Eastern Cape Hiking Trails

 
 



Alexandria Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Alexandria
Contact Reserve Manager: Woody Cape Nature Reserve
Tel: (046) 650 0302

Trail Details
Distance: 39km
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days
Difficulty: Moderate
Route Type: Circular
Maximum People: 12

Amatola Hiking Trail
Trail Type: Mountain Bike, Day Walk, Horse, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: King Williams Town
Tel: (043) 642 2571
Email: amatolahk@dwaf.gov.za

Trail Details
Distance: 100km
Estimated Trail Time: 6 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Linear
Maximum People: 16

Ben Macdhui Hiking Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Rhodes
Contact: Mr G. van Zyl
Tel: (045) 971 0446

Trail Details
Distance: 51km
Estimated Trail Time: 3 days 5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Circular
Maximum People: 24


Black Eagle Nature Reserve Trails
Trail Type: 4 x 4, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Sterkstroom
Contact: Mr Robin Halse or Mr George Stretton
Tel: (045) 966 9053

Trail Details
Distance: 40km
Estimated Trail Time: 3 days 0.5 hours
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Circular


Bosberg Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Somerset East

Contact Somerset East Municipality
Tel (042) 243 1548 or (042) 243 1333

Trail Details
Distance: 15km
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days 1.25 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Circular


Compassberg Hiking Trails
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Middelburg

Contact: The Valley
Tel (049) 842 2418

Trail Details
Estimated Trail Time: 2, 3 days 4 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Route Type: Circular
Maximum people: 12


Ecowa Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Elliot

Contact: Town Clerk, Elliot Municipality
Tel: (045) 931 1011
Fax: (045) 931 1361

Trail Details
Distance: 47km
Estimated Trail Time: 3 days 0.5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Linear
Maximum people: 10

Excelsion Hiking Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Graaff-Reinet
Contact: Roland Kroon
Cell: 082 883 2710

Trail Details
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days 1.5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Route Type: Circular

Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve Hiking Trails
Trail Type: Day Walk, Horse, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Fort Beaufort
Contact: Officer-in-Charge
Tel: (046) 584 0729
Fax: (046) 584 0729

Trail Details
Distance: 25km
Estimated Trail Time: 1, 2 days 1 hours
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Circular
Maximum people: 8

Fourcade Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Plettenberg Bay
Permits must be obtained
Contact: Wilderness Eco-Tourism Association
Tel: (044) 877 0045
Fax: (044) 877 0045

Trail Details
Distance: 24km
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days 1 hours
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Circular

Karoo Nature Reserve Walks
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Graaff-Reinet
Contact: Reserve Manager: Karoo Nature Reserve, PO Box 349, Graaff-Reinet 6280
Tel: (049) 892 3453
Fax: (049) 892 4248

Trail Details
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Route Type: Network of Routes
Maximum: 12

Katberg Trail
Trail Type: Horse, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Queenstown
Contact: KEN Agency:
Tel (043) 642 1747

Trail Details
Distance: 40
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Circular


Kranskop Voetslaanpad
Trail Type: Day Walk, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Dordrecht

Contact: Frans and Petro Slabbert
Tel: (044) 944 1014
Email: kittieslabbert@webmail.co.za
Web http://home.telkomsa.net/randolph/goede_hoop/


Trail Details
Distance: 10km
Estimated Trail Time: 1, 2 days 1 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Route Type: Network of Routes
Maximum people: 12

Lammergeyer Hiking Trail

Trail Type: 4 x 4, Day Walk, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Lady Grey
Contact: Margot or Cath Isted
Tel: (051) 603 1114 or (051) 603 7039
Fax: (051 603 1114
Email: mwisted@mweb.co.za
Web: http://www.adventuretrails.co.za
Cell: 082 9299 729

Trail Details
Distance: 35km
Estimated Trail Time: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 days 4 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Circular
Maximum people: 15

Otter Trail

Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Plettenberg Bay
Tel: (012) 343 1991 or (012) 422 2816
Fax: (012) 343 0905

Trail Details
Distance: 41km
Estimated Trail Time: 5 days 9 hours
Degree of Difficulty: Difficult
Route Type: Linear
Maximum people: 12

Prentjiesberg Natural Heritage Site Trails
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Ugie

Contact: Mondi
Tel: (045) 933 1042z

Trail Details
Estimated Trail Time: 2, 3 days 0.5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Circular
Maximum people: 12

Shipwreck Trail
Trail Type: Day Walk, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: East London
Contact: Chief Executive Officer of the Eastern Cape Tourism Board
Tel: (040) 653 2115
Fax: (040) 636 4019

Trail Details
Distance: 64km
Estimated Trail Time: 1, 2, 3, 4 days 2 hours
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Linear

Strandloper Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Kei Mouth
Tel: (043) 841 1046
Cell: 083 285 4773
Website:www.strandlopertrails.org.za

Trail Details
Distance: 59km
Estimated Trail Time: 5 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Linear
Maximum people: 12

Sunshine Coast Beach Hiking Trails
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Port Alfred
Contact: Bev
Tel: 046 624 1235
Fax: 046 624 4139
Cell: 082 866 8873

Tandjiesberg Hiking Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Graaff-Reinet
Contact: Contact Bobby Bennion
Tel: (049) 191 0844

Trail Details
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Circular

Toorberg Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Graaff-Reinet
Contact: Contact Carina Luscombe
Cell: 082 655 6900

Trail Details
Estimated Trail Time: 2, 3 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Route Type: Circular

Transkaroo Hiking Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Middelburg
Tel: (041) 966 1161 or (041) 961 5050

Trail Details
Estimated Trail Time: 3 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Circular
Maximum people: 12

Tsitsikamma Trail

Trail Type: 4 x 4, Mountain Bike, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Nature's Valley
Tel: (042) 2811 712
Fax: (042) 2811 778
Cell: 072 70 45640
Email gpienaar@cyberperk.co.za
Website:www.mtoecotourism.co.za

Trail Details
Distance: 60km
Estimated Trail Time: 2,3,4,5 or 6 days 3 hours
Difficulty:Moderate
Route Type: Linear
Maximum people: 24

Tsolwana Trail
Trail Type: 4 x 4, Horse, Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Tarkastad
Contact: Chief Executive Officer: Eastern Cape Tourism Board
Tel: (040) 653 2115
Fax: (040) 636 4019

Trail Details
Distance: 22km
Estimated Trail Time: 2 days 0.5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Route Type: Circular
Maximum people: 10

Vaalkrantz Hiking Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Queenstown
Contact: Nici and Alet Corbett
Tel: (045) 838 2216

Trail Details
Distance: 37km
Estimated Trail Time: 3 days 0.5 hours
Degree of Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Route Type: Circular

Wild Coast North Hiking Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Port St Johns
Tel: (047) 531 2712
Fax: (047) 532 4322

Trail Details
Distance: 12km
Difficulty: Moderate
Route Type: Linear

Witteberg Skywalk
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Lady Grey
Contact: Mr T. Ellis
Tel: (051) 603 1106

Trail Details
Distance: 110km
Estimated Trail Time 7, 8, 9, 10 days 3 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Linear
Maximum people: 15

Woodcliffe Cave Trail
Trail Type: Hiking
Location: South Africa Eastern Cape
Nearest City/Town: Maclear
Contact: Graham and Phyll Sephton
Tel: (045) 932 1550

Trail Details
Distance: 54km
Estimated Trail Time: 2, 3, 4, 5 days 0.5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Route Type: Linear


 
 


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