Beginners to hike through Bluff reserve
On Sunday, 10 September take a hike to Kirk Falls (Shongweni).
DURBAN Ramblers Hiking Club enjoys a short hike through Bluff Nature Reserve on Saturday, 9 September.
Call hike leader Ana on 082-496-2320.
This good beginners’ hike will be a short hike through this pretty nature reserve, which is split into two sections by Tara Road.
The top section is a lovely coastal, lowland forested area with good views out to the Bluff and some sections of the refinery. On the lower part are the remnants of a large swamp that once covered this part of the Bluff and which is now a bird sanctuary with great bird watching facilities overlooking the freshwater pan and wetlands. Hikers are to meet at 1.45pm at the reserve parking area in Tara Road.
Directions: Take the Jacobs off-ramp from the southern freeway, turn seaward at the traffic lights into Quality Street and follow this road until Tara Road, where you turn left. The reserve is immediately on the right-hand side of the road. People are encouraged to stay afterwards for a bring your own braai/ picnic and a social or even birdwatching at the hide. This 6km hike is graded one, easy.
On Sunday, 10 September hikers will hike to Kirk Falls in Shongweni.
Call hike leader Jon Stevens on 082-459-1522.
This walk over undulating hills goes down to Delville Wood Station from the opposite side, through tunnels to Kirk Falls, which hopefully will be fuller than in previous years. Meet at 8am at Union Main Centre, 45 Old Main Road, Pinetown or at 8.15am at Maytime Centre, 20 Charles Way, Kloof from where hikers will drive to the parking. Petrol sharing costs R20.
This 18km hike is graded three to four.
