Where are hiking trails in Newlands?

Hikeza lists Newlands Forest Contour Path; Newlands Forest Picnic & Braai Area; Newlands Ravine; Rhodes Memorial Picnic Lawns; Woodcutters Trail in Newlands, Cape Town. Compare distance, fee and dogs on each listing.

Hiking trails in Newlands

Newlands listings sit mostly inside Newlands Forest on Table Mountain's eastern flank. The Contour Path and Woodcutters Trail are the gentler dog-walk options (My Activity permit required); Newlands Ravine is a technical gorge climb, not a picnic stroll. SANParks does not publish kilometre figures for those forest walks. Rhodes Memorial's lawns on Devil's Peak are a free picnic, separate from the SANParks Newlands picnic and braai pay point, where dogs, alcohol and music are prohibited.

Forest-side parking is off Union Avenue (M3). Confirm parking charges on site and the current Newlands conservation fee on the SANParks TMNP rates page — we do not copy a rand figure. Dark Gorge, next to Newlands Ravine, is for experienced scramblers only and is not listed here.

5 listings are shown here, graded 2 moderate, 1 hard. 2 of 5 are dog-friendly.

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5 trails listed.

Name	Area	Distance	Grade	Fee	Hours	Dogs
Newlands Forest Contour Path	Newlands, Cape Town	—	moderate	See listing	—	Yes
Newlands Forest Picnic & Braai Area	Newlands, Cape Town	—	—	See listing	—	No
Newlands Ravine	Newlands, Cape Town	—	hard	See listing	—	—
Rhodes Memorial Picnic Lawns	Newlands, Cape Town	—	—	Free	—	—
Woodcutters Trail	Newlands, Cape Town	—	moderate	See listing	—	Yes

The Twelve Apostles mountain range above the Atlantic seaboard, Cape Town — Cape Town region · representative photo, not this trail

Newlands Forest Contour Path

Newlands, Cape Town · moderate

Shaded contour-path stretch through Newlands Forest toward the Kirstenbosch side — a moderate forest walk, not the picnic site and not Newlands Ravine.

Dogs OK

Newlands Forest Picnic & Braai Area

Newlands, Cape Town

SANParks picnic and braai pay point on Table Mountain’s eastern slopes — dogs, alcohol and music prohibited on the picnic site itself.

Picnic
No dogs

Newlands Ravine

Newlands, Cape Town · hard

Steep forested gorge climb from Newlands Forest toward the Table Mountain saddle — a technical route, not the picnic or the contour walk.

Rhodes Memorial Picnic Lawns

Newlands, Cape Town

Free open lawns around the historic memorial on Devil's Peak, with wide views over the southern suburbs.

Picnic
Free entry

Woodcutters Trail

Newlands, Cape Town · moderate

Gentler Newlands Forest loop through plantation and indigenous forest — a shorter walk than the ravine, not a SANParks-published kilometre hike.

Dogs OK

Run a trail here? Get listed free, or ask about a featured slot from R1 990 a year.

Where are hiking trails in Newlands?: Hikeza lists Newlands Forest Contour Path; Newlands Forest Picnic & Braai Area; Newlands Ravine; Rhodes Memorial Picnic Lawns; Woodcutters Trail in Newlands, Cape Town. Compare distance, fee and dogs on each listing.

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