Walking guide to the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park - South Africa

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Paperback - Laminated
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11 Feb 2010
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9781852845735
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1852845732
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17.2 x 11.6 x 1.9cm
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340g
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256
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11 Feb 2010

Walking in the Drakensberg

75 walks in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park by Jeff Williams

Walking guide to u-Khahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, accessible from Johannesburg, Harrismith, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. 75 day walks, up to 20km, in Royal Natal National Park, Cathedral Peak, Monk's Cowl, Injisuthi, Giant's Castle, Highmoor, Kamberg, Lotheni, Cobham, Garden Castle. More...

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Seasons

for long hikes: April, May and September are excellent; for wildflowers and birds: November and Read More... December; from mid-October to March rainfall is high, with thunderstorms in the afternoons

Centres

Royal Natal National Park, Cathedral Peak, Monk’s Cowl, Injisuthi, Giant’s Castle, Highmoor, Read More... Kamberg, Lotheni, Cobham, Garden Castle, Bushman’s Nek, all between Pietermartizburg and Harrismith

Difficulty

routes from 1km to 20km, easy strolls to strenuous day hikes, but be prepared for any weather Read More... conditions in almost every season

Must See

towering basalt cliffs (eg the Amphitheatre), 3000m mountains (eg Cleft Peak), deep gorges (eg Read More... Thukela with the second highest waterfall in the world); abundant wildlife; 2000-year old Bushman rock paintings
 
 

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Walk 1
The Cascades

Grade             Easy
Distance        3km
Height gain    Negligible
Time               1hr
Start               Car park below the Mahai campsite

 A great short walk suitable for all. Children aged 0 to 90 will love it.

Leave from the W end of the car park on a concrete-slabbed, pushchair-friendly surface with the Mahai stream on the right. Just before the campsite entrance cross the stream on the road bridge and turn left onto the same easy surface. The stream is now on your L. All good things come to an end and this comes to pass just before you re-cross the stream on a hump-backed metal bridge, where the path suddenly becomes decidedly pushchair unfriendly. After another 200m, just where a large rock seems to impede progress, there is a divergence of ways. Step around the corner on the R and voilà, beautiful cascades, small falls of water cut into the underlying sandstone. A great place to while away some time.
 

 
 
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