Venues

Deep water bouldering at 6 Pillars in Gqeberha Port Elizabeth. Guide & pictures.

Abbot’s Buttress is a minor trad area in East London, South Africa.

Alicedale is the Eastern Cape's largest bouldering area & the 2nd largest recorded bouldering area in South Africa.

Rock climbing at Assegaai Trail near Grahamstown. Only two sport routes, but plenty of potential for more.

Bulk River Dam is a minor climbing area about 40km from Port Elizabeth.

Beacon Bay Cave Trail is a minor climbing area in East London, South Africa. The routes are short & it not very worth while. One sport route.

Bellow Falls is a minor trad climbing area close to East London. All trad at this stage. 30m water fall.

Small easy bouldering area outside PE. Fantastic coffee & breakfast.

Bible Monument is a boulder traverse training spot in Grahamstown.

Guide to rock climbing routes at Blaauwkranz near Grahamstown. 39 country trad routes.

Bobbejaanskop is a minor trad area about 30km outside Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth).

Urban outdoor bouldering area in Grahamstown. Only 6 recorded problems.

Bridgemeade has a few very low ball boulders. This is a minor urban area that is only recorded for fun! Please don't go there expecting Rocklands.

The Buffalo is a single pitch dolorite country trad area about 35km from East London. There are some multi pitch trad routes & about 10 sport lines.

Remote country trad venue. Only two routes recorded.

Burnout is a short trad climbing & bouldering area off Mountain Drive in Grahamstown.

Seaside bouldering at Cape St Francis, near Jeffreys Bay. About 270 boulder problems, ranging from super easy to 7C

Cockscomb is a country trad climbing venue about 120km from Gqeberha (PE). A fairly long walk-in (>5 hours), some veg, a bit of fungus, but limited loose rock & some surprisingly good climbing.

Country adventure trad climbing near Nieu-Bethesda. Vertical dolorite with a fairly long walk-in.

Coombs is a a wonderful sport & trad climbing area about 30km from Grahamstown.

Trad & bouldering climbing area on Mountain Drive, just outside Grahamstown.

Rock climbing & bouldering guide to Damasqua Ridge, near Gqeberha (PE).

De Bos is a minor sport crag about 50km out of Gqeberha (PE). There are 12 sport lines.

Sandstone slab climbing near Steytlerville. Only two trad routes recorded.

Dungeon is a small urban bouldering cave in Gqeberha Port Elizabeth

Eagle Gorge is a wilderness trad climbing area near Gqeberha Port Elizabeth. There are 39 recorded trad routes.

List of various boulders, buildings, statues & climbing potential in East London, South Africa.

Small sport crag on the N2 Garden Route. Only 3 sport routes, one is still a project.

Falcon Rock is a climbing & bouldering about 35km outside of Gqeberha (PE). 16 sport lines, 29 trad lines & 93 boulder problems.

Februarie Kloof is proper unspoiled mountain wilderness. All the climbing is country trad. 32 routes so far. It is quite a long walk-in.

Rock climbing at Fort Fordyce is on vertical dolerite. There are 73 sport lines, 10 sport projects & 69 trad lines. There is potential for new routes, especially trad.

Guide to various boulder problems & traverses at Fort Frederick, Gqeberha (PE).

Gamkaskloof is a minor boulder area on the road to De Hel in the Swartberg.

Indoor bouldering cave in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)

Indoor bouldering wall in East London, South Africa

Grips is a huge climbing slab at the start of the Baviaans on the Hankey Patensie side. Mostly trad or mixed routes, but there are 5 sport lines.

Rock climbing routes at Groot Tafelberg near Richmond & De Aar.

Grootbosrivier & Kleinbosrivier Kloof are both wilderness country trad climbing venues close to Gqeberha Port Elizabeth.

Grootrivier is a very accessible sport crag about 15km outside Plett. There are a few trad lines & lots of potential.

Grots is a popular bouldering spot about 8km outside of Grahamstown.

Hangklip is a country trad climbing venue near Queenstown in the Eastern Cape.

Happy Valley is a buildering area on the beach in Gqeberha (PE)

Rock climbing in Hellspoort outside Grahamstown. Overhanging sport routes, short trad & bouldering.

Minor country trad climbing venue on the road to Port St Johns.

Hogsback is a country trad venue with 249 trad lines & 37 sport lines. On balance dolerite.

Hole In the Wall is a minor adventure trad crag. The climbing is very short & crumbly. Have to monitor tides, swim to get there & have sense of humor.

Hope Crag is a minor climbing crag on Hopewell Conservation Estate near Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth).

Horseshoe Bend is a small urban trad & sport area in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth).

Overhanging sport climbing venue 8km outside Grahamstown. 43 sport routes (with 2 link routes). Extremely short walk-in & shaded all day.

Ineptocracy is a remote bouldering area in Longmore Forest. Only 9 problems opened, may be potential for a few more.

Inkwenkwezi is a minor climbing area about 30km outside East London.

Kirkwood is a minor climbing crag outside the town of Kirkwood. Crag is a mix of trad & sport, all short.

