Day 6 Tsitsikamma Trail 14 June
Sleepkloof Hut to Stormsriver village. This was our ‘recharge’ day with a gentle hike back out through the forest to Stormsriver village before starting on the Otter Trail the next day
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Category: Tsitsikamma Trail
Day 5 Tsitsikamma Trail 13 June
Heuningbos Hut to Sleepkloof Hut. 2 significant saddles to climb over but the day was easier than we thought it would be.
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Day 4 Tsitsikamma Trail 12 June
Keurbos Hut to Heuningbos Hut. Very special hike up through the Heuningbos indigenous forest, wonderful large old trees and ferns
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Day 3 Tsitsikamma Trail 11 June
Bloukrantz Hut to Keurbos Hut. Magical to see the forest glistening with raindrops. Overall felt like one of the hardest days, especially with clambering over lots of storm debris.
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Day 2 Tsitsikamma Trail 10 June
Kalander hut to Bloukrantz hut. Fantastic hut location on the edge of a deep gorge. Really felt like we were in the wilderness.
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Tsitsikamma Trail General Info
Beginning in Nature’s Valley and ending 60-km further at either the Storms River Bridge or Village, this six day, unidirectional trail takes hikers through the heart of the Tsitsikamma Mountains. This is an enchanted world where we experienced the grandeur of relic forests and thought about our impact on our environment.
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Day 1 Tsitsikamma Trail 9 June
Ranger Station to Kalander hut. Strange feeling of being so close to ‘town’ just across the lagoon. Beer and coffee calling but resisted. However, good to be able to stay in the hut and shorten the following days hike by a couple of km.
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