We set out for a 4 day adventure from the Mnnweni Cultural centre in the Drakensberg mountains in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa in early October.
With an elevation gain of 2,602m over 52km the hike would be rated 7/10 and is recommended for an experienced group unless you with a guide who knows the area. We got hit with rain, fog, wind and got stuck in a thunder storm while hiking out on the last day. Water was sparse and had to be looked for, slogged for miles and preserved. We stayed in tents that we carried and caves on the escarpment of the Drakensberg mountain range.
0:00 Day 1: Mnweni Cultural Centre to the base of Mnweni Pass where we tented.
2:28 Day 2: Up Mnweni Pass into Lesotho for water & up to a Cave near rockeries pass.
4:46 Day 3: Rockeries pass across to a cave close to Ntonjelana Pass.
6:38 Day 4: Down Ntonjelana Pass, getting stuck in a lightning storm and finally hitching a ride from a local back to Mnweni Cultural centre.