GRADE: C+ TIME: 8 hours. DISTANCE: 13 km. TERRAIN: Undulating path with steep slopes and some scrambles. Hotel guide required. This walk is one of the least known, yet most scenic of all walks from The Cavern. The easiest route for the newcomer is to take the Sugar Loaf Gap. Turn right above the escarpment […]
GRADE: C+ TIME: 4 hours. DISTANCE: 8 km. TERRAIN: Undulating path with steep slopes and scrambles. Take the main Sugar Loaf Gap. After the second plateau the path flattens. At the base of the final steep slope, just before the rock face, look for a route across to the left. This leads towards a very
GRADE: D+TIME: 4 hours.DISTANCE: 7 km.TERRAIN: Undulating path with a few steep slopes and fairly easy scrambles. Top Gate is the starting point. Take the path right, leading past the football field. In spring, particularly after a burn, clumps of Barleria monticola, a lovely mauve flower, erupt out of the blackness. Keep left, going uphill,
GRADE: D TIME: 4-5 hours. DISTANCE: 6 km return, or 7 km round trip. TERRAIN: Undulating with a few steep sections. Top Gate is the starting point. Take the path right, leading past the football field. Keep left, going uphill, where the path forks. The first top dam will be on the left in front
BUSHBUCK RIDGE AND NATURAL POOL GRADE: E TIME: 2 hours round trip. DISTANCE: 3 km. TERRAIN: Undulating, with a short, steep but safe section. From the car park at the 70s block follow the route as for the Fern Forest walk. At the stone cairn in the middle of the forest take the right turn
GRADE: E TIME: 2 hours round trip. DISTANCE: 3 km. TERRAIN: Undulating, with easy stream crossings. The starting point is the car park behind the 70s block. There is an information board here with details of the trail, and many more information boards at points of particular interest along the way. Walk up the mowed
THE CAVERN GROTTO GRADE: S TIME: 1 hour, return or round trip. DISTANCE: 1.5 km. TERRAIN: Undulating well-marked path. The circular return leg has a bit of a climb up reinforced steps. The starting point is behind the children’s dining room. The path leads through the pine trees. Beyond the pines head for a big
GRADE: S TIME: 1 hour return. DISTANCE: 1 km return. TERRAIN: Easy path. The diesel pump near the bottom gate is the starting point. Pass behind the large thatched house. Then go right on the path with steps; this leads directly to the waterfall. It’s a nice swimming spot. Look for special stream-side flowers here.
SEVEN naughty children once ran around this farm, playing, fighting and growing. Now we are old, we can look back with fondness and gratitude to God who placed us in this family in this valley. The seven kids were the progeny of Ruth Carte and Judy Carr, two sisters whose husbands toiled to eke out
The Drakensberg, which forms a natural border between the garden province of KwaZulu-Natal and the Kingdom of Lesotho enclave, boasts a fascinating history dating back to a time when nomadic San tribes traversed the area hunting wild game and creating remarkable collections of rock paintings in shadowy caves and on jagged cliff overhangs and hidden
