Amatola Hiking Trail in King Williams Town to Hogsback, Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape Things To Do

Amatola Hiking Trail (King Williams Town to Hogsback)

Categories: Hiking Trails / Sports & Leisure
Price group: On Request (see other things to do in this price group)
Available in the following region(s): Amatola

Address: Maden dam near King Williams Town to just near Hogsback, Eastern Cape
Telephone: No telephone number supplied.
Opening hours: How long: 6 days, 100 kms (regarded as a toughie)
Best time to go is in summer, although you can go all year round.

Hiking the Amatola Hiking Trail

The good news about the Amatola Hiking trail is that you can do it in installments, or parts of it as day hikes or even longer. You don’t have to do the whole 6 day haul in one. And if you shop around, some tour companies will offer it as a slackpacker version.

Amatola Hiking trail it is regarded as one of the most beautiful hikes imagineable and you need to be fit to manage it in its entirety. Most of the trail passes through incredible, ancient and indigenous rainforest with huge outeniqua yellowwoods, redwoods, sneezewoods, wild olives and lemonwoods to accompany you. The outside world disappears, the bird life is incredible and your destination, Hogsback, well worth remaining in for a few days.

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