Guano Caves is a beautiful resort about 7 km outside Montagu on the R62 towards Barrydale. It has cottage-style accommodation, tented camps and a campground. It also offers a number of activities for adults and children and has great swimming facilities, as well as a restaurant.
Rock n Roll Kloof is situated in the Guano Caves Resort. It is the kloof to the right of the well known kloof with the actual Guano Cave and some older routes (see Montagu Rock guidebook).
Guano Caves Resort also has a great restaurant and bar, great for after climbing snacks and beer, etc. Please support them!
Access
Guano Caves is a private resort run by climber-friendly owners. Climbing on the property is free to people staying in the accommodation, or a small fee is levied for day visitors. Gate opens at 7.30 am.
For more information and to book accommodation please visit www.montaguguanocave.co.za or call 023 100 2972
NOTE: No dogs or pets allowed up the kloof. There is buck, dassies and baboons living up in this kloof. This is their home. Please respect it!
Bolting
Bolting is allowed here, but please remember this is a trad and sport area, so make sure you are not sinking bolts into an existing trad route. There is huge scope for routes of all grades – sport and trad.
How to get there • Park
Follow the road out of Montagu towards Barrydale (R62) for about 7 km, until you reach the entrance to the Guano Cave Resort on you right. Drive iup and go through the main gate, where you will pay an entrance fee and sign an indemnity form.
From here follow the cement road which veers to the left past the office block and continues to the T-junction where you turn right. Follow the road, keeping right at the stone circle, then left at the next fork and carry on straight, past a bank of solar panels on your left. Continue straight, past a small “private property” sign, until you get to a confluence of four roads. Go straight over and continue on to reach a gate, which is sometimes open and other times closed.
IF CLOSED, PLEASE CLOSE AGAIN AFTER YOU HAVE PASSED THROUGH
Continue along a stony road (good for all cars) for a few 100 metres, to reach a very impressive car park, which can park over 20 cars. Made specially for climbers, by the owners! At the top end of the car park you will find a cairn marking the start of the path. Do not walk straight up towards the big black slabs above, but rather take the path heading directly to the right and around the hill.
Approach
Follow the substantial path around the hill and continue up gentle slopes (cairns) to reach the small river bed. Continue along (following cairns), then go up to the left to the sport crags. For Metal Haven and Mirage Wall continue a little further up then go left up Metal Gully.
The huge Supertramp Buttress is directly opposite on the right side of the kloof.
Note
Please send all new route info to tony@samountain.co.za. This will help me keep the topo up to date.
This topo will also be uploaded on the Montagu Rock App, so be sure to download the app to stay up to date: www.rockapp.co.za.