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The Drakensberg Amphitheatre/Tugela Falls 2-day Hike

Drakensberg Tugela Falls

Event Date: 24๐ญ๐ก โ€“ ๐Ÿ5th June ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž๐ โ€“ Amphitheatre/Tugela Falls Hike

Start: Sentinel Car Park
Finish: Sentinel Car Park
Duration:ย 14km over two days and one night, 14kms โ€“ 617m Ascent
Fitness:ย Moderate Hike
Beauty: 4/5
Our tip:ย take extra pairs of warm socks and a down jacket for the nights at the top often get chilled

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐  ๐“๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐š ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ-๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ค๐ž is the perfect opportunity to hike to the top of the Drakensberg. Nature Lovers, families with children over the age of 12 who just wanna get out and about, couples, and single hikers, who are tired of the city life and seeking a weekend getaway from it all in the Drakensberg just with friends and loved ones.

๐˜‰ook your spot ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ instructions on how to make it to the hike as well as getting ready and prepared for the hike.

๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ: ๐‘๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐šƒ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐™ฑ๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šƒ๐šŽ๐š—๐š + ๐š‚๐š•๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™๐š’๐š—๐š ๐™ฑ๐šŠ๐š + ๐šƒ๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ๐š™๐š˜๐š›๐š๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐š†๐š’๐š๐šœ๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐šŽ๐š” ๐™ผ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š— ๐™ป๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ โ€“ ๐š‚๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŽ๐š• ๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐š› ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐š” โ€“ ๐š†๐š’๐š๐šœ๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐šŽ๐š” ๐™ผ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š— ๐™ป๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ + Guide.

NOTE: ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’š ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’•๐’†๐’๐’• + ๐‘บ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’†โ€™๐’๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’…๐’†, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’…/๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ + ๐’…๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’“.ย 

PS: An added R500 refundable deposit is required. Should any of the rented items be damaged, your deposit will be used to repair the damages. ย 

๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ: ๐‘๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐™ฑ๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šœ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šƒ๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ๐š™๐š˜๐š›๐š๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š— ๐š†๐š’๐š๐šœ๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐šŽ๐š” ๐™ผ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š— ๐™ป๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ โ€“ ๐š‚๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŽ๐š• ๐™ฒ๐šŠ๐š› ๐™ฟ๐šŠ๐š›๐š” โ€“ ๐š†๐š’๐š๐šœ๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ๐š‘๐š˜๐šŽ๐š” ๐™ผ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š— ๐™ป๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ + Guide. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜จ.
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NOTE: For ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’, We do not provide transport to the venue. You cover that and bring (R70) cash for the Conservation fees as they do not accept card payments at the gate. ๐‘บ๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’…, ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’†๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’Š๐’„๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’š ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’•๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’๐’†๐’†๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ˆ. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ 078 949 6008 ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.
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ย ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ.

ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ๐๐€๐˜๐Œ๐„๐๐“ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐Ž๐-๐‘๐„๐…๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐๐‹๐„.

ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™ ๐™š๐™ง.

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ

The Drakensberg Amphitheatre and Tugela Falls 2-day hike covers about 13km both ways counting from Sentinel Carpark up to Tugela Falls and back to Sentinel Carpark with a ascend of about 500m from 2500m โ€“ just under 3000m. On average this hike will take about 4 hours per day. That includes stopping for incredible views. The next morning we will return to Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge where cars without a 4ร—4 capability are parked. From there weโ€™ll depart to our various homes.

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The route is mostly circular starting at the Sentinal car park and walking up the zigzags for a stop above the 3 Witches. After this, we stroll along the contour path to the world-famous chain ladders. A bit of a head for heights comes in handy here. After climbing the chain ladders weโ€™ll be on top of the Amphitheatre for a gentle stroll to our campsite. The way back down has 2 options. We can either climb back down the ladders or down the gully.

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In addition to the world-renowned Drakensberg Amphitheatre and the Tugela Falls which is ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐, we will also see the Devils Tooth, the 3 Witches, and Mont-Aux-Sources Peak which is the source of the Tugela River.
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Mount-Aux-Sources is the source of the Tugela which flows into the Indian Ocean. It is also the source of water that ends up in the Orange River finishing in the Atlantic Ocean.

After settling in and pitching our tents at the top of the Teguela Fall, weโ€™ll all have a wonderful supper in the fresh air of the Drakensberg while we watch the sunset and the Tugela Fall plummets down the Amphitheatre wall to almost 1000m.
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The next morning, weโ€™ll awake to a beautiful sunrise as we watch from within our sleeping bags without having to leave our tents. Weโ€™ll later enjoy one of the most beautiful sunrises in the world as we wander up to Beacon Buttress to catch more amazing views along the way. After this, weโ€™ll walk down The Gully to join the contour path past the zigzags to Sentinel car park and head back to Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge where we hop in our cars and head back home. The Guided Drakensberg Amphitheatre and Tugela Fall 2-day hike should be on every personโ€™s ยซMUST DOยป hiking list.
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๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ โ€“ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ
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2 Days / 1 Night
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Guided Hike
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DIFFICULTY:6/10
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Trail Map
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  • Sentinel Car Park
  • Sentinel Car Park
  • Hiking
  • R900
  • Kwazulu Natal
  • Date : 24-06-2023 - 25-06-2023
  • Time : 12:00 - 12:00 (UTC+2)
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