AFRICAN TOURS
Richtersveld Hiking Tour
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Practical Information:
Included:
- 3 meals per day – from dinner on day 1 until breakfast on day 6
- Coffee and tea with breakfast and dinner
- All park fees and accommodation
- For lunch you will build your own sandwich with supplied ingredients.
What to pack:
- Tent and bedding
- Headlamp and batteries
- Comfortable tekkies/Trail runners and clothes (we do not recommend hiking boots)
- Hat and sunscreen
- Warm clothes for the nights
- Light windbreaker
- Bathing Suit
- Eating utensils, cup, tupperware container with lid for takeaway meals
- Towel and toiletries
- Camping Chair
- Camera & Binoculars (optional)
- Reading Books
- Drinks and snacks
- Swimsuit
- Cutlery, cup and Tupperware with lid for take away sandwich.
- Towel and toiletries
- Chair
- Camera and binoculars (optional)
- Book and cards
- Drinks and snacks
Tour plan
Day 1: De Hoop
Everyone arrives at 15h00 and relaxes next to the beautiful river. We enjoy our dinner while the rough mountains change colour at sunset.
Our vehicles stay here as we sleep here again on the last evening.
Day 2: Tattasberg Viewing Point
Bush camp, everything is transported
Shower: 2 liter ice cream container
Today’s route is a 2 trail road. ±12km is close to the Orange River, then we go South. From the river we climb approximately 300 m over 9km.
We hike past the old diamond mine prospecting ditch and then up in a wide kloof until we reach the Tattasberg viewing point where we overnight. This is with special permission that we are allowed to camp here surrounded by gigantic granite boulders. The sunset and sunrise over these red rocks is breathtaking.
Day 3: Kokerboomkloof
Flushing toilets, we transport everything.
Shower = 2 liter ice cream container
There is no road here. We climb 10 m up onto the boulders and hike amongst an open kloof. We climb Tattasberg as high as is safe – baboon business! Tattasberg is visible from many roads in the park as well as from Namibia.
You can leave your bag down below. The peak is full of massive granite boulders and the views leave you breathless.
Then we hike further amongst the top (you can see beyond Aussenkehr) until we reach the triangle beacon, approximately 1,5km where you will sign the registry.
Now we descend down the mountain carefully. We pass beautiful quiver trees.
Day 4: Richtersbergcamp
Cold showers and flushing toilets
No one knows how many people have hiked this kloof. Not even the rangers are aware that you can hike here.
We hike in the riverbed and down waterfalls twice. Each one, 10km, you might need to go on your bum about 4 times.
The last 7km is a two trail road close to the Orange River.
Day 5: De Hoop
Cold showers and flushing toilets
It is 3km to De Hoop and then we hike up the Abiekwa river on a 4×4 route.
Later our path will take us over a neck back to the Ganakourie river. The shepherd that showed me this route last walked here 24 years ago! Except for prospectors, he doesn’t think others have been here.
In the Ganakourie river there is no path and we follow the riverbed until we reach the Abiekwa river. From there we take the two trail road till we reach the Orange river and the last 7 km (opposite direction as day 2) back until we reach the De Hoop campsite.
Back at our vehicles, we enjoy the last togetherness around the campfire next to the river.
Day 6: Home
After a hearty breakfast, we say goodbye until next time.
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