Tweede Tol along the Bainskloof Pass
posted by Paul
Tweede Tol is a camping site high up in the Limietberg Nature Reserve. Since we last visited, several years ago, Cape Nature seems to have made several improvements to the site - perhaps the most welcome of all being that they've planted and manicured a thick bed of buffalo grass at each stand.Day visitors are allowed to picnic and swim at the large rock pools. We wanted to hike up the mountain river to a large pool about 1.5km above the camping site - so we had to hire two camping sites for the day, which worked out more expensive, but was certainly way more fun.
We spent about 4 hours hiking, swimming and applying copious amounts of sunscreen.
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Wow, this brings back memories! We used to camp here during the December holidays as kids ... single mom taking 3 kids camping every year, still amazes me that she managed.
@Kim: As kids it must have been heaps of fun. Did you guys ever head on up the river?
We explored a bit, but no serious hiking or anything. hmmm... if memory serves there was a small cave close to the camp site.
My hubby is a keen flyfisher who recently learnt that the Witte River, which runs through Bains Kloof, is a challenging place to fish for brown trout so a trip to Tweede Tol is hopefully in the cards for next year!
I seem to recall reading about that cave, but I don't think we've ever actually been to it... will have to do some exploring next time we're up there.
My nephew (who has inherited a love of fishing from his dad) was asking us about fishing spots while we were hiking, actually - will have to mention this to him next time he visits us. :)
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