KwaZulu-Natal Archives - Hiking South Africa

Giant’s Cup Hiking Trail

April 25, 2018 Arno van der Heever 33

When I received the invite to join a group of friends to go hike the Giant’s Cup Trail, I had to search for information about it – I had never heard about it. The lack […]

Giant’s Cup Trail in a day

October 19, 2017 Jonathan Newman 1

There are various hutted hiking trails in South Africa, and many debates about which is the hardest. While the Giants Cup Trail is most certainly not the hardest of them, it is not the easiest […]

Drakensberg Northern High Traverse in a day

October 5, 2017 Jonathan Newman 1

The Northern High Traverse is probably the most widely known route in the Drakensberg Mountains. For that matter, it is probably the only multi-day hiking route in South Africa to appear on various lists of […]