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Five Assegais
Hiking Trail
Between Machadodorp and
Badplaas
The popularity of hiking is
South Africa has seen a rekindling of interest during 2008. Several
new trails have appeared, among them is the Five Assegais hiking
trail. It offers the hiker the option of basecamp or a backpacking
Trail across the gorge to the neighboring Bermanzi Trail.
Dateline July 2010
Five Assegais introduce new
2 and 3 day routes to their popular trails
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Day 1 -
Waterfall Trail
This trail is
13,5km in length and needs a fair level of fitness.
Starting from God's Window Hut the trail traverses
grassland until it reaches the edge of the Bankspruit
gorge, close to the top of the Uitkom falls. From here
the trail descends through indigenous scrub forest to
the foot of the falls. Care needs to be taken as the
rocks can be slippery. The trail now follows the banks
of the spruit down the gorge for some distance before
rising steeply through grassland to the top of the
escarpment and then meanders through impressive rock
formations back to camp |
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Accommodation
The owner has gone to a lot of
trouble to create comfortable and well planned
accommodation for the hikers. Bunk beds and
mattresses are provided to sleep up to 24 people,
well thought out day areas and ablutions with hot
showers and flush toilets. |
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Day2- Hells
Bells Trail
Although only 7km in length,
this trail provides the ideal opportunity to explore
another part of the farm. Along the route one finds
a beautiful waterfall and a spectacular wooded
kloof. |
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For those
hikers who prefer to backpack, there is also Oom
Pual's Trail that leads across to Bermanzi and back. |
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'In a Nutshell'
| Distance from nearest
town |
Close to Machadodorp,
Mpumalanga |
| Access road status |
The farm road needs to
be taken carefully especially if arriving at
night |
| Trail type |
Day Trails from a
central basecamp or alternatively a backpack
route to the neighbouring farm of Bermanzi and
back. |
| Difficulty |
Moderate. A certain
degree of fitness is needed especially in summer |
| Marking |
Well marked when last
assessed |
| GPS Co-ordinates |
Turnoff
Badplaas-Machadodorp road S25
46.915 E30 20.934
Overnight camp
S25 49.053 E30 22.731
Lodge
S25 48.985 E30 22.291 |
| Cell phone reception |
On higher ground |
| Facilities |
Luxurious and well
maintained camp. |
Bookings
Bookings
for the Holhoek Trail can be made through
Jacana Travel Marketing and Reservations
Telephone
0861Jacana (0861 522262) or +27 12 734 2978
or
011656
0606
Fax 012 734 0159
e-mail
info@jacanacollection.co.za
Footprint Hiking Club
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