3-5 Days hiking trails

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A Trail with three, four or five stages, with each stage lasting up to one day.

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Eastern Cape

  1. Amadiba Adventures Hiking Trails  

    Nearest towns: Port Edward. Nature reserve: Mkambathi Nature Reserve. 

  2. Amatola Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: King Williams Town, Hogsback. 

  3. Drifters Wild Coast Hiking / Biking Trails  

    Nearest towns: Port St Johns. Nature reserve: Mkambathi Nature Reserve. 

  4. Endurance Trail  

    Nearest towns: Cradock, Tarkastad. Nature reserve: Commando Drift Nature Reserve. 

  5. Hole-In-The-Wall Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: East London, Presley Bay, Coffee Bay. 

  6. Impofu Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Cradock. Nature reserve: Mountain Zebra National Park. 

  7. Mehloding Adventure Trail  

    Nearest towns: Matatiele, Kokstad, Underberg, Rhodes. 

  8. Noorspoort Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Graaff-Reinet, Steytlerville. Nature reserve: Noorspoort Private Game Reserve. 

  9. Strandloper Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Kei Mouth, Gonubie, East London. 

  10. The 4 Day War Trail Skywalk  

    Nearest towns: Barkly East, Rhodes. 

  11. Transkaroo Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Noupoort, Middelburg. 

  12. Wild Coast Amble  

    Nearest towns: East London, Kei Mouth. 

  13. Wild Coast Meander  

    Nearest towns: East London, Kobb Inn. 

  14. Wild Coast Pondo Walk  

    Nearest towns: Port St Johns. 

  15. Woodcliffe Cave Trail  

    Nearest towns: Maclear. 

Free State

  1. Brandwater Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Fouriesburg. 

  2. Maluti Cave Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Harrismith, Kestell, Phuthaditjaba. 

  3. Waterkloof Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Ficksburg. Nature reserve: Moolmanshoek Private Nature Reserve. 

Gauteng

  1. Rietvlei Nature Reserve Trails  

    Nearest towns: Pretoria, Tshwane. Nature reserve: Rietvlei Nature Reserve. 

  2. Suikerbosrand Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Heidelberg, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Tshwane. Nature reserve: Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve. 

KwaZulu Natal

  1. Black Wildebeest Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Van Reenen, Ladysmith. Nature reserve: Sandspruit Conservancy. 

  2. Blinkwater Hiking Trails  

    Nearest towns: Greytown. Nature reserve: Blinkwater Nature Reserve. 

  3. Emoyeni Trail  

    Nearest towns: Mfabeni, Mission Rocks. Nature reserve: Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park, Tewate Wilderness Area. 

  4. Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Wilderness Trails  

    Nearest towns: Empangeni, Mtubatuba. Nature reserve: Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. 

  5. Kosi Bay Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Jozini. Nature reserve: Kosi Bay Nature Reserve. 

  6. Mziki Trail (Mission Rocks)  

    Nearest towns: Mfabeni, Mission Rocks. Nature reserve: Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park. 

  7. St Lucia Wilderness Trail  

    Nearest towns: Cape Vidal, St Lucia. Nature reserve: Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park, Tewate Wilderness Area. 

Limpopo

  1. Magoebaskloof Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Tzaneen. 

  2. Olifants River Backpack Trail  

    Nearest towns: Nelspruit, Kruger National Park. 

Mpumalanga

  1. Blyde River Canyon / Blyderivierspoort Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Graskop. 

  2. Fanie Botha Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Sabie. 

  3. Kaapschehoop Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Nelspruit, Machadadorp. 

  4. Prospector’s Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Pilgrim's Rest. 

Namibia

  1. Fish River Canyon / Visrivier Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Grüau, Ai-Ais. 

  2. Naukluft Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Windhoek. Nature reserve: Namib-Naukluft National Park. 

North West

  1. Noko Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Potchefstroom, Parys, Venterskroon. Nature reserve: Vredefort Dome Area, Vredefort Dome World Heritage site. 

  2. Schoongezicht Trail  

    Nearest towns: Rustenburg, Swartruggens. 

Northern Cape

  1. Klipspringer Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Upington, Kakamas. Nature reserve: Augrabies Falls National Park. 

  2. Pofadder Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Onseepkans, Pella. 

  3. Rock Pigeon Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Nieuwoudtville, Vanrhynsdorp. Nature reserve: Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve. 

Swaziland

  1. No trails

Western Cape

  1. Boland Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Grabouw, Stellenbosch. Nature reserve: Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve. 

  2. Garden Route Coastal Trail  

    Nearest towns: Wilderness, Brenton-on-Sea. Nature reserve: Goukamma Nature Reserve. 

  3. Hoerikwaggo Trail  

    Nearest towns: Cape Town, Simons Town. Nature reserve: Table Mountain National Park, Orange Kloof Forest, Silvermine Nature Reserve, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. 

  4. Hunter Gatherer Beach Comber Trail  

    Nearest towns: Mossel Bay, Boggomsbaai ,Vleesbaai. 

  5. Otter Trail  

    Nearest towns: Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Wilderness, George. Nature reserve: Garden Route National Park. 

  6. Outeniqua Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Wilderness, George. Nature reserve: Garden Route National Park. 

  7. Oystercatcher Trail  

    Nearest towns: Mossel Bay, Boggomsbaai. 

  8. Swartberg Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Oudtshoorn. Nature reserve: Swartberg Nature Reserve. 

  9. Swarttobie Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Koekenaap, Vredendal. 

  10. Swellendam Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Swellendam, Bredasdorp. Nature reserve: Marloth Nature Reserve. 

  11. The Whale Trail / Die Walvis Roete  

    Nearest towns: Bredasdorp. Nature reserve: De Hoop Nature Reserve. 

  12. Tsitsikamma Hiking Trail  

    Nearest towns: Nature's Valley, Storms River. Nature reserve: Garden Route National Park, Tsitsikamma National Park.