FLYSITES

- Lions Head (Cape Town)

DESCRIPTION

Landing is on a grassy, shoreline cricket field next to La Med cafe at the Glen Country Club. The field is rented by the Camps Bay High School, so try to have a minimum impact on any sports being played on the field (it is a bit short for hang gliders). There is a sock at the far southwestern corner of the field, but at time of revision the sock in place was on the small side and bleached white by the sun. Aside from the sock, there are plenty of palm trees to watch for wind direction around the field, but no flags, banners or other indicators. The Camps Bay High School field (above the main road, to the left of the big swimming pool) can be used as an alternative if it is empty. During the summer season the Municipality has asked us to please avoid landing on the beaches (Camps Bay, Clifton, Glen). There is also a median strip between the upper main road and the lower main road, just above La Med. The lower slopes of Lion's Head can be used to slope-land in an emergency. > Keep in mind that these slopes look deceptively shallow from the air; in truth, they're steeper than they look from above. The hang-gliding alternative landing is Mouille Point lighthouse.

ACTIVITIES

- paragliding
- powered paragliding
- powered paragliding
- powered paragliding
- powered paragliding
- powered paragliding