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Any climbed South Africa (Magaliesburg)? 27-Nov-2007 At 10:16:23 AM skink

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On 27/11/2007 MartinR wrote:

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>I forget to mention that there is a campground right at the trail head
>to the Magaliesburg crags that we stayed at. So I assume that the Mountain
>Club will be staying at that one. Has good hot showers and you should not
>have an issue with security.

Just a minor clarification - the above implies a common access point to the Magaliesburg crags.

The Magaliesburg is a general area (think Grampians), with many crags, with differing access points, access rules, accepted camping areas etc.

I suspect the campground MartinR refers to in his above post is what I used to know as Mountain Sanctuary Park, and the crag accessed from there would be Cedarberg Kloof.

However, most of the other crags/kloofs don't have campgrounds with facilities - you just park at the designated parking area and pack in to the generally accepted camping area which is usually just above the usual descent into the gorge.

A further issue - access to most of the Magaliesburg kloofs requires either a permit from the Mountain Club of South Africa or you need to go along with a MCSA member. This because the land is mostly privately owned - and not in a public reserve or park.