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Karkloof, Natal Midlands

KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

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KARKLOOF - NATAL MIDLANDS

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Karkloof - Photo courtesy of and © Rockwood Forest LodgeKarkloof, KwaZulu Natal: Karkloof is a beautiful range of hills stretching for over 50 kilometres between Rietvlei, Curry’s Post and Howick in the Midlands of Natal.

This area includes a steep, flat-topped kloof and an extensive range of mist belt forests, home to the Karkloof blue Orachrysops ariadne - a small, blue butterfly classified as ‘vulnerable’, with only five colonies of the species ever recorded - which occurs only in this, the most beautiful area in the province.

Although a lot of this is privately owned, the Karkloof Nature Reserve is 936 hectares of indigenous forest that is home to yellowwood and black stinkwood trees that attract the Crowned and Martial Eagle, as well as porcupines, duiker and other smaller game.

The Karkloof falls form a wonderful 88 metre backdrop to picnics and braais under the shady trees that surround it; and through one of the magnificent Karkloof indigenous forests runs the Karkloof Canopy Tour, a unique eco-experience that involves moving from one platform to another along a steel cable suspended some 30 metres above the floor of the forest.

Karkloof also hosts the Classic Mountain Bike Festival, the country’s largest and longest running one-day mountain bike race, in early May. The event has adopted a festival format to make a weekend of the race, beginning with a 20 kilometre Bell Night Race and including a 10 kilometre family fun ride.
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KARKLOOF CLASSIC MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL
The Karkloof Classic MTB Festival is the largest MTB festival in South Africa, with three days of awesome riding, innovative tracks, great entertainment and a country atmosphere in the picturesque Karkloof Valley outside Howick. From the awesome tracks through to the amazing ... more » Karkloof Classic Mountain Bike Festival
THE MIDLANDS MEANDER
The enchantment of the Midlands has long inspired many a visitor and resident to creativity and as a result, local artists, potters and weavers combined to create an arts and crafts route in 1985, which was to become the highly successful and popular Midlands Meander. The route stretches ... more » Midlands Meander

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