Route: Cape Fold Belt (South Africa)

The Cape Fold Belt is a series of ridge lines of sandstone rock that hugs the southern tip of Africa. They once were the foothills to the Falklands plateau what stood higher than Everest before continental drift. The range gets its name from the unique way the rock has been bent like clay in places from the force of continents pushing up agains each other. This is also home to the Cape Floristic region which is the most biodiverse place in the world, holding 20% of Africa’s flora in 0.5% of Africa’s land mass. This was my inspiration to traverse the land on foot - to visibly witness the landscape change before my eyes as I move across it.