The Elfin Trail

(66 reviews)

This is a 3.1mi walking tour

It takes an average of 90 mins to complete.

Cape Town

South Africa

$1.99

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About the Tour

The Elfin Trail is an immersive, high fantasy-themed audio walking experience through the most beautiful and least-known forests and glades in Cape Town. Using smartphone GPS to trigger downloaded audio automatically, the listener is guided along a shady two-hour stroll through the greenbelts of Constantia, along the way hearing timeless stories, original music and natural sound effects relevant to what they're seeing and hearing around them. Listeners rediscover the magic of lost childhood fairytales and meet elves, dragons, goblins, gnomes, fairies, centaurs, dryads and more along the way. This captivating new outdoor storytelling experience is an enchanting, imaginative take on folklore, audio drama and the world-class natural surroundings in one of Earth's favourite cities.

🍀 The Elfin Trail Teaser (video, 1 min) 🍀 https://smarturl.it/elfin

CREDITS
Written and adapted by John Bartmann (https://johnbartmann.com)
Narrated by Amy Sutton (twitter.com/AmySuttonActor)
Audio recording by Terome McNally (thesagaoftheeuropeanking.bandcamp.com)
Music by John Bartmann and Nic Paton (nicpaton.com)
Additional music by Amy Sutton, Callan Wolff, Ruby Paton
Additional FX by Terome McNally, Stephen Timm
Assistance by Yvandi Lubbe
Artwork by Alex van der Linde (alexvanderlinde.nl)

SOUNDTRACK
Download the original soundtrack for The Elfin Trail
https://smarturl.it/stelfin

Tour Producer

John Bartmann

1 tour

Greetings! In your tongue, my name is Argemis, but they call me Treefellow. I'm what you'd call a gnome, or earthman. I don't really appear clearly in your photographs, so you'll never spot me unless you see me with your own eyes. Bah! Who needs photographs, anyway? The world is magical enough, isn't it? Well, time to go. I look forward to sharing my home forest with you. There are many of us living, just hidden from eyesight along the dells, glades and ponds of The Elfin Trail...

Preview Location

Location 3

The Elf Who Danced the Man to Death

We're passing the outskirts of the bluegum forest here. Just keep follow the path and keep the road on your left, remember.

I'll tell you a story while we walk.
Let your ears be open to a story which still
Is told by fireside in the mounds of Aos Si (prounounced "Ace she... Read More

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Major Landmarks

The Alphen Trail
The Klaasenbosch Trail

Getting There

Route Overview

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Start location
119-120 Rhodes Dr, Wynberg NU (2), Cape Town, 7800, South Africa
Total distance

5km
Final location
42-38 Hohenort Ave, Wynberg NU (2), Cape Town, 7806, South Africa
Distance back to start location

274.94m

Directions to Starting Point

The parking lot at the entrance to the Cecelia Forest is at the intersection of Rhodes Drive and Hohenort Avenue in Constantia. Cars are usually guarded by a volunteer staff member and a recommended donation of R10 is advised.

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Tips

Places to stop along the way

There are two picnic spots along the way. A litre of water and some snacks are recommended.

Best time of day

Three hours before sunset is the recommended time of day, but the route can be enjoyed during any daytime hours.

Precautions

This trail is child-friendly and there is very little to worry about. Just keep your eyes open, as always. Be especially careful when crossing the two well-announced major roads en route. Take precautions during hayfever season and wear a good pair of shoes. The route is about 60% shaded.

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“Great app. walk around at your own pace, stop where you want, move on or speed up when you want. Read the script before you go or during the commentary, speed it up or replay it. Repeat the tour whenever you like.”