Drakensberg Giants Castle Hiking
Drakensberg Giants Castle Hiking is a 4 day lodge- to- lodge luxury hiking experience in the Drakensberg foothills. The hiking trail includes some of the most scenic and bio diverse parts of the Drakensberg. The program offers comfortable and varied lodge accommodation each night, luggage transfers and mouthwatering catering. The Drakensberg is arguably the best hiking area in South Africa. If you prefer a self-guided trip, go to Drakensberg Hiking.
The Drakensberg mountains, is the highest mountain range in Africa, south of Kilimanjaro. The highest peak reaches an altitude of 3482 m.The Lowlands Conservancy is well known for its rich biodiversity. You will hike through Zulu Waters Game Reserve-the only private game reserve in the Drakensberg with wildlife such as rhino, zebras, buffalo, ostriches, eland, water buck and wildebeest
The area is incredibly scenic and provides the perfect environment for other activities such as biking, bird-watching, horse riding, photography and painting.
Nearby Giants Castle Nature Reserve has an impressively rich floral diversity, rolling grasslands, crags and cliffs.
What to take:
Comfortable, well aerated clothes in keeping with the season. Always bring a thick waterproof windbreaker/jacket, good walking boots/shoes (already worn-in) and several pairs of cotton or wool socks. For your daily needs, you are advised to have a day-bag, a plastic bag to line your day-pack (to protect the contents from rain), rainwear, a sun-hat, sunglasses, sun block, a water bottle, plastic picnic boxes, personal first-aid kit, camera, torch/flashlight and an extra plastic bag for litter, hiking stick, insect repellant.
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