Meet our Guides

Together we share more than four decades of exploring Table Mountain between us. We use this phenomenal playground to exercise regularly to keep our bodies physically fit and mentally healthy. Our regular fitness run on Table Mountain is the India Venster. 

We do not hike only when we guide, because hiking up Table Mountain doesn’t get boring. Every day holds different beauty. Different light, clouds, and life on various trails, during all seasons. 

As Table Mountain hiking guides, we are passionate about Cape Town and in love with nature. Sharing our playground with curious adventurers is what makes us tick.

Our holidays are planned around nature and adventure. Since we find it hard to sit still, it usually involves locations with mountains. We have hiked throughout South Africa, in the Drakensberg, Cederberg, Overberg, Outeniqua Mountains, and the Blyderiver Canyon, to mention a few. 

On several occasions, we hiked for days, without seeing a soul. That is magic! Of course, the bucket list is long. Therefore we keep planning our next hiking trips to new locations within our beloved South Africa.

We recently hiked Arangieskop, the Kilimanjaro of the Western Cape. Watch the YouTube video of this hike.

In 2017 we climbed the highest peak in the Indian Ocean – Piton des Neiges, which means Snow Peak. Christoph can also add the highest peak in Germany – Zugspitze – to his list. 

Some other highlights were hiking in the Alps. In Germany, in Berchtesgaden, we hiked to the Blaueisgletscher, meaning blue ice glacier. We also hiked to the Eiskapelle, which means ice chapel, another glacier.

Apart from that, we experienced the beauty of entering two wet gorges, in Germany known as a “Klamm”. 

In Switzerland, around Châtel Saint Denis, we got to know the Moleson and Teysachaux and the hills around it as well as Dent de Lys, a spectacular peak close to Gruyere. In Austria, we hiked the peaks around the Millstätter see.