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Escaped lion causes a safety hazard in the Beaufort West area

2019-02-22T13:29:41+02:00February 19th, 2019|Safety, SANParks|

Beaufort West and surrounds A public is warning has been issued after it was reported that a lion has escaped from the Karoo National Park outside Beaufort West. Photo: Africa Geographic SANParks who is a signatory of WSAR has communicated the alert in the interests of public safety. Any sighting of the lion [...]

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Peninsula rescuers have had a busy weekend

2019-02-19T11:03:35+02:00February 18th, 2019|Devil's Peak, Hiking, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, Table Mountain National Park|

Table Mountain National Park On Friday the 16th of February 2019 at 14h21, 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 caller had reported that a 25 year old male hiker had injured his ankle while out hiking [...]

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Hiker rescued on Table Mountain

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00January 22nd, 2019|Metro Rescue, Rescues, SANParks, Table Mountain, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, Table Mountain National Park|

  India Venster Cape Town On Monday the 21st of January 2019 at 16h48 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 caller had reported that a 21 year old female from Cape Town had sustained an ankle [...]

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Hiker helivaced off Devil’s Peak and Krom Rivier alert

2026-05-26T09:45:59+02:00January 21st, 2019|Boland Mountains, Cape Nature, Hiking, Metro Rescue, SANParks|

Devil's Peak Cape Town On Sunday the 20th of January 2019 at 15h58 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue unit was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 61 year old male from Cape Town had inured his leg while he [...]

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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Concern for an overdue hiker.

2019-01-07T09:42:07+02:00January 7th, 2019|Hiking, SANParks, Search, Table Mountain|

Table Mountain Cape Town On Saturday the 05th of January 2019 at 17h46 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 30 year old male from Cape Town who is a known diabetic was [...]

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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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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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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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