a hike via the website to get your gear and legs into shape.

Cederberg area open already
18/05/2026

Cederberg area open already

Foremost in all of our minds at the moment is the devastation caused by the wind and rain this week. Just one example is...
15/05/2026

Foremost in all of our minds at the moment is the devastation caused by the wind and rain this week. Just one example is this photo by Dawie Burger in the Cederberg the flood cut through a recently repaired mountain pass road. Everywhere it is the same, expensive and time consuming damage to well built infrastructure.
As hikers and mountaineers we stand with the landowners and farming communities that we have got to know through their welcoming generosity, allowing us to enter these wild places, use their roads and helping us when we are in need.
We acknowledge their strength and fortitude, we are humbled by their ability to accept the setbacks and keep going.

Last weekend, before the massive storm that hammered the Western Cape, scores of mountain lovers descended on Driehoek f...
14/05/2026

Last weekend, before the massive storm that hammered the Western Cape, scores of mountain lovers descended on Driehoek for the annual Keeping It Wild weekend hosted by Sustainable Ceder and LoveOurTrails.

This year the main themes were post-fire overview of the situation in the Cederberg (a large part was burnt in summer 2025/26) and developing a new mountain tourism and hiking corridor to the east of Tafelberg, an area that was not burned. The content presented as a real opportunity for Rim of Africa to explore new routes so as to keep our way wild, take pressure off burned and popular routes as well as engaging and benefitting communities along our Traverse.

Blake Dyason of Love Our Trails, also a committed Rim of Africa guide, was largely responsible for organising the weekend together with Dawie and Lizette from Driehoek. An organised camping site at Langkloof makes a lot of sense for those who wish to see the Cederberg in all its original glory. To kickstart this project they have set up a Back-a-Buddy campaign called Help us put Langkloof on the map, to which Rim of Africa Trust has made a small contribution from our Mountain Restoration fund which is largely funded by Rim hiker donations, thank you all. The other way to support is to put Langkloof and the eastern Cederberg on your bucket list .
Pics:
1. Blake leading the charge at the campsite rehabilitation
2. Rim hikers Cecilia and Athol who showed up to help on the day
3. Monique Rutherford, Cape Nature Cederberg manager, enjoying the assistance of more than 100 volunteers making light work of things
4. Rim Guide Kieron taking a break from beserking the slangbos out of there
5. Rim Guide Jurgen and team who cleared path from the camp to the rock art site
6. Excerpt from Ralph Taylor's map, first printed in 1952, not much has changed
7. The overlap of the Ralph Taylor map on Traverse 1 and the 2025/26 burn scar in orange.
Read the full story on the Articles page of our website at www.rimofafrica.co.za

September is 5 months of winter away. Rim of Africa's traverses will test our gear and legs. As we go into the dark we n...
05/05/2026

September is 5 months of winter away. Rim of Africa's traverses will test our gear and legs. As we go into the dark we need to step up our training and test our equipment. This last Saturday's gale force north-westerly certainly did that. And the clear air and warm sun that followed was the reward. We will be posting additional Training Weekend dates via the newsletter. A great way to get to know more about your readiness as well as keying in to the Rim of Africa.

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