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Hikes, Walks and Trails

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National Park	Hikes (Overnight)	Day walks	Short Ambles
Addo Elephant	The Alexandria Hiking Trail is a 36 km, two-day circular trail. The first day is 19.5 km and the second day, 16.5 km.	Zuurberg Hiking Trails: Various options provide a perfect day outing for park visitors, at no extra cost. Choose between the Cycad Trail, a one-hour trail – suited for those who want a sedate walk – and the Doringnek Trail, a four-hour trail which takes the visitor to a beautiful natural water pool. The Tree Dassie Trail is named after the rare tree dassie (hyrax) that lives in the Alexandria forest. The trail starts at the office and follows the grass roads to Langevlakte where the trail meets up and joins the two-day trail leading back to the office. No bookings are necessary and the trail is free of charge (apart from park entrance fees).
Agulhas		Several nature trails and a unique trail to traverse the southern-most tip of Africa.
Augrabies Falls	Klipspringer Trail (2 over night stops)	Nature trails (no bookings necessary): - Arrow Point (one hour) - Potholes (one hour) - Moon Rock (one hour).
Bontebok		Two short nature trails, starting and ending in the restcamp area.
Golden Gate	Rhebok Hiking Trail (1 overnight stop)	Short nature trails (varying from 1 hour to 5 hours): no bookings required.
Karoo		- The Pointer’s Hiking Trail (10 km)	- Bossie Trail (800m) - Karoo Fossil Trail (400m) specifically adapted for the visually and physically impaired
Kgalagadi	Currently none
Knysna Lake Area	None in lake area, but several in surrounding area
Kruger	Seven Wilderness Trails: i. Bushmans ii. Metsi Metsi iii. Napi iv. Nyalaland v. Olifants vi. Sweni vii. Wolhuter	Day Walks are available at the following bushveld camps: i. Bateleur ii. Biyamiti iii. Shimuwini And at 8 main restcamps, i.e. Berg-en-Dal, Letaba, Lower Sabi, Mopani, Orpen, Pretoriuskop, Satara and Skukuza	Camp nature trails are available at: i. Punda Maria (Paradise Flycatcher Trail) ii. Mopani (Baobab Trail) iii. Letaba iv. Pretoriuskop (Sable Trail) v. Berg-en-Dal (Rhino Trail)
Mapungubwe	No formal trails
Marakele	Hiking trails are being planned
Mountain Zebra	Suspended after introduction of buffalo	Several short nature trails
Namaqua		Several short nature trails. - Korhaan Trail (5 km) - Skilpad Trail (5 km)
Richtersveld	- Vensterval Trail (4 days, 3 nights) - Lelieshoek-Oemsberg Trail (3 days, 2 nights) - Kodaspiek Trail (2 days, 1 night) The above mentioned are only operational from 1 April to 30 September
Table Mountain	Cape of Good Hope (overnight)	There are many hiking trails within the park that appeal to a wide audience - from those wanting a short or leisurely walk to those seeking a longer and more challenging hike.
	Hoerikwaggo Trails
Tankwa Karoo	No public access
Tsitsikamma	- Otter Trail (4 overnight stops) - Dolphin Trail	Storms River - Waterfall (6 km) - Blue Duiker (3.7 km) Nature's Valley Network of trails between 2 and 7 km	- Storms River Mouth (2 km) - Loerie Trail (1km)
Mokala
West Coast	The Strandveld Educational Trail starts and ends at Geelbek Homestead. (2 days and 3 nights)	The Postberg Flower Trail is open during the spring flowering season only. There are walks of 7, 9, 14 and 16 km	There are ± 1 km walks to 3 birdhides.
Wilderness	3 day canoe hiking trail	A network of nature trails is available * Pied Kingfisher Trail (10 km) * Giant Kingfisher Trail (7 km)s * Cape Dune Molerat Trail (7 km) * Brownhooded Kingfisher Trail (5 km)	Half-collared Kingfisher Trail (3.8 km)