Groot Krakadouw Trail

Cedarberg, South Africa

Prices from $413.00
Escorted tour 4 nights

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Includes:	All accommodation and meals, road transfers, donkey cart ride, services of local community guide, luggage transport, all park fees and permits, entrances where specified

Excludes:	Return transfers from Cape Town to Clanwilliam (available at extra cost), drinks, items of a personal nature

Best time to go:	All year round - espesially August to mid November and mid March to May. December to February can be very hot for hiking!

Minimum number:	2 people though prices reduce if you have 4 or 6+ people. This trail can accommodate up to 6 people.

Health requirements:	Good level of fitness is recommended but no health risks. Sunblock and hat are essential.

Accommodation:	Comfortable guest hosues and community guest cottages

Climate:	Meditterrean climate in the Cape (hot dry summers, cooler winters with possibility of rain)

The Groot Krakadouw trail is one of the Cederberg Heritage Route trails. The Cederberg Heritage Route is the collective name for some community-based walking trails in the Cedarberg mountains ranging between 3 and 6 days. The trails make this beautiful area accessible to walkers via the use of charming community guest cottages in the Moravian Mission villages of Heuningvlei, Brugkraal and Wupperthal on the edge of the Cederberg Wilderness area and Clanwilliam guesthouses. The trails are fully inclusive: you are ecorted by local community guides whilst your overnight luggage is taken to the next night’s stay.

The four night Groot Krakadouw Trail has a greater focus on walking than the Klein Krakadouw Trail with 3½ days spent hiking. You arrive before lunch on the first day and enjoy a guided rock art walk in the afternoon. The following morning you walk (or take the donkey cart) to Heuningvlei and then continue to the remote hamlet of Brugkraal. The next day you enjoy a full day’s walking up to Boontjieskloof, in the heart of the Cederberg Wilderness Area, and then down to Heuningvlei with swimming in the rockpools en route. The final day of walking is the Krakadouw pass walk over the mountains to Boskloof with a morning departure on Day 5.