Lion's Head

Lion's Head

As I have quickly come to find out, everyone that works for GRS not only works hard, but plays hard too. Thus, when there is a good time to be had, most everyone will take advantage of it. Such was the case today. After a half day in the office continuing with intern orientation, us 5 interns headed out of the office with Abigail, Hooter and Sarah to climb up Lion's Head Mountain. Lion's Head is just a quick ten minute drive from the city to the base of the mountain. All of Cape Town has a great view of not only Lion's Head, but Table Mountain as well from all corners of the city.

View from the hike up the mountain.....so much great water views!

The hike up the mountain circles up around all sides of the mountain and offers the most beautiful views of the city. Every single time I lifted my head up to take a look, I was blown away. With a water view on all sides of the city, you feel like you are on top of the world....incredible! And we weren't even to the top yet!

Hanging out on top of the mountain

45 minutes and a huge burst of adrenaline later, we reached the top! It was breath taking, with the sun lightly beaming on our faces. The view from everywhere I turned on top of the mountain was incredible with the city center to the south, incredible beaches on all sides, and Robbins Island off the north end. As we all sat around the top and reminisced, we enjoyed some hiking snacks and rejuvenated ourselves. I couldn't believe that I was sitting on top of this beautiful mountain when only an hour and a half earlier, I had been sitting in the office! I could definitely get used to this. The great thing about Cape Town is that awesome hikes and wonderful adventures like this are so easy to find around the city, even after work on a Thursday afternoon!!