
The Quest for the Ultimate Dome Tent
The new short documentary ‘The Quest for the Ultimate Dome Tent’ features Jotaro Yoshida, the founder and designer of Locus Gear. His Djedi Dome tent is a result of four years of development, making it […]
The new short documentary ‘The Quest for the Ultimate Dome Tent’ features Jotaro Yoshida, the founder and designer of Locus Gear. His Djedi Dome tent is a result of four years of development, making it […]
Pass name: Bannerman Pass Region: Giants Castle Nature Reserve, Central KZN Drakensberg Distance from the parking to the top: 15km Difficulty: Extreme (3)* Scenery: Average for a Drakensberg Pass, i.e. exceptional by normal standards Route […]
Meet Galeo Saintz, founder of the Hi-Tec Garden Route Walking Festival, South Africa’s first and only walking festival. As a trail blazer he co-founded both the Rim of Africa Mountain Traverse and the Eden to […]
When packing my backpack for a multi-day hike, space has always been more of an issue for me than weight. Lots of fairly lightweight items that take up quite a bit space, like a sleeping […]
Pass name: Langalibalele Pass Region: Giants Castle Nature Reserve, Central KZN Drakensberg Distance from parking to the top: 11km Difficulty: Difficult Scenery: Average for a Drakensberg Pass, i.e. exceptional by normal standards Route type: Trail […]
The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in Southern Africa. Exactly what is included in the range is debated, but in general the range is divided into two parts: The basalt “High Berg” range The […]
Some very basic, but very helpful guidelines on how to pack a backpack from the experts at REI. Also check out our Multi-day Hiking Checklist to make sure you don’t leave any essentials behind.
It’s been twelve days since I left South Africa and today I will finally make my way to Everest Base Camp. I’ll climb for the first time through 5000 meters ASL. For this final section […]
The Summit Trail is one of two 2-day overnight trails in the Magaliesberg at Kgaswane Nature Reserve, formerly the Rustenburg Nature Reserve. The other 2-day overnight trail is the Baviaanskloof Trail. Beauty rating: 4/5 Difficulty […]
Malolotja Nature Reserve includes over 18 000 hectares of mountain wilderness in the north-west of Swaziland. The reserve provides protected wetland, woodland, highveld grassland and mistbelt forest habitats for a wide variety of plant and […]
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