South Africa Maps: Hard to Find Touring & Hiking Maps of South Africa...
Maps. Mapping and GPS... Why You Still Need a Map in Practice! Never Get Lost Again.
More and more people are owning GPS units and by far the greater majority own Garmin GPS units for the simple reason they are the market leader and have pioneered marketing of the GPS and because they also produce the widest range of GPS units. However GPS units fail, batteries run out and for these reasons and if for no other reason working with a GPS should always be done in conjunction with a good map.
Maps for Africa... Exactly What You Want To Explore South of the Sahara
You can buy a wide range of the best maps available in Southern Africa from this site. Each map is explained in some detail and can be accessed using the links to the left. In purchasing maps we take credit cards online or by telephone. You can make direct bank transfers via the web shopping cart or you can fax all your details and we'll come back to you as required. Alternatively email us with your requirements (pondprof(at)gmail.com) and we'll respond quickly. List of all maps and guides . You can also review our bundled map specials here
How to Enjoy The Great Outdoors of South Africa with Useful & Beautiful Maps...
Get a
detailed, large scale, beautifully produced waterproofed and protected map. Use
the map to plan your trip or South African adventure. Be happy to stray off the
beaten track knowing that map details are accurate and verified by the
cartographer himself.Correlate map details with GPS listing on these amazing maps.
These are maps to be enjoyed and used. You'll never want to be without them
How do you really plan for that exciting holiday or trip to South Africa?
Ours is a country of so many contrasts, exciting places to visit, splendid views of landscapes, mountains and oceans, long interesting coast lines, mountainous passes, winelands, game and nature reserves and so very much more...
To experience all of this and to make sure your planned holiday goes exactly according to plan there is no substitute for using "real" maps.
Peter Slingsby has for many years created the most beautiful and detailed maps of the prime locations in South Africa particularly focused on the enchanting, scenically magnificent world famous Western Cape... places such as The Fynbos Floral Kingdom Road, the world famous Garden Route, the Overberg & whale watching routes. the Cape Winelands, the Cederberg and Baviaanskloof regions and so much more.
Peter
has amassed a wonderful collection of touring and hiking maps and this site has
the pleasure of putting these amazingly practical and detailed maps at your
disposal. Use them at home, on the road or outdoors or wherever you like. That's
what they were made for... quite simply to enjoy and make use of.
For more information on each touring or hiking map click the links below or to the left...
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Never Get Lost Again! Take a Walk on the Wild Side, Climb Every Mountain...But Don't Forget Your Map
The following are a few examples showing the amazing details of the maps available. The maps are truly works of art yet created with the utmost precision by real people who know South Africa well. These are not mass produced maps whose accuracy is in so many cases questionable. The scale of the maps available are ideally suited to the touring or hiking purpose and are protected by plastic sleeves and waterproof coverings.
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| Baviaanskloof Touring Map E.Cape |
Cederberg Touring Map Western Cape |
Day Drives From Cape Town |
The Garden Route Touring Map |
Table Mountain Hiking Map |
The more recent versions of Peter's maps are fully GPS compatible and all road intersections are GPS marked.
Fantastic Touring Maps of the Western Cape
- Map of the Baviaans Touring Map
- Map of the Cederberg Touring Map
- Map of the Wild Coast Touring Map
- Map of the Cape Peninsula Touring Map
- Map of the Cape Winelands Touring Map
- Map of the Cape Day Drives Map
- Map of the Fynbos Road Touring Map
- Map of the Garden Route Touring Map
- Map of the Overberg & Whale Coast Map
- Map of the Overberg & Whale Coast & Cederberg Map on CD
Amazing & Beautiful Hiking Maps of the Cape & Drakensberg
Peter Slingsby has produced a set of 5 hiking maps covering the walks and hikes on and around Table Mountain...
- Map of the Table Mountain Hiking Map
- Map of the Simon's Town Hiking Map
- Map of the Cape Point Hiking Map
- Map of the Table Mountain & Hout Bay Hiking Map on CD
- For excellent descriptions of the walks and trails see "Walks with a Fat Dog" by Peter Slingsby and his wife Maggie
Drakensberg Hiking Maps... series of 6 covering
- Rugged Glen
- Cathedral Peak
- Giant's Castle
- Highmoor
- Cobham
- Bushman's Nek ... see all 6 maps here
How I use Maps with my GPS... And the Importance of a Paper Map
I use both paper maps and electronic maps. I use paper maps as a quick
and easy reference source and for emergencies. I use electronic maps for planning both
short and long journeys including local drives to specific street addresses.
Paper maps are also back-ups for those times when a GPS might fail (eg battery
failure).
Ideally I would take along my laptop already loaded with the maps I need but
this can be a bother especially on holiday. So do a good job of planning and
take along a good paper map together with the GPS properly set up before you
leave home.
My reason for using electronic maps is that I can easily and accurately get co-ordinates for any place I wish to include in my trip. Entering coordinate data into a GPS is my preferred way of navigating. It becomes especially easy when there is a need to create a route with numerous waypoints.
My paper maps have a secondary use especially if I don't have an electronic map (for this I really need to travel with a laptop). An example could be for a planned journey to Namibia. In this case with a good map (not your normal road map from the local garage) it becomes possible to lift off the map coordinate points with quite good accuracy. These co-ordinates can then be fed into a GPS as waypoints which then form the basis of route planning. The paper map makes it easy to get orientated.
Good maps these days such as those by Peter Slingsby or Infomap have co-ordinate information built into them so extracting coordinates is made easy.