Metro Rescue

Hiker airlifted after injuring his leg.

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00January 7th, 2019|Hiking, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, Table Mountain National Park|

Skeleton Gorge Cape Town On Sunday the 06th of January 2019 at 16h58 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. A hiking party was moving down Skeleton Gorge when one of it's members, a 35 year old male [...]

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Hiker rescued after falling down a slope

2019-01-04T21:20:37+02:00January 4th, 2019|Hiking, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, Table Mountain National Park|

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens Cape Town On Friday the 04th of January 2019 at 08h36 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 79 year old male from The Strand had accidently slid off the [...]

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Two hikers rescued in seperate incidents.

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00January 2nd, 2019|Hiking, Lion's Head, Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, Search, Table Mountain|

Table Mountain Cape Town On Tuesday the 01st of January 2019 at 16h31 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 41 year old male visitor from the USA had developed cramps and was unable [...]

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Hikers assisted after calling for help in the Table Mountain National Park.

2019-01-01T13:22:02+02:00January 1st, 2019|Hiking, Metro Rescue, Rescues, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway|

Hout Bay Corner Cape Town On Monday the 31st of December 2018 at 16h45 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. A hiking party consisting of three men from Cape Town were in the Hout Bay Corner section of [...]

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Cape Town visitors rescued after collapsing on the mountain

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00December 30th, 2018|Hiking, Lion's Head, Metro Rescue, Rescues, Table Mountain|

Platteklip Gorge Cape Town On Saturday the 29th of December 2018 at 14h09 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 43 year old female visitor from Pretoria who was hiking up the popular [...]

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Female visitor airlifted after falling on the mountain

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00December 28th, 2018|Lion's Head, Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks|

Lion's Head Cape Town On the 27th of December 2018 at 16h07 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a female visitor had badly injured her knee after taking a fall just below the [...]

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Youths airlifted after being stuck on a mountain overnight

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00December 24th, 2018|Cape Nature, Metro Rescue, Overberg, Rescues, Search|

Betty's Bay outside Cape Town On Sunday the 23rd of December 2018 just after 18h00 the Overberg Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was learnt that two young men in their late teens had managed to find themselves [...]

American visitor rescued on Table Mountain

2018-12-23T14:38:28+02:00December 23rd, 2018|Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, Table Mountain|

Skeleton Gorge Cape Town On Saturday the 22nd of December 2018 at 12h26 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 57 year female visitor from the USA had twisted her ankle while hiking [...]

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Gauteng visitor is medivaced off Lion’s Head

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00December 22nd, 2018|Hiking, Lion's Head, Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, SAPS|

Lion's Head Cape Town On Friday the 21st of December 2018 at 13h51 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 21 year old female hiker from Gauteng had severely injured an ankle while [...]

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Rescues in the peninsula

2018-12-18T10:15:11+02:00December 18th, 2018|Hiking, Lion's Head, Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, Table Mountain|

Suikerbossie above Hout Bay Cape Town On Sunday the 16th of December 2018 at 09h55 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. The Metro Rescue Mobile Incident Command Vehicle (Metro 1) with our dedicated mountain rescue trailer was [...]

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