The full length of the peninsula and back, and the route people mean when they say they have walked Robberg. CapeNature gives it as 9.2 kilometres and about four hours, and describes it as a fairly strenuous walk that is not recommended for young children.
The trail heads up the north ridge all the way to the Point, the seaward tip of the peninsula below the Cape Seal lighthouse, then returns along the southern rocky shoreline. That return leg is the part that earns the four hours: it is rock underfoot rather than path, low down and exposed to the sea.
The Point itself is the payoff. Hundreds of gannets, cormorants and terns work the water around the tip, and the whole Robberg peninsula falls away behind you.
Two cautions from the reserve, both worth taking seriously on this route in particular. Do not stand near the cliffs when the wind is strong, and stay on the marked route — CapeNature is explicit that the round trip via the Point can be dangerous for people who leave it.
