Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) Report – July 14, 2025. “Calling the correct emergency number saves time – 021 937 0300," says WSAR Incident 1 – Overdue hikers located safe in Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area Incident 2 – Injured hiker airlifted from Lion’s Head Incident 3 – Elderly hiker assisted from Contour Path Incident 4 [...]
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 [...]
At on Sunday the 9th of August 2020 Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a caller reported that a party of 8 persons who were hiking in the Limietberg section of the Boland Mountains above Wellington could not return to their base camp on Bainskloof pass due to the swollen Witte river. The [...]
Slangolie Ravine Table Mountain At 1452 on Tuesday the 16th of June 2020 Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a caller reported that his dog had fallen down the steep Slangolie Ravine while he was out hiking at the southern end of the Pipe Track. This ravine is in the northern section of [...]
Devils Peak Table Mountain At 13h32 on Tuesday the 16th of June 2020 Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was called by a hiker who reported that he could see someone about 300 meters below him, who seemed as if he was off route and struggling to regain the path. The caller who was close to [...]
Hout Bay Mountains At 12h47 on Sunday the 14th of June 2020 Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a caller requested assistance for a hiker who had suffered a medical emergency while hiking in the central section of the Table Mountain National Park above Hout Bay. Due to the nature of the incident, [...]
False Bay At 09h19 on Saturday the 30th of May 2020 Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by Metro Rescue Control after they were contacted by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) for shoreline assistance. The WSAR Logistical Support crew responded to Sunrise Beach east of Muizenberg along the False Bay coast to scan [...]
Table Mountain At 16h59 on Wednesday the 6th of May 2020 Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a lone 73 year old local male hiker reported that one of his dogs required assistance on the mountain in the northern section of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP). While a hasty team was proceeding to gather [...]
Table Mountain National Park (northern section) Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated at 16h07 on Sunday the 1st of March 2020 when a caller requested assistance for a member of her hiking party. The group was hiking along a route at Hout Bay corner in the northern section of the Table Mountain National Park [...]
