Barrets Coaches to Kaapschehoop

Start your hike at Barretts Coaches. Shortly after passing the forest station, the trail takes you down into the first ravine, Jack's Corner, before crossing a stream. Walk through the indigenous forest to the base of a cliff and follow the contour. Leave the forest through a gully at the edge of the cliff and continue until you get to a piece of land covered with pine trees. At this point the path traces a historical wagon path, crosses the forestry road and enters more pine trees. This area is known as Bannister’s Gold Workings and was a major digging when the diggers used to live here.
The trail now follows a small plantation path through pine and gum trees before climbing over rocks that form part of the escarpment. Follow the path along the escarpment until you reach the viewpoint.
Follow the contour path through the various pine and fynbos patches until you reach a large forestry road. Continue on this road to a grass slope. The grass covers the scree or loose rock that has formed at the cliff's base over many years. Now the trail gradually rises over the grassy plain until it reaches the cliffs. From here, follow the escarpment edge for a short distance, before winding through some of the rocky ledges onto a grassy plain. From the grassy plain you will see fynbos, yellowwood trees, aloes and various other flowers.
Continue along a contour path that takes you along the side of a big valley to the cemetery. Follow the trail through the pine trees to the second cemetery and the Kaapschehoop village, where you can study the Victorian architecture and browse in the shops that specialise in arts and crafts. Close to the Kaapschehoop hut you will find the village square, Commissioner Square, with the Commissioner’s house and the local jail.