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Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

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Zip X Trails

Zip X Trails

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Zip X Trails lie in the mountains overlooking Loskop Dam, where the escarpment drops from roughly 1,450 m to 950 m above sea level. The route network offers two distinctly rugged hikes: Hels River, a…

Suikerboschfontein Hiking Trail

Suikerboschfontein Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Suikerboschfontein is a varied hiking network near Carolina in Mpumalanga, set in the Paulina van Niekerk Nature Reserve. The core overnight route links Rooikrans and Oom Japie camps on a circular 20…

Kranskloof Hiking Trail

Kranskloof Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Kranskloof is a base-camp hiking destination in the Komati Gorge Nature Reserve near Carolina. The two trails combine Highveld ridges, kloofs, streams, waterfalls and river pools, with a strong chanc…

Bermanzi Back to Base Trail

Bermanzi Back to Base Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

The Bermanzi Back to Base Trail is the easier of the named hiking options at Bermanzi, between Machadodorp and Badplaas. It is designed as a relaxed, accessible two-day hiking experience, with hikers…

Uitsoek Hiking Trail

Uitsoek Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Uitsoek is a forest and escarpment trail network near Sudwala Caves in Mpumalanga. It combines plantation tracks, indigenous scrub and riverine forest, waterfalls, gorge sections and the Houtbosloop…

Kaapschehoop Hiking Trail

Kaapschehoop Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Kaapschehoop Hiking Trail crosses the high, mist-prone escarpment around the historic De Kaap goldfields. It links indigenous forest, fynbos, rock outcrops, streams, waterfalls and old mining landsca…

High Five Trails

High Five Trails

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

High Five Trails is a linked network of multi-day routes through the Skurweberg Mountains between Badplaas and Machadodorp. Rather than one fixed itinerary, hikers choose a circular route through a s…

Bushman Wilderness Trail

Bushman Wilderness Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

The Bushman Wilderness Trail is a guided Kruger walking trail based in the park's south-western granite country. Its deep valleys, rocky outcrops and animal paths make it a very different experience…

Elangeni Hiking Trail

Elangeni Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Elangeni is a two-day circular trail through the mountains and ravines around Waterval Onder. It follows the Elands River, climbs to escarpment viewpoints, crosses mountain streams and reaches waterf…

Fanie Botha Hiking Trail, Sabie

Fanie Botha Hiking Trail, Sabie

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

The Fanie Botha Hiking Trail, a multi-day hiking experience in the Sabie area of Mpumalanga, South Africa, offers various routes ranging from 2 to 5 nights, traversing through pine plantations and in…

Rooikrans Hiking Trail

Rooikrans Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Rooikrans is a network of three circular hikes on a game and cattle farm in the escarpment region west of Loskop Dam. The routes climb through kloofs to views across bushveld plains, passing indigeno…

Bundu Backpackers Hiking Trail

Bundu Backpackers Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

The Bundu Backpackers Hiking Trail is a short, self-supported overnight adventure in the Bermanzi landscape between Machadodorp and Badplaas. Hikers carry their own small tents and camp beside the Ba…

Mount Sheba Hiking Trails

Mount Sheba Hiking Trails

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Mount Sheba offers a network of marked walks through rainforest, escarpment slopes and sandstone country near Pilgrim’s Rest. The trails range from family-friendly historical walks to steeper forest…

Blue Wildebeest Hiking Trail

Blue Wildebeest Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

The Blue Wildebeest Hiking Trail is a two-day base-camp hike near Badplaas in Mpumalanga. Hikers return to the same overnight base after each day on the trail, allowing them to explore the surroundin…

Queen Rose Hiking Trail

Queen Rose Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

Queen Rose Hiking Trail is a small network of day hikes in the Queens River area between Badplaas and Barberton. The trails start and finish at or near Matumi Bush Camp, allowing hikers to choose a g…

Oom Paul Hiking Trail

Oom Paul Hiking Trail

Hikes outside a reserve: Mpumalanga

The Oom Paul Hiking Trail crosses the valley between the Bermanzi side of the Bank Spruit and the Mount Komati escarpment. It is a short but demanding point-to-point hike: steep descents and climbs…