Around 17:00 on 27 August 2020 the manager of the Helderberg Nature Reserve called Wilderness Search and Rescue requesting assistance after the wife of a 58 yr old male person had reported him overdue. The man had set out to hike the Sugarbird Route in the reserve and had not returned by 16:00 as had [...]
Lion's Head At 10h04 on Sunday the 26th of January 2020 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a caller reported that a hiker had taken a fall near the chains and staples section on Lion's Head. The first responders who assembled at the start of the trail on Signal Hill road [...]
Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve near Hermanus At 13h25 on Sunday the 11th of August 2019 the Overberg Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a caller reported that a hiker was overdue from a hike in the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve Overberg. Metro Rescue and the South African Police Services (SAPS) responded to the [...]
At 16h57 on Tuesday the 18th of June 2019 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a caller reported that she witnessed a person falling at Lion's Head. Metro Medical Rescue Technicians, Rescue Mountaineers and Rescue Climbers were dispatched to Top road which separates the Table Mountain National Park and the residential [...]
Cecelia Ridge above Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens At 11h27 on Tuesday the 11th of June 2019 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated when a caller asked for assistance immediately after a hiker had experienced medical complications while enjoying a hike on Table Mountain. Metro Medical Rescue Technicians and Logistical support crew responded to [...]
