Drakensberg Hiking Trails
There are many different hiking trails in
the Drakensberg. The Drakensberg
Mountains
present three very different perspectives to
its hikers. And I recommend you try experience
each of these aspects. I have selected the
following as recommended Drakensberg hiking
trails because of their ease, spectacular scenery
and last but not least they are well off the
beaten tourist track. You probably will not
even see a single other visitor while walking.
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Day trail through
the lower reaches of the Drakensberg (Northern
Drakensberg and Central
Drakensberg)
This is know as the little Berg. Walking
the lower reaches below the Drakensberg
escarpment is the reason you came to this
area. While it might be called the little
Berg its by no means little and is where
the views looking up at the main escarpment
are best. This is the most impressive the
Drakensberg has to offer and I recommend Giants
Castle Nature Reserve. Try "Worlds
View" an easy 3,5 hour hike (14
km) and ends with a spectacular 360
degree view. More of this walking beneath
the escarpment can be found at Injasuti,
Monks
Cowl, Champane,
Cathederal
and Royal
Natal. Its similar but the scenery
is different and all spectacular.
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To the top of the
Escarpment and the 950m Tugela
Waterfall
There is only one place you can reasonably
get to the top of the Drakensberg escarpment
and back down again in one day and that
is at the Sentinel Peak.
The drive alone is spectacular. The walk
is 5 hours 2,5 hours each way. You ascend
the last 20 meters using a chain ladder
and are rewarded with a view overlooking
the Royal Natal Reserve. Also you are
at the source of the Tugela river where
it falls some 950m. 2nd highest in the
world.
- San (Bushmann) rock art in the Southern
Drakensberg
Kamberg
offers the most spectacular examples of rock
art to be found in South
Africa. There are many places where
Bushman rock art can be found but this
is one of the few sites where your imagination
is not a prerequisite. Kamberg is situated
in the southern Drakensberg (More sandstone
and valleys than the spectacular basalt
of further North) which gives you another
opportunity to experience a different
aspect of our Drakensberg. The Southern
Drakensberg might be less dramatic than
the Central Drakensberg and Northern Drakensberg
but by no means less pretty. The hiking
trails in the Southern Drakesberg are as
worth experiencing as the others.
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