Videos
Video: The Amatola Trail
LOWA, the European outdoor footwear company, sent a team to check out some of South Africa’s hiking trails and made this beautiful video of the Amatola. (Make sure subtitles are turned on if you don’t […]
Year: 2018
News & Articles
The best hikes you’ve never heard of…
If you’ve been hiking for any length of time, you’ve definitely heard of some of South Africa’s famous hiking trails, like the Otter Trail on the Garden Route, the Tugela Falls trail in the Drakensberg, […]
Videos
Video: How to lace walking boots to prevent heel lift…
Another interesting boot lacing technique for locking the heel in place and reducing shin pain.
Gear Reviews
Review: Naturehike Mongar Tent
A spacious 2-person, 3-season tent that can handle all but the worst weather, weighing in at just under 2kg, all for R3399. The Mongar ticks every box! Tech specs Capacity: 2-Person Weight: 1941g (excluding the […]
Videos
Video: The Amphitheatre
Kierran Allen captures the breathtaking beauty and grandeur of the Drakensberg Amphitheatre.
Gear Reviews
Review: First Ascent Lunar Tent
The First Ascent Lunar is a 2-person, 3-season tent that offers amazing value for money and punches well above its 3-season rating, comfortably handling buckets of rain and near-gale-force winds. Quick Specs Size: 2-person tent […]
2-Day Hikes
Alexandria Hiking Trail | Addo
Our intrepid exploration party of four strapped on our backpacks and almost immediately were transported into a mystical forest realm, seething with magic and wonder. The lush of the canopy and dense undergrowth, imbibed in […]
Videos
Video: How to Read a Topo Map
Another great instructional video by REI on how to read a topographic map – an essential skill when heading into any wilderness area.
6 Days or More
Rim of Africa | Traverse 2
This favourite traverse is the first taste of what the Cape Fold Mountains offer outside of the Cederberg, and the off-trail nature of the rest of the Rim journey. The terrain is varied from off-path […]
News & Articles
10 Tips to help you complete the Drakensberg Grand Traverse
Willem Boshoff shares some tips from his Drakensberg Grand Traverse (DGT) experience, and also gets some pro-tips from accomplished Drakensberg hiker Jonathan Newman (first back-to-back DGT) and newly initiated DGT finisher Romy Chevallier, who did […]