The Short Wilderness Trail 2 Nights 3 Days
The Short Wilderness Trail 2 Nights 3 Days One of the best ways to really get in-touch with the Bush & Wildlife ..
Its geared to people who are not super fit Or Would like to take bit more leisurely pace
Emagine Your, Walking Out Into the African Bushveld, Big 5, All Around you...
Truly Life Changing Experience...
Imfolozi ...The Short Wilderness Trail, 2 Nights 3 Days... Price R 3981 pp PRICE CAN CHANGE
The trails are run from 14 February to 10 December, and depart on Fridays and Sundays.
This trail is fully catered, and all food is transported into the wilderness trails camp on donkeys, but trailists are expected to carry a daypack containing their personal effects, water and lunch.
Personal items will 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 wilderness camp in "donkey bags" Available from Mpila Camp reception.
Which are then carried to the wilderness camp by the donkeys. These bags must be dropped off at Mpila reception by 16:00 the day before the trail.
Please note if you will be staying overnight outside the Park that the gate times are 06:00 to 18:00). Gate times are strictly enforced.
Trailists are required to book in at Mpila Camp by 11:00 as the trail begins at 12:00 on the first day. Trailists will be met by the trails staff and given a trails briefing.
After their bags have been packed, Hikers walk the approximate seven kilometres to the wilderness camp where they will spend the following two nights. These camps offer dome tents with two mattresses in each. The camp has no ablution facilities apart from the traditional shower bucket of warm water, hung in a tree. A spade, toilet paper and matches serve as a toilet.
Then walk back to Mndindini Base Camp on the third day, carrying only their personal effects and snack. The trail ends at 10:30. The distance walked on the first day is approximately seven kilometres.
The average distance covered on the second and third days can be up to 15 km, but is flexible depending on conditions. 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. This trail is by no means an endurance test, but a fair level of fitness will ensure greater enjoyment.
Arrival and Registration
Check in at Mpila Resort reception before 11:00. Please note that your group needs to reach their wilderness camp before dark, and therefore needs to leave Mpila in good time to pack personal gear properly and then walk to the overnight camp.
The Trails Officer and Field Guide will meet clients at 11:45 on the first day of the trail at the Mpila Camp reception. It is essential for Hikers to be punctual as once the group leaves the Mdindini Trails Base Camp for their wilderness camp any latecomers will not be accommodated.
It is thus essential to make adequate provision for traveling time between your point of departure and Mpila Resort. The driving time between Johannesburg and Mpila Resort is approximately seven hours. Durban to Mpila is approximately four hours.
Equipment Provided by KZN Wildlife
All food, tea, coffee and fruit juice
• All cutlery and crockery
• All daypacks
• Water bottles
• All bedding
• Towel
• First Aid kit
Catering
The trail is fully catered and Hikers will be provided with three meals per day, starting with supper on the day of arrival and concluding with lunch on the day of departure. Meals are tasty, simple but nutritious and quantities provided should satisfy most appetites. The menus have been developed with input from previous hikers and we welcome any comments.
If you are a vegetarian or have other special dietary requirements, please notify the Trails Consultant when making a booking. The Trails Manager will try to make appropriate arrangements, where possible.
People with any special requirements may of course bring their own food and every assistance will be given to prepare it. Regrettably there can be no reduction in the cost of the trail.
Tea, coffee and a cold drink are also provided. Fruit and nuts are provided as snacks between meals. Trailists are more than welcome to provide their own between-meal snacks and refreshments.
A little alcohol may be brought into the wilderness area
Packing List & Some NB Advice...
• 2 dull-coloured shirts/blouses
• 3 changes of underwear
• 2 pairs shorts or the equivalent
• 1 pair of trousers or jeans
• 1 tracksuit
• 1 hat
• 1 swimming costume (optional)
• 1 light raincoat
• 1 warm bush jacket or jersey
• Sun protection cream
• Torch with spare batteries
• Insect repellent
• 1 pair of comfortable boots or the equivalent and 1 pair of sandals for around the camp
• Toiletries, including environment friendly/ biodegradable soap
• Binoculars, camera, Fresh batteries, Small solar charger big as you can carry,field guide, Journal etc. (optional)
NB: It is imperative that you wear a comfortable pair of hiking boots, which are well worn in. Bayticol spray (from your pharmacy) is recommended as ticks can be a problem at certain times of the year. Zululand winters are cold, with temperatures dropping significantly at night, whilst the summer temperatures can rise fairly high by midday and rain can be a factore. But the rain is welcomed, it cools the bush down .
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