Our friend and publisher of this magazine, Anton Willemse Snr, is a true adventure junkie, and all he wants to do is travel and explore. His passion for 4x4 vehicles and overlanding made it hard to persuade him to allow content on a hiking trail in these pages.
However, what makes this magazine so unique is precisely the variety of content featured, truly encompassing its vision of “your adventure, your rules”. And what bigger adventure than wandering through the bush on foot, walking in the tracks of elephants through river beds, smelling and feeling the veld? It’s the most ancient way to get close to nature and experience its richness from a whole new perspective.
Hiking always sounds like a lot of effort, but I can guarantee that you will be hooked once you have successfully completed your first hiking trail. As experienced hikers, who have completed some challenging hiking trails, we would describe Mphongolo as one of the easier trails (even