"Peaked this wonderful mountain in 3 hours, taking another 2 hours to get back to its base. It required nothing more than some basic path-finding knowledge due to the overgrown nature of parts of the trail, but it's been kindly marked out with cairns at most of the questionable locations. Access to the hike was very easy, with a simple (free) sign-in at the back gates of Tokara Wine Estate, and a short 20min walk (no vehicle access) to the start of the trail, marked quite clearly with a Simonsberg Conservancy sign and submerged concrete reservoir that the security advises to fill up at. Gear-wise, we went up with the bear-minimum, with nothing other than snacks and water in our backbacks, and simple trail shoes - nothing too high-level required, although I'm sure it will make a lot of the steeper/rockier parts of the hike a lot more manageable. We handled it fine though, with very little struggle - but its important to be prepared for a very steep and unrelenting incline. Fitness is most important on this hike as it never flattens out until you are right on top. All-in-all, it was a great adventure and to the fellow Peakery's out there living near the Stellenbosch area, it ..." — WadeyB • Nov 16, 2019

"Approach via the Saalkie (deck) to Square Tower Peak, past Nerian Kloof, up the gully and along the ridge to get to the back of the mountain and reach the South Peak summit. Decended via Nerina Kloof. FYI, be careful not to decend down the wrong kloof (the Sit Sit) if you've never seen the Nerian Kloof and approached via the Sentraal Kloof." — CraigBurnsStellenbosch • Nov 16, 2019

"Approach via the Saalkie (deck) to Square Tower Peak, past Nerian Kloof, up the gully and along the ridge to get to the back of the mountain and reach the South Peak summit. Decended via Nerina Kloof. FYI, be careful not to decend down the wrong kloof (the Sit Sit) if you've never seen the Nerian Kloof and approached via the Langrivier Kloof." — CraigBurnsStellenbosch • Nov 16, 2019

"Lovely view from the top and near the top. Had to walk fast in order to be back for the Rugby world cup final. Will do it again some time. So some klipspringer,falcons,butterflies,lizards and a lot of insects." — williamhugo • Nov 2, 2019

"Whe climbed from jonkershoek side with the waterfalla route. It was a 19km hike to tehe top and back, with 1200m elevation gain and some serious bundu bashing through proteas. " — mcthinusbrink • Oct 19, 2019