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An Action Group aimed at completing the Hermanus Cliff Path to create a world-class cliff path and attraction. To begin with, it is filthy down there.

Complete the Cliff Path
Regular walkers must have wondered why the cliff path stops at Mollergren Park, forcing one back to the main road to swallow petrol fumes for a kilometre or so before it starts again at Protea Road? Well, it appears that the reason for this is that the owners on this stretch were granted exclusive rights up to the high water mark. How this could have happened is something which we are investigating. For the moment we would like to test whether there is support from the public to change this situation. To this end, we have launched a petition on https://www.change.org under the heading “Complete the Cliff Path”. As you will gather from the website, the main motivation for change is to create a world-class 12 km walkway for locals and visitors stretching all the way from the New Harbour to Grotto Beach. We believe that the affected property owners should support the petition as well. It will considerably enhance their own experience of this beautiful coastline and increase the value of their properties. As things stand, the area is barely used and if you have ever been in there you will immediately understand why. Plastic bottles and whatever else the sea washes up, lie everywhere among rotting kelp. See the photos. It is also an environmental disaster. When some of us walked there the other day, we came across a broken storm water pipe, with some smelly stuff oozing onto the beach (see photo). One owner constructed his swimming pool pump station into the rocks and appears to back wash into the sea (see photo). But the most important issue of course is that the public has a right to access to the sea front, now entrenched in the Integrated Coastal Management Act 24 of 2008 (ICMA). See section 13(1). This right is violated by the fences (see photos) which have been erected by the owners on both the Mollergren and the Protea Road sides. To sum it up: we want to walk there and the cliff path must be connected for us. We hope that the owners will see the light and join our petition. We realise that the topography will present some challenges for the connection of the path and that great care should be taken with the design thereof so that the privacy of the owners are not unduly invaded. But these details can be discussed during a public consultation process and once the owners agree, in principle, to the path. If they don’t, and we get to our target of 1000 supporters of our petition we will take the matter further, and litigate if necessary. Hopefully the Municipality will support us. The Mayor has after all committed himself to a developmental agenda for Hermanus. So against this background, we call on you to go to the change.org website and to sign the petition, add a comment or an idea and see us in a year or two on the connected cliff path!

18/10/2025

12/10/2025

The path is officially open! Thank you to Premier Alan Winde for doing the honours, and to everyone who attended, contributed and made this day memorable.

May this path give you special memories; attract many more visitors to our shores and the local businesses; offer spectacular whale watching and sunset spots; give you a place to swim and relax but most importantly may it greatly improve your experience of walking the cliff path by no longer having to detour on the BUSY MAIN ROAD! Whooop Whoop to that (and please buy the hat)😄!

08/10/2025

Join us to celebrate the official opening of the Cliff Path connection.

Premier Alan Winde will be doing the honour of cutting the ribbon.

We are meeting at the western entry (Protea Rd) from 11h30. Merchandise will be available (get your Xmas shopping done early!) and the coffee truck will be fired up!

We can't wait to celebrate this occasion with our supporters! See you there.

19/09/2025

WE WON!

Congratulations to AVDM Consulting Engineers and Alan Bailey Civil Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd for winning the prize for "Community Based Project of the Year" in the The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) national awards last night.

Thank you to this team for their work and for building something exceptional!

12/06/2025

🌿 The new Cliff Path is nearly complete – and its magnificent! A team of ±30 incredible workers, in tough conditions & always with a smile, moved 720 tons of concrete - effectively 6600 loads - by wheelbarrow to craft the coastal path for all to enjoy. Let's show our appreciation!

💚 Donate by 19 June towards jackets, rain gear, shoes & more:
Cliff Path Action Group
Investec: 1001 2167 607
Ref: Workers

🥫Or Drop-Off at De Jagers, 104 Main Rd, Hermanus from 12 - 19 June.

To boost the energy - Weet-bix, peanut butter, honey, soup, bully beef, biscuits, coffee, hot choc, juice, bag of bar ones etc. Something to symbolise your gratitude for those who put in the hard yards.

🎉The team will be thanked in a small ceremony on 20/21 June and photos shared here.

Thank you for supporting the people behind the scenes who made this joy possible!

26/04/2025

Progress update video of the bridges at Baleen Cliffs, the section between the tidal pool with the old Bayview pool. This section was always the trickiest bit when scrambling along here, and the same can be said for the path's construction. It's been a massive job building the supporting structures for the bridges - have you seen how the team has to wheelbarrow in every inch of cement from Sea Road to the site? That's hard work in a challenging environment.

Hands up to all the teams involved in the construction; please wear your cap to show your support xx🙌 (did you see all the gorgeous colours we now have available?). Contributions are encouraged too! The link on our profile will let you pay by card, snapscan or EFT! Voila - so easy how can you say no? 😁

19/03/2025

The 2025 construction period kicked off in February and the team has been making great progress. We are building the bridges and raised sections at Baleen Cliffs at the moment; the trickiest part of the route. The men from Alan Bailey Civil Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd are going great guns this year. Thank you!

Hermanus Cliff Path

18/03/2025

Address

Protea Road
Hermanus
7200

Website

https://hermanuscliffpath.com/, https://pos.snapscan.io/qr/xrw8ENvK

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