Lion's Head

Last week Chris, Mandi and I did a Cape Town must do and hiked one of the three main mountains. Our roommates did the big one, Table Mountain last Saturday, and heading that it was an 8-hour adventure we opted to hike the much smaller Lion’s Head instead. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect.

Lions head is very, very vertical, so you can’t go directly up the mountain. Instead, you wrap around it multiple times, slowly gaining altitude as you go. Also because of its steepness, it has a variety of different terrains/ways to hike. The base is a gradual uphill on a dirt path, then the majority of it is a rock scramble. In addition of the scramble, there are some sections where you have to climb implanted ladder or hoist yourself up chains that are placed into the rock. After a 1 ½ - 2 hour upward hike we reached the very small top before doing the one hour hike downwards. Being the easiest of the big three hikes plus a great view from the top made it an excellent morning adventure.

The following pictures are Mandi's she took of me on our mountaintop photoshoot. I take no credit for the photos, but all the credit for being the best model.