About the Tour
Tugela Gorge and Amphitheatre feature on the top 10 hikes in South Africa.
The most photographed mountain peaks are in this area. It boasts the icon Amphitheatre, The Tugela falls (the world's second tallest falls if not the highest), The Sentinel peak (highest free standing peak in the Berg), The Devil's tooth, Mont- Aux-Sources peak and the Eastern Buttress to mention but a few. Most post cards of the Drakensberg have the picture of this part of the Drakensberg.
Our first hike will we will go for the less climbing but more of boulder hopping; The Tugela Gorge which presents the bottom-up views of the sheer rock face of the Amphitheatre.
The next day we drive to Sentinel car park for the Amphitheatre hike. We start our hike at the car park going south towards the Sentinel peak, through the zig-zags(of course), traversing along the base of Sentinel, following the contour path up to the Chain Ladders (An hour to an hour and a half for average walker).
We climb over the chain ladders which takes us up to the Amphitheatre and to the Tugela falls where we will have time to explore, run around, enjoy the views and picnic if the gods are on our side. After we've had enough, which wont happen, we start our return trip either through the gully or the chain ladders.
We leave Joburg early by 6AM on a Friday on the week end of the hike and go straight to do the Tugela Gorge hike. The following morning we leave at 7:00am we go for our second hike at the Amphitheatre.
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