Shaun Douglas

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Pretoria-based content creator at Think Adventure Media — hunting down adventures and hidden spots that make life more exciting. I cover travel, photography, videography, and marketing, capturing the stories behind the places through writing and film. To things worth doing and places worth seeing. See you out there...😃

A hiker at a High Point of View on the Red Trail at the Klapperkop Nature Reserve

Klapperkop Nature Reserve: The Red Trail I Almost Skipped

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The sound stopped me. Low, nasal, somewhere between a grunt and a complaint — and close. I stood still on the gravel and turned my head, trying to put a name to it. Nothing came. I've walked enough of these trails to know most of what lives out here by ear, and this wasn't on the list. Then I looked up at the koppie, and there they were. ... Continue Reading
Cable Railing along the Shelter Rock Hiking Trail

Shelter Rock Hiking Trail: Ladders, a Cable, and the Best Lunch Spot in the Magaliesberg

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Last updated 22.06.2026 - I stopped to catch my breath, which on this part of the climb meant catching quite a lot of it. The ground fell away in front of us, further than I wanted to measure. To my left the trail kept climbing; to my right the group came up behind me, one by one, breathing hard. I waited for everyone to gather, asked for a smile, and got one out of most of them — which, given what we'd just climbed, I thought was generous. Then I took the photo. ... Continue Reading
Looking towards the mist in the valley on the Hoogland Hiking Tails

Hoogland Cave Trail: A Hole in the Mountain on the Edge of Centurion

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I got to the parking lot before anyone else, which was the whole point. Winter mornings up here, the mist pools in the valleys overnight and sits there on the lower slopes, thick and white, while the ridgelines lift clear out of it into a hard blue sky. I'd seen it before. I came early anyway, to have it to myself for a few minutes before 15 fellow hikers arrived and turned it back into a hike. ... Continue Reading
River crossing along the Muningi Gorge Hike, Adventure Zone, Cullinan

Muningi Gorge Hike – Adventure Zone, Cullinan

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The water was cold. Winter-cold, the kind that makes you question every decision that led to this moment. I was already halfway across the first river crossing, shoes on, committed, when I accepted the simple truth — I was going to be wet for a while. There are four river crossings on the Muningi Gorge trail. This was unexpected. ... Continue Reading