Sectors
Paarl Rock
Gordon's Rock
Bretagne Rock
Two Cents Slab
Gladde Rock
Bouldering
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Paarl Rocks - Climbing & Bouldering

The area is access sensitive!

🔴 RULES
A permit is required for driving through the gates on Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays. Gate closes in the evening and you have to be out - large fine!! Please be out before the closing time, we don't want to create any unnecessary tension between climbers and the nature reserve authorities.

🔴 ACCESS
Paarl Rocks Nature Reserve is open all year round. Entrance is free during the week, or if you choose to park at the pay booth and walk up. But please note that you will be fined if you are not out by closing time. No entry 1 hour before closure time.

🚪 Entrance:
Monday - Friday: Free
Saturday - Sunday & Public Holidays: R40 per vehicle plus R15 per person

🚪 Gate closure:
Summer: 1 October - 31 March 07h00 - 19h00
Winter: 21 April - 30 September 07h00 - 18h00

🚗 DRIVE
From Cape Town follow the N1 for about 60km, taking the Paarl (R45) off ramp on the left. Turn left onto Main Road and drive for about 1.5km until you see the Paarl Mountain Reserve sign on the right hand side of the road. Turn left here onto Jan Phillips Mountain Drive (becomes a dirt road) and continue up for 1.9km to a T-junction. Head right and drive for approximately 4km along the winding road taking the first left you reach (from the T-Junction, drive for 1.7km for the Gladde Rock Parking on the left). Follow this up for 500m to the pay booth.
Go left at the pay booth for to reach (600m) the Two Cents Slab Parking on the right. Continue on to reach (1.7km) the Lower Parking amongst a cluster of pine trees, and head on further up to reach (2.3km) the Upper Parking.
To reach the Rear Parking go right at the pay booth for 400m and take the Nante's Dam turn-off left. Drive for 2.4km and take the first left for 600m and then left again for 300m to reach the Rear Parking.

🅿️ PARKING
For The Illearth and Scream Boulders, Euro and Cannonfodder Walls use the Lower Parking.
For the Arbor Cave, Hidden by Day Wall, Parklife Wall, Cobalt Blue Wall and Wonderland Wall the Rear Parking should be used.
For the Gladde Rock and Two Cents Slab use the parking specific to those two (see DRIVE for details).
For the rest of the areas use the Upper Parking as the path around there is generally good and central to most climbs on Gordon's and Bretagne Rocks.

🚶‍♂️The Walk-ins and Descents are found in the DESCRIPTION.

Illearth Area
4 routes on 2 topos
Euro Wall
5 routes on 1 topo
Cannonfodder Wall
16 routes on 4 topos
The Scream Boulder
2 routes on 1 topo
All Or Nothing
1 route on 1 topo
Top Parking Boulders
2 routes on 2 topos
Belly Button Slab
15 routes on 1 topo
Granite Graffiti Wall
4 routes on 1 topo
Sands of Time Wall - Right
16 routes on 4 topos
Sands of Time Wall - Left
6 routes on 2 topos
Wastelands Wall
7 routes on 3 topos
Casualties of War Wall
5 routes on 1 topo
North Wall
3 routes on 1 topo
Blue Diamonds Area
6 routes on 1 topo
Splinter Area
10 routes on 1 topo
Hidden Gem Boulders
5 routes on 2 topos
Crank Prank Boulder
1 route on 1 topo
Nante's Dam Boulder
1 route on 1 topo
Weasel Wall
6 routes on 2 topos
Solo Wall
4 routes on 1 topo
Little Dutch Boy Wall - Left
7 routes on 1 topo
Little Dutch Boy Wall - Right
6 routes on 1 topo
Wonderland Wall
2 routes on 1 topo
Cobalt Blue Wall
11 routes on 2 topos
Parklife Wall
7 routes on 1 topo
Hidden by Day Wall
9 routes on 1 topo
Arbor Cave
2 routes on 2 topos
Two Cents Slab
5 routes on 2 topos
Gladde Rock
1 route on 2 topos
Illearth Boulder
4 routes on 2 topos
Self Trepanation
1 route on 1 topo
No Bull
3 routes on 1 topo
Actic Lacid
3 routes on 1 topo
Project Arete (Boulder H)
1 route on 1 topo
Sky City
1 route on 1 topo
My Hump
1 route on 1 topo
Gripped
5 routes on 1 topo
Abflug
3 routes on 1 topo
Wrinkled Egg
3 routes on 1 topo
Daddy's Little Defect
1 route on 1 topo
Holy Bouncing Boilerplates Batman!
3 routes on 1 topo
Rock Steady
5 routes on 2 topos
Mediocracy
3 routes on 1 topo
Benson 'n Edges
4 routes on 1 topo
Neurotoxin
1 route on 0 topos
Dachshund
1 route on 0 topos
Forgotten Dreams
1 route on 0 topos
Eva Green
3 routes on 1 topo
Bond
3 routes on 1 topo
The Minion
1 route on 0 topos
Hot Rod
7 routes on 1 topo
Duan
2 routes on 1 topo
Skunk Fu
2 routes on 1 topo
Good Things Happen When Bad People Go Bouldering
4 routes on 3 topos
Fencesitter
2 routes on 1 topo
Too Glued To Be True
1 route on 0 topos
King Joker
7 routes on 2 topos
Myotonia
3 routes on 1 topo
Boulder Z
0 routes on 0 topos
Monkey Business
1 route on 0 topos
Kwai
3 routes on 1 topo
Four Stage Rocket
3 routes on 2 topos
Achtung!
3 routes on 1 topo
Boulder Z2
0 routes on 0 topos
Bored Games
1 route on 1 topo
Jack the Stripper
1 route on 1 topo
The Boot
4 routes on 1 topo
Project Boulder
2 routes on 1 topo
If the Boot Fits
3 routes on 1 topo
Sashimi
2 routes on 1 topo
Pacman
1 route on 1 topo
The Pearl
3 routes on 0 topos
Lower Parking
Upper Parking
Rear Parking
Toll Booth Gate Parking
Two Cents Slab Parking
Gladde Rock Parking
Paarl Rocks - Climbing & Bouldering
General marker for the crag