The Muck Run

This morning 500 muckers and about 50 muckchkins (little muckers) mucked around the mucky dams and mucken bush at Bushpig Adventures out in Theesecombe during the first (of what will become an annual) Muck Run in Port Elizabeth. The Muck Run is organised by Zports and consisted of a 8km trail run taking in muddy ponds and dams, crawling … Continue reading The Muck Run →

The Sacramento Trail in pictures

Following Thursday's post on the Sacramento Trail in Port Elizabeth I noticed that I had preciously upload a whole series of pictures taken along the trail on a recent outing. It's been sitting in my drafts folder all this time waiting to be posted and I think it will serve as a follow up to the … Continue reading The Sacramento Trail in pictures →

Meandering on the Sacramento Trail

The Sacramento Trail is probably Port Elizabeth's most popular day hike around the city. The hike starts in the village of Schoenmakerskop and follows the coastline to Sardinia Bay over a distance of 4km before returning along the bridle trails on top of the vegetated sand dunes. The 8km trail includes beautiful bays and coves, … Continue reading Meandering on the Sacramento Trail →

Crossing streams

I feel like I am having one of those days where I just want to get out and go for a walk somewhere relaxing. Somewhere in nature. Somewhere with a stream. But alas I am stuck in the office. I do have this picture of a couple of friends doing just that in Settlers Park.

Walkway

The Humpback Dolphin Trail walkway along the Port Elizabeth beachfront is a great way to get some fresh air and explore the beaches. This section of the walkway follows the coast from the beacon at the end of Admirality Way towards Pine Lodge.

Overlooking the valley

The Lower Guinea Fowl Trail starts at the 3rd Avenue Dip and ends down in Settlers Park. I didn't really take the picture to show the start of the trail, but rather the houses overlooking the Baakens Valley.

Group of hikers

This is the last of the pics I took on our hike on the Maitland Nature Reserve's 9km trail in December. It was the first time I've been on the Maitland Trail and it just showed me that Port Elizabeth has so much that even I haven't seen. And people say there are nothing to do … Continue reading Group of hikers →

Flowers along the trail

After all the rain we had late last year the Maitland Nature Reserve trail was a little overgrown when I did it in December. What was nice though was the fact that everything was green and there were lots of flowers. We did have to bundu bash a bit every now and then, but it … Continue reading Flowers along the trail →

Maitland trail

The Maitland Nature Reserve's 9km trail is one of Port Elizabeth's lesser known trails. I got to do it for the first time a little while ago and although it was very overgrown (not sure if its been cleared yet) I really enjoyed it. Most of the trail goes through indigenous bush and coastal forest with great views of … Continue reading Maitland trail →

Sacramento Trail coastline

This time of years the long summers days and the fact that most people are on holiday (and I say most because not everybody is as fortunate as the rest of us though) give one the opportunity to get out and do some outdoorsy stuff. As the last post for 2012 I decided to post a view … Continue reading Sacramento Trail coastline →