Abseiling | Rock climbing | Day visitors

There are two climbing sections; Main-Crag and Hidden Buttress on Swartvlei Equestrian Estate. A day fee of R100 per person is payable for all outside and inhouse guests wanting to visit Wolverivier. Access has to be arranged and indemnity forms are compulsory. Request a form via WhatsApp, fill and sign it digitally. Once signed please send the form and proof of payment to reception via WhatsApp 063 210 2085.

Feel free to take a dip in the pool, please be considerate of our inhouse guests.

These two climbing sections have 12 amazing 20-25m meter climbing routes that consist of skin-friendly yet coarse sandstone with great friction. There is something for everyone, from the beginner to the very experienced.

The climbs range from grade 15/4c (Large holds and vertical rock face) through to
grade 24/6a (Small holds with horizontal overhangs).
Keith James discovered the routes in 1987. The routes have since been retro-bolted.

Littering, camping, smoking and fires are not permitted in the forest or on the farm.

The Main Crag

  • 1. Simply Divine. A grade 15 climb. Medium grip quality with 6 bolts. (Discovered by M De
    Waal & K Thrash in 2004).
  • 2. Coot blaster. A grade 17 climb. Good grip quality with 7 bolts. (Discovered by K James in
    1987).
  • 3. The Sting. A grade 19 climb. Good grip quality with 8 bolts. (Discovered by K James in
    1987).
  • 4. Lazy Sunday. A grade 20 climb. Good grip quality with 8 bolts. (Discovered by K James in
    1987).
  • 5. Just Another Manic Monday. A grade 21 climb. Good grip quality with 8 bolts. (Discovered
    by K James in 1987).
  • 6. Boomslang Face. A grade 16 climb, also the abseil route. Medium grip quality with 7 bolts.
    (Discovered by K James in 1987).
  • 7. Space Shuffle. A grade 22 climb. Good grip quality with10 bolts. (Discovered by K James in
    1987).
  • 8. Monsters Ball. A grade 24 climb. Good grip quality with 11 bolts. (Discovered by K James
    in 1987).

The Hidden-Buttress


From the top of the Main-Crag follow the cairns (piles of rock used to demarcate a route of peak)
along the ridge for approximately 100m to a big pine tree, scramble down to the abseil station and
abseil to the base of the crag.
Hidden Buttress

  • 1. Vacilitation. A grade 17 climb. Excellent grip quality with 7 bolts. (Discovered by K James
    in 1987).
  • 2. Subvertor. A grade 19 climb. Good grip quality with 8 bolts. (Discovered by K James in
    1987).
  • 3. Mind Blaster. A grade 22 climb. Good grip quality with 8 bolts. (Discovered by K James in
    1987).
  • 4. Cornflake. A grade 22 climb. Good grip quality with 8 bolts. (Discovered by K James in
    1987).