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Dog and dog-lover’s delight

Bond with your four-legged friend on the Canine Camino, a new four-day slackpacking route that follows the Hermanus coastline from Grotto Beach to Fernkloof Nature Reserve.

The Canine Camino is the brainchild of walking enthusiast Cindy du Plooy whose faithful Rhodesian ridgeback, Shaka, has been her companion on many excursions.

How did

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