Sectors
Paarl Rock
Gordon's Rock
Bretagne Rock
Two Cents Slab
Gladde Rock
Bouldering
Closed Project (Supernatural) thumbnail
Shaka thumbnail
The Scream thumbnail
Don't Call Me Baby thumbnail
Sunnyside Up thumbnail
Fragile Existence thumbnail
The Mole thumbnail
Don't rock the boat thumbnail
No topo image available
Jugs and Josephs thumbnail
Blue Diamonds and White Ice thumbnail
Parklife thumbnail
Parklife
7c Sport at Parklife Wall
Hard Euro Candy thumbnail
Coming Up For Air thumbnail
Catharsis thumbnail
Benson 'n Edges Sit-start thumbnail
Juseless thumbnail
Juseless
7C Boulder at Fencesitter
The Evidence of Things Not Seen thumbnail
Gripped sit-start thumbnail
Gripped sit-start
7B+ Boulder at Gripped
Dry ice thumbnail
Dry ice
7B+ Boulder at Gripped
The Voodoo Hoopoe thumbnail
Strange Attractor thumbnail
Strange Attractor
7b+ Traditional at Arbor Cave
Majola thumbnail
Abflug thumbnail
Abflug
7B+ Boulder at Abflug
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Neurotoxin
7B+ Boulder at Neurotoxin
No topo image available
The Illearth Stone thumbnail
The Illearth Stone
7b Traditional at Illearth Area
Cobalt Blue thumbnail
Chicken Run thumbnail
King joker thumbnail
King joker
7B Boulder at King Joker
Benson 'n Edges thumbnail
Ruby In the Dust thumbnail
Phase Space thumbnail
Phase Space
7b Traditional at Arbor Cave
Throw it on the ground thumbnail
Duan Sit-start thumbnail
Duan Sit-start
7B Boulder at Duan
Wrinkled egg sit-start thumbnail
Get up, stand up thumbnail
Get up, stand up
7B Boulder at Gripped
Pick your spot thumbnail
No topo image available
The pearl
7B Boulder at The Pearl
Casualties of War thumbnail
Children of the Corn thumbnail
The Outlaw Josey Wales thumbnail
1L Brandy, 2L Coke, 3L Ford 7A+ thumbnail
Duan thumbnail
Duan
7A+ Boulder at Duan
Eurovision thumbnail
Eurovision
7a+ Sport at Euro Wall
Big Yellow Flower thumbnail
In Two Minds thumbnail
All Or Nothing thumbnail
Wrinkled egg thumbnail
Wrinkled egg
7A+ Boulder at Wrinkled Egg
Good things happen when bad people go bouldering sit-start thumbnail
Ancestral ground thumbnail
My hump thumbnail
My hump
7A+ Boulder at My Hump
Holy bouncing boilerplates Batman! thumbnail
Crap! thumbnail
Crap!
7A+ Boulder at Abflug
No topo image available
No topo image available
Strong Loops and Wild Horses thumbnail
Scoobie Doo Goes Surfing thumbnail
Gripped thumbnail
Gripped
7A Boulder at Gripped
Boys and Their Toys thumbnail
Prelude to the Wastelands thumbnail
Fencesitter thumbnail
Fencesitter
7A Boulder at Fencesitter
Silent foot technique thumbnail
Night light thumbnail
Night light
7A Boulder at Hot Rod
Pacman thumbnail
Pacman
7A Boulder at Pacman
Crank Prank thumbnail
Crank Prank
7a Traditional at Crank Prank Boulder
Sashimi thumbnail
Sashimi
7A Boulder at Sashimi
Chronic breakfast skunk  thumbnail
Skunk fu thumbnail
Skunk fu
7A Boulder at Skunk Fu
Rock steady thumbnail
Rock steady
7A Boulder at Rock Steady
Night Shift thumbnail
Night Shift
7A Boulder at Wrinkled Egg
Four stage rocket thumbnail
Shred the gnarl thumbnail
Uxbridge Road thumbnail
Uxbridge Road
7A Boulder at Gripped
The Crystal Chronicles thumbnail
The Relativity Puzzle thumbnail
Good Things Happen When Bad People Go Bouldering thumbnail
The Inspector thumbnail
Myotonia thumbnail
Myotonia
6C+ Boulder at Myotonia
Holy Purple Cannibals Batman! thumbnail
Resurrection thumbnail
Resurrection
6c+ Sport at Euro Wall
Dwarf Kiddi thumbnail
Geek thumbnail
Geek
6C+ Boulder at Hot Rod
Self trepanation thumbnail
Hang 'em High thumbnail
Vesper thumbnail
Vesper
6C Boulder at Eva Green
Bolts Are For Babies thumbnail
The Ring Route thumbnail
The Green Hadogenes thumbnail
Thylacine thumbnail
Dork thumbnail
Dork
6C Boulder at Hot Rod
Hot rod thumbnail
Hot rod
6C Boulder at Hot Rod
Eva Green thumbnail
Eva Green
6C Boulder at Eva Green
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The minion
6C Boulder at The Minion
The Grey Reaper thumbnail
The Scorched Earth Direct thumbnail
Dream of White Horses thumbnail
A Good Day for a Mantle Shelf thumbnail
Jack the stripper thumbnail
Lever advantage thumbnail
Lever advantage
6C Boulder at King Joker
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.