Short Wilderness Trail - South Africa Tours, Hiking
Short Wilderness Trail
Conducted in the iMfolozi wilderness area. This trail is fully catered - bedding, food, backpack and water bottle are provided. Both nights are spent at a satellite camp within the wilderness area.
Tour Code: KZN/swt
Depart From: Mpila Camp
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Duration: 3 Days
Country:
South Africa
Departures: Daily
(Friday; Sunday)
Type: Safari | Hiking | |
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Tour Description
Wilderness guides have been leading people of all ages from many nations, walks of life and diverse backgrounds into KZN Imfolozi Wildlife Park for more than 40 years.
On all trails you are accompanied by trained, professional wilderness guides who lead you through the area, helping to ensure your safety and facilitate an holistic experience of Wilderness.
The Imfolozi Wilderness is a so called 'Big Five' area, and there is always a chance of walking into a black rhino, buffalo or elephant, along with many other species. Trailists have seen wild dog on foot, leopard, cheetah and lions. Also there is a rich diversity of plants and trees which man can live on, and which are still used extensively in Zulu cultural practices for food and natural medicines.
There are a host of insects and birds, amphibious creatures and reptiles which will fascinate you. Your wilderness guide will help you to understand some of the vast natural and cultural riches of the area and how they interact, and together you will endeavour to discover where we as mankind find our niche in the whole of life.
This is an experience of physical, mental and spiritual refreshment, a time of refocusing ones life and re-exploring value systems.
Itinerary
Weekend Short Wilderness trails are run from 14th February to 20th November, and depart on Fridays and Sundays. They are 2 nights and 3 days in duration.
This trail is fully catered, and all food will be transported into the wilderness trails camp on donkeys, but trailists will be expected to carry a daypack containing their personal affects, water and lunch. Personal items will, however, be transported back from the wilderness on the donkeys at the end of the trail.
Guests who overnight at Mpila Camp the night before the trail, may organize to have the bulk of their personal belongings carried into the Satellite camp by donkey in donkey bags which are made available. These bags must be dropped off at Mpila camp by 16:00 the day before the trail.
Trailists are required to book in at Mpila camp by 12:00 on the first day, where they are met by the trails staff and given a trails briefing. After their bags are packed, trailists walk the approximate 7 km in to the Wilderness Satellite Camp where they will spend the following two nights in dome tents with mattresses, sleeping 2 mattresses per tent.
The camp has no ablution facilities save for the traditional shower bucket of warm water, set up in a tree, and a spade, toilet paper and matches, which serve for a toilet.
Trailists walk back to Mpila camp on the third day, carrying only their personal affects and lunch. The trail ends after lunch.
The distance walked on the first day is approximately 7 km. The average distance covered on the second and third days can be up to 15 km, but is flexible depending on various factors. Trailists carry all their personal equipment on the first day. On the second and third days they carry only a light pack containing their picnic lunches and water bottles.
The group walks out on the third day carrying only their personal affects and lunch. The trail finishes after lunch on the third day.
This trail is by no means an endurance test, but a fair level of fitness will ensure greater enjoyment.
Age restriction
There is no maximum age restriction. The trailists do however, need to be physically fit (if the trails officer feels that a person is not physically fit/able enough the person will be turned away upon arrival).
The minimum age for a child unaccompanied by a parent or legal guardian is sixteen years. No child under the age of fourteen years may participate. (Proof of age will be required).
Min group size
All trails require a minimum number of 4 participants to be booked on the trail in order that the trail go out as scheduled. If this minimum number of participants is not booked, the trail will be cancelled timeously and any payments made, refunded.
Couples and single people who want to go on a wilderness trail but can`t get together enough willing friends to fill a trail party can join a trail that has vacancies. These occur on a regular basis. Please enquire.
Transport
All trailists are expected to get themselves to and from Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park by means of their own transport. The closest public transport ends at Empangeni, approximately 100 km from Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.
Entry fees
An entry fee to the reserve concerned will be levied. (Currently R80 / adult / day)
Malaria warning
The trail takes place within the malaria belt and thus participants are advised to take precautions as a matter of routine.
Tour Include
Guides
Accommodation
All food, tea, coffee, cold drinks
Water bottles
All bedding
Towel
All daypacks
First Aid kit
Tour Exclude
Conservation levy of R 45 / person / day and R 90 / person / day day for international guests.
Items of a personal nature
Transport to Mpila camp
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