FIONA MCINTOSH explores the forests and rugged coastline of the Garden Route on a luxury, guided Plettenberg glamping trail in Diepwalle.
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LIZ MCKENZIE takes the Napi Wilderness Trail to see the Kruger National Park at its best.
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The spectacular spring flower show is just one of the attractions of hiking at Gifberg, a remote mountain wilderness in Namaqualand.
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Towering peaks, tumbling rivers and well-preserved rock art sites are just a few of the attractions in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park. FIONA MCINTOSH picks her best five hikes in the Berg.
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It’s the hike in Southern Africa, writes GERHARD UYS of his five days of self-reliance, isolation and toil in Namibia’s Fish River Canyon.
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Backpacking doesn’t come better than the four-day Strandloper Trail along the deserted beaches of the Eastern Cape, where you can find artefacts such as carnelian beads from early shipwrecks.
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It’s not just the magnificent areas the Garden Route Trail passes through that you’ll love, but also its outstanding guide.
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The Gamkaberg Reserve is part of a newly proclaimed World Heritage Site of Cape flora in the Klein Karoo with a hike to a 1 500-year-old rock art site.
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Franschhoek is better known for its food, wine and art than for its hiking, but the pristine Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve overlooking the town has some of the best hillwalking in the country.
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With three circular trails on its peninsula, Robberg Nature Reserve in Plettenberg Bay is a world-class hiking destination.
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Not even stormy weather can stop FIONA McINTOSH from having a blast on the five-day Pondo trail hike along the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape.
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The botanical wealth of Simonsberg mountain is revealed in all its glory on this five-hour roundtrip hike between Stellenbosch and Franschoek.
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For two months a year, hikers can enjoy the flowers, birds and exquisite scenery on the Steenbok Day Trail in…
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South Africa’s first slackpacking trail has just turned 20. Fiona McIntosh celebrates by re-walking the Wild Coast Meander. I first…
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The Wild Coast is truly that – wild and empty. Fishermen, cattle herders and curious local kids are generally the…
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The spectacular spring flower show is just one of the attractions of hiking at Gifberg, a remote mountain wilderness in…
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Towering peaks, tumbling rivers and well-preserved rock art sites are just a few of the attractions in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park. FIONA MCINTOSH picks her best five hikes in the Berg
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Climbing Thabana Ntlenyana, southern Africa’s highest peak, is certainly not a walk in the park.