The Natural Way To Explore Wilderness
The presence of “big game” is the ingredient that makes wilderness walking in Africa so special. And the chance to hike and camp out with the sounds of browsing elephants and roaring lions coming from the darkness adds an even more memorable dimension. There’s really only one destination that offers that – South Africa.
Since late 2022 there’s a new name – Wildside Trails.
The wind in the grass, a sharp impala bark, the chatter of oxpeckers, the bass rumble of a distant lion: this is the background music…
South Africa’s original Wilderness Trails were rough adventures. In the 1950s, when game rangers Ian Player and Magqubu Ntombela started bringing visitors into iMfolozi and…
In a recent blog, we covered the availability of walking safaris in Makalali Game Reserve, but it’s not the only reserve in that area of…
One overlooked aspect of walking safaris is their benefit in providing “eyes on the ground” in places inaccessible to vehicles. Trailists in wilderness areas can…
Some Greater Kruger reserves are better known than others. Klaserie and Timbavati have a multitude of top-class lodges with powerful marketing engines. Nearby, the community-owned…
In Walking Safaris of South Africa, we cover dozens of walk experiences scattered across 21 reserves. We aim to make it easy for readers to…
Professional guides are the key ingredient of any walking safari. Whenever we set out on foot in a reserve in South Africa, we’re in the…
As summer heats and rains abate in April, the peak walking season begins in the Lowveld. It promises to be a good one, as the…