HIKING - HIGH BERG TRAVERSE SENTINEL TO CATHEDRAL PEAK
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High Berg Traverse Sentinel to Cathedral Peak
HIGH BERG TRAVERSE SENTINEL TO CATHEDRAL PEAK

Drakensberg ~ The Dragon Mountains – the most widely known name for this mountain range.
The Zulu’s have the most romantic name of Ukhahlamba – the Barrier of Spears.
The Basotho people know them as the Dilomo tsa Natala – the Cliffs of Natal.

This itinerary is flexible and should be seen as a guide only. As with all travel in mountain areas, weather and local conditions can lead to changes in our daily plans. B,L,D refers to meals included in the trip cost, i.e. breakfast, lunch, dinner. Other meals and all drinks are for your own expense.

ITINERARY
Day 1: We pick you up in Durban and drive onto the Witsieshoek Mountain Resort, in Qwa Qwa, where we overnight to acclimatise. Accommodation will be in the resort. Chalets (D)

Day 2: This is our first exciting encounter with the northern Drakensberg where the Tugela river drops sheer off the escarpment, reputed to be the world's second highest waterfall. We follow the Sentinel Trail underneath immense cliffs towards the summit plateau of the Amphitheatre, the final section gained with the help of a 100ft steel ladder pitch (very solid) - exciting though! We have lunch where the river tumbles dramatically into the Tugela gorge. We continue southwards along the escarpment and will overnight in tents. Tents (B,L,D)

Days 3 - 5: The next 3 days we will walk approximately 12 – 16 km per day, covering a total of approximately 60 km. Nights will be spent in tents unless a cave is near the overnight stop, but this is pre-planned before the trip. The route is undulating with sections of steep terrain but at no time will actual rock climbing be needed. This is a purely walking trip. Tents/ Caves (B,L,D)

Day 6: After an early breakfast, we head down the pass back to Cathedral Peak Hotel. We arrive here late afternoon and settle in to our rooms for a well-deserved shower and then meet up for a celebratory drink and dinner. Hotel (B,L,D)

Day 7: The morning can be spent enjoying the facilities the hotel has to offer, and then after tea we drive back to Durban. (B)

Catering
Nutrition is vitally important for this trip, as we need to maintain a high energy level. Wildways can either supply all the food or we can advise you on the nutrition requirements. As there will be no re supply the food will weight approximately six kilograms per person. Special diets can be catered for.

Transport
Transport will be provided.

Fitness
A reasonable level of fitness is required and you need to be able to hike with a pack sustained for 5 days. Your pack weight is likely to be between 10 - 12kgs. The bulk of your weight will be carried by porters. Should you not require porters you pack weight will be about 20kgs per person.

Medical
The guides leading the trip are medically trained to be able to deal with any problems along the way.

Guides
Your guides have been registered with the Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, so you can be sure of a great trip.

Cost structure – due to the need for a vehicle transfer this trip is a fully guided trip with transport provided.

The accommodation options at Cathedral Peak Hotel gives the options below. Witsieshoek Resort only has one option for accommodation. For safety reasons the minimum group size is 4 clients. For 4 – 6 clients, one Vito kombi will be used with a trailer and for 8 clients two vehicles will be used which means an additional driver.

	Standard	Deluxe	Executive
4 pax	R 20 500	R 20 750	R 21 000
6 pax	R 18 500	R 18 750	R 19 000
8 pax	R 19 000	R 19 250	R 19 500

The above costs include two porters per client for the traverse. If the client’s would like to do the trip without porters the costs can be reworked for them. Please contact us in this regard. Please note however that your backpacks will be about 20kgs per person without porters.
The Single Supplement is 50% on to the above costs.
The above costs are per person and are valid to 31st October 2007.