GRADE: E TIME: 2½ hours. DISTANCE: 4 km. TERRAIN: Undulating path with moderate slopes. Only done with a hotel guide as it is easy to miss the paintings. The Bushman paintings are the most accessible in the Drakensberg, and are the main focus of this walk. Take the back route out of The Cavern, past […]
GRADE: D+ TIME: 4 hours. DISTANCE: 6 km. TERRAIN: Undulating path with some moderately steep slopes. Take the path to the top of Surprise Ridge. Then turn towards Cannibal Cave and The Diamond. Continue along this path, edging up towards the escarpment. Keep to the base of the rock face, still on The Cavern side
GRADE: E TIME: 2½ hours. DISTANCE: 4½ km TERRAIN: Undulating path with moderate slopes. Take the path to Surprise Ridge past the aerial. At the confluence of the streams look for a path proceeding up the stream. This path leads right into the cave. It is named after Jim Heins who believed that he had
GRADE: D TIME: 3½ hours. DISTANCE: 7 km. TERRAIN: Undulating path with moderate slopes and gradients. The ridge holds two surprises. The first is that on approaching the ridge one finds that the real ridge is further on. The second is the magnificent view of the main Berg, from Cathkin to Cathedral and the Amphitheatre
GRADE: C TIME: 4½ hours return, longer by various circular routes. DISTANCE: 7 km return. TERRAIN: Undulating to steep, with some fairly easy scrambles. The starting point is the car park behind the 70s block. Follow the route through the Fern Forest. Once into the open turn right up the hill as though going to
GRADE: D+ TIME: 4½ hours. DISTANCE: 7 km round trip. TERRAIN: Undulating path with a few steepish sections. The short-cut route has some scrambles. The aptly named Camel’s Hump is the corner-post of The Cavern property. Top Gate is the starting point for the walk. Proceed as for Surprise Ridge. At the top of the
GRADE: D TIME: 4 hours. DISTANCE: 8 km. TERRAIN: Undulating path with moderate slopes and gradients. The descent to the Silent Woman is steep but not difficult. Follow the path from behind Room 203 (at the diesel pump) and bear left. Go up three metres and into the Fern Forest. Follow this path through the
GRADE: C+ TIME: 8 hours. DISTANCE: 13 km. TERRAIN: Undulating path with steep slopes and some scrambles. Take the Sugar Loaf Gap. Bear left towards Sugar Loaf, but before the final ascent cross the fence back into Cavern property. Now pick up a game track that contours across the entire frontage below Cold Ridge, and
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
