Videos
Video: Magoebaskloof, for the first time ever
Jacques Crafford beautifully captures the feeling of visiting Magoebaskloof for the first time.
Archive
Everyday Hiking Heroes
Everyday Hiking Hero: Jess Tyrrell
Meet Jess Tyrrell, founder of Matric Enwild – a wilderness experience for matriculants, geared at helping them get to know themselves better and transition from school into the next phase of lives. We caught up […]
News & Articles
New from Garmin: The inReach Mini
Introducing the inReach® Mini from Garmin®, a small but mighty two-way satellite communicator for any adventure. Garmin Southern Africa today announced the inReach Mini, a small and very compact satellite communicator with available two-way messaging […]
Videos
Video: uKhahlamba Drakensberg
Alex Nail captures the majestic beauty of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg – the Barrier of Spears.
Videos
Video: Double Amputee Hikes Up Table Mountain
A very inspirational video of a double amputee hiking up Table Mountain via Platteklip Gorge.
Northern Cape
Tankwa Camino
How it all started… Founder, Danie Pieterse, had a dream to one day walk from his grandfather Jan Pieterse’s grave in the Tankwa Karoo, to his other grandfather’s grave in Rawsonville. Danie shared this idea […]
Drakensberg Passes
Drakensberg Passes | Xeni Pass
Pass name: Xeni Pass Region: Didima Nature Reserve, Northern KZN Drakensberg Distance from the parking to the top: 15km Difficulty: Extreme (8)* Scenery: Exceptional! Route type: ROCK Risks: Difficult scrambling, exposed in places, no trail […]
News & Articles
Xeni Pass/Bell Traverse loop in a day
For many years Didima Nature Reserve has been my personal favourite region of the Drakensberg. With the Cathedral Peak ridge, the Column and the Pyramid, the Organ Pipes and the Didima Cutback – it is […]
Videos
Video: Finding Snow in the Western Cape
Luke Maximo Bell and some friends went searching for snow in the Western Cape – they were not disappointed!
Trails
Rim of Africa | Traverse 1
Jess Tyrrell, one of the guides on the Rim of Africa hike, gives us a beautiful overview of the first section of South Africa’s longest mountain hike – a fantastic hike for those who have […]