Jonkershoek protects the mountain catchment immediately above Stellenbosch's vineyard valley.
The walk puts fynbos and water beside the wine story instead of treating agriculture as the whole landscape.
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Cape Winelands experience
Walk Jonkershoek's Eerste Waterfall trail
Leave the vineyard floor for a mountain path through Cape fynbos toward the Eerste Waterfall in Jonkershoek Nature Reserve.
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The experience
See the mountain catchment above Stellenbosch's vines
Journeys
Journeys through Cape Winelands
Experience FAQ
Walk Jonkershoek's Eerste Waterfall trail
Q01Why add a hike to a wine region?
Jonkershoek reveals the fynbos, mountain water and steep catchments that shape the valley below.
Q02Is the waterfall permanent?
Flow changes with rainfall. The journey promises the trail and landscape, not a fixed volume of water.
Plan with Alex
Plan a Jonkershoek walk
Travel from Johannesburg into wildlife country, follow the warm coast toward the Cape, or let spring flowers lead you north into the Kalahari.
We begin with the part of South Africa you most want to feel, then give the country enough time to change around you.
I want you to follow leopard tracks at dawn, swim in the warm Indian Ocean, meet artists and historians in the cities, then watch the last light turn the Kalahari dunes red. South Africa can hold all of this in one journey.
Alex
Journey designer