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Areas in Africa

Angola 19 / 9 / 7 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 29

Botswana 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Burundi 1 / 0 / 1 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 10

Cha das Calderas 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Egypt 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Egypt, Sinai Peninsula 1 / 24 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 25

Ethiopia 31 / 27 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 63

Ghana 2 / 22 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 29

Kenya 53 / 28 / 17 / 10 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 5 / 94

Lesotho 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Liberia 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Madagascar 0 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

Malawi 1 / 6 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 16

Mali 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Morocco 59 / 512 / 37 / 6 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 11 / 579

Namibia 2 / 19 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 22

Rwanda 4 / 5 / 9 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Senegal 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Seychelles 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

South Africa 102 / 415 / 3 / 154 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 671

South Sudan - Jebel Kujur 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Swaziland (Eswatini) 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

São Tomé and Príncipe 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Tanzania 10 / 2 / 7 / 37 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 52

Tunisia 0 / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Uganda 3 / 31 / 29 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 49

Zambia - Macheni 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Zimbabwe 288 / 120 / 162 / 10 / 0 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 563

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This is a huge continent with every type of climbing imagineable.

Getting There

Fly via Europe. East and South Africa have the biggest climbing commnunities.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Africa

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V4 6B 30 ● Girl On Our Mind Boulder S Africa > … 1 > Close Plateau > Poison Dwarf Boulder
V4 6B 13 ● Tiger Claw Boulder S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rhino Boulders
V4 6B 13 ● Creaking Heights Boulder S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rdside
V5 6C 23 ● Sex Etiquette Boulder S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Arch Valley
V5 6C 13 ● Orange Heart Boulder S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rd Crew
V6 7A 17 ● Esoterrorist Boulder S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Arch Valley
V7 7A+ PG13 10 ● Springbok Boulder S Africa > … > Sassies > Ongo Boulder
V8- 7B 16 ● Minki Boulder S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Far Plateau
V8+ 7B+ 15 ● The Rhino Boulder S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rhino Boulders
V9-10 7C+ 7 ● Hole in One Boulder S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Arch Valley
5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b 12 ● Southeast Face of Nelion Trad, Alpine 20 pitches Kenya > Mt Kenya
5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c 22 ● Jacobs Ladder Trad 3 pitches S Africa > Cape Town > Table Mtn TEMPORARY
5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a A0 11 ● La classique Sport, Aid 9 pitches Morocco > Todra Gorge > Pilier Du Couchant
5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b 7 ● Bonar Sport S Africa > … > Restaurant crags > Restaurant crag, The
5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c 7 ● Endless Summer Sport S Africa > … > Waterfall crags > last crag of the century

● Girl On Our Mind

S Africa > … 1 > Close Plateau > Poison Dwarf Boulder

V4 6B Boulder

● Tiger Claw

S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rhino Boulders

V4 6B Boulder

● Creaking Heights

S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rdside

V4 6B Boulder

● Sex Etiquette

S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Arch Valley

V5 6C Boulder

● Orange Heart

S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rd Crew

V5 6C Boulder

● Esoterrorist

S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Arch Valley

V6 7A Boulder

● Springbok

S Africa > … > Sassies > Ongo Boulder

V7 7A+ PG13 Boulder

● Minki

S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Far Plateau

V8- 7B Boulder

● The Rhino

S Africa > … > Pakhuis Pass > Rhino Boulders

V8+ 7B+ Boulder

● Hole in One

S Africa > … > de Pakhuys > Arch Valley

V9-10 7C+ Boulder

● Southeast Face of Nelion

Kenya > Mt Kenya

5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b Trad, Alpine 20 pitches

● Jacobs Ladder

S Africa > Cape Town > Table Mtn TEMPORARY

5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c Trad 3 pitches

● La classique

Morocco > Todra Gorge > Pilier Du Couchant

5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a A0 Sport, Aid 9 pitches

● Bonar

S Africa > … > Restaurant crags > Restaurant crag, The

5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b Sport

● Endless Summer

S Africa > … > Waterfall crags > last crag of the century

5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Sport

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