Kleinrivier is a beautiful wilderness kloof with some single pitch country trad routes. Its a beautiful spot.

Kouga Wildernis is a stunning mountain resort that has 18 sport routes, 4 are open projects & 103 trad lines.

Kudu Kaya, in Baviaanskloof, has some single pitch trad rock routes & great shaded camping. This is a country trad venue.

Sport, trad & bouldering 35km from Gqeberha (PE)

Lalapanzi is a dolorite country trad venue. There are 31 single pitch trad routes & 2 sport lines.

Climbing route descriptions for Langklip Pinnacle in the Langkloof

Linkside Cave is a small urban sport climbing crag in Gqeberha (PE).

Madelaine is a country trad venue. The face vertical dolorite & is about 140m high & 800m wide.

Mary is a country dolorite trad & sport venue.

Masekane is an urban beginners sport climbing area in Gqeberha Port Elizabeth. 20 short sport lines.

Rock climbing route guide for Meiringspoort. Six single pitch roadside trad routes.

Momentum is a wild trad climbing area. There a about 122 trad lines & 7 scattered sport routes.

Moodie's is a single pitch country trad climbing area about 8km from Makhanda (Grahamstown). There are more than 100 trad routes.

Morgan Bay is a trad sea cliff climbing area about 90km from East London. More than 600 single pitch trad lines.

Naga's Kloof is a wilderness trad gorge, but has 13 scattered sport routes.

This is a country trad venue at the Willowmore end of Baviaanskloof.

Nguniland is a country climbing crag with 28 trad lines & 9 sport routes. Close to Kareedow

NSA is the main sport crag in East London. 62 sport routes.

Classic limestone sport climbing area near Oudtshoorn. 127 sport climbing lines.

Climbing & bouldering area just outside Cape Town.

Palmiet Rivier Kloof is a country trad venue, in a superb unspoiled wilderness. Only 8 trad lines.

Super sweet trad & sport on super quartzite right in the middle of Plett. 17 sports routes & 26 trad routes. Limited walk-in. With a sea view & in a holiday town.

Pinnacle gorge is a fantastic wilderness climbing area about 90km from Uitenhage. There are 485 trad routes & 37 sport lines, with 5 that are still projects.

Pompie's Pillar is a minor crag in East London, South Africa. 1 sport line.

Port St Johns is has big faces & lots of climbing potential, but it a bit remote to be a well known climbing area.

Ravenscliff is a country trad crag. At this stage it only has one four pitch trad route. It has potential for plenty of routes.

Rhodes University indoor climbing wall has bouldering, sport & top rope climbing

Bouldering in Plettenberg Bay on Robberg Beach

Sapkamma Poort is a minor trad climbing spot next to the road.

Minor bouldering area at Schoonmarkerskop (Schoonies) off Marine Drive in Gqeberha aka Port Elizabeth.

Rock climbing at Sleepy Hollow outside Gqeberha Port Elizabeth. Sport & trad routes.

Spare Ribs is a small climbing area outside Grahamstown. There are 2 sport routes & 4 trad routes.

Storms River Mouth is a super spot to visit & there are a few short trad lines. Not great climbing.

Sport, trad & bouldering in a sunning forest near Stutterheim.

Roadside trad climbing in Swartberg Pass. Short walk-ins. 98 trad routes on sandstone & quartzite. Single & multi-pitch.

Country trad climbing area close to Middelberg, Eastern Cape.

The Island is a beautiful climbing area just outside Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). 41 sport routes, 2 are still in progress & 44 trad lines.

Small urban outdoor bouldering spot in Grahamstown.

Country trad climbing area near Tarkastad.

Thornkloof is a sport area with 23 sport lines & some easier trad. Approximately 20km outside of Grahamstown.

Towerkop is a remote country trad climbing peak with a long walk-in & an adventurous atmosphere. The oldest recorded rock climbing route in South Africa is on Towerkop.

Four short sport lines with an easy wslk-in just off the N2.

Tygerhoek is a wilderness trad venue. 66 recorded trad lines & 5 sport routes on sandstone quartzite mix.

Tyson's is a sport climbing crag. Shaded in summer. 30 sport lines on vertical quartzite. There are also 20 trad routes.

A few easy boulder problems on boulders close to the road.

Gqeberha (PE)'s only indoor commercial climbing wall

Small climbing area in Van der Kemp's Port Elizabeth. Only 5 short trad routes.

Van Stadens is a sport climbing area 37km from Gqeberha (PE). 326 sport routes & about 217 trad lines.

Country trad climbing guide to routes at Vermarkskloof near De Rust.

Waterkloof is a hard sport climbing area on the Willowmore side of Baviaanskloof. 21 sport routes.

Windmill Hole is a mixed sport & trad climbing area in East London, South Africa.

Witteklip is a small bouldering spot 35km from Gqeberha (PE).

Wolwerivier is a sport climbing area close to Sedgfield on the Garden Route.

Dolorite, country trad crag next to a beautiful river. 3 sport lines.