The scenic and beautifully exposed rocks and mountains of Cape Town provide the perfect place to explore and learn about the local geology.This walking tour commences at the Sea Point Contact along the Atlantic seashore,which Charles Darwin visited in 1836.We will examine the spectacular exposures of where the hot Cape Granite intruding into the Malmesbury shale 545 million years ago.We will then walk north along the promenade to the beach just beyond the Sea Point swimming pool to examine the Malmesbury Group rocks exposed along the coast in tidal outcrops.

The scenic and beautifully exposed rocks and mountains of Cape Town provide the perfect place to explore and learn about the local geology.This walking tour commences at the end of Tafelberg Road beyond the Cableway.We will walk along the section of Tafelberg Road that is now closed to vehicular traffic to examine the spectacular exposures of maroon muddy sandstone of the Graafwater Formation exposed in road cuts.We will look from the road at the scenic vistas of Table Mountain,the City Bowl,the harbour and Lion’s Head and discuss aspects of the geology,erosion(rockfalls)and landscape evolution.Participants need to be fit enough to go for a 3 hour walk on mostly level to slightly undulating

The scenic and beautifully exposed rocks and mountains of Cape Town provide the perfect place to explore and learn about geology.This walking tour commences at the Rhodes Memorial with an introduction to its scenic vistas.We proceed on foot up to the King’s Blockhouse,with several stops to catch our breath,looking at the views and the contact between the highly deformed Malmesbury bedrock and the overlying horizontal Table Mountain Group sandstone beds.From the King’s Blockhouse we traverse the contour trail to exposures of the maroon muddy sandstone beds of the Graafwater Formation and a recent rock fall from the nearby cliffs of Peninsula Formation sandstone.We then walk back along the sam