Accessible just an hour and a half outside of Cape Town, the 35km Highlands Trail is the ideal starter trail if you want to get a taste of an overnight multi-day hike. Since we were keen on doing the 3 to 4 day Congo Nile Trail hike in Rwanda but had never done a multi-day …
If you’re trying to plan a trip to the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), you’ll probably have realised by now there’s very little useful information to plan your trip. To be fair, Eswatini is overshadowed by the epic Drakensberg Mountains in the south and the rich wildlife of Kruger National Park in the north. That …
If you’re headed out to find the Big Five in Kruger, you might want to consider tacking on a detour to the Panorama Route to stretch your legs after all the safari drives. The route lies just west of Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, stretching from Graskop in the south up to the Three Rondavels …
Arangieskop is considered to be the ‘Mount Kilimanjaro of the Cape’, not necessarily because of its height, but because of how the whole first day is ‘up, up, up’ and the second day is ‘down, down, down’. The 21km loop trail up and down the 1696m mountain is typically hiked in two days, with an …
If you’re looking for a change of scene from Cape Town or want to experience something unique during your trip to South Africa, head over to Cederberg. Just 3 hours drive from Cape Town, and you’re in an entirely different world. While fynbos is lovely and all, nothing beats some really nice rocky landscapes. The …
You’ll probably recognise bits of Croatia from parts of Game of Throne’s Kings Landing, but if you haven’t seen the HBO hit, you’ll probably recognise it nonetheless from its stunning coastlines and unreal waterfalls. I’ve visited three times now, and I still have a million reasons to go back. Luckily, of all the European countries …
Overview The Congo Nile Trail spans 227 km along Lake Kivu from Cyangugu in the south to Gisenyi/Rubavu in the north. Most people will walk the 80km unpaved section between Kibuye and Gisenyi. Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, lies between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We did this hike …
Just 2.5hrs from Cape Town, Groot Winterhoek is a great way to spend a weekend hiking, camping, and swimming in South Africa’s best rock pool
Beaches, mountains, and lekker food all at your doorstep… You could easily spend a week in Cape Town. But I’ve spent the last two and a half years of my PhD here distracting myself thinking about how you can do it in three. Admittedly, the itinerary is a lot for three days, but if you’re …
Temperamental. I think that about sums up everything you need to know about planning a trip to the Drakensberg. I’ve never experienced four seasons in one day the way I did in those mountains. The Drakensberg is part of the Great Escarpment circling the large plateau also known as the kingdom of Lesotho. It’s also …