Africa with its beautiful and spectacular scenery is a great destination if you love hiking and trekking. Hiking is a loved and a favourite pastime for tourists and locals alike, there is an enormous and vast amount of hiking trails and routes located throughout the continent. Ranging for easy family day routes to multi day trekking for the more adventurous and avid hikers.
One of the most famous would have to be reaching Africa’s highest peak standing at 5895m, Mount Kilimanjaro. Various routes are in place to cater for amateurs as well as the more challenging routes for the more experienced hiker.
Africa with its lush forests, spectacular mountain ranges and pristine beaches you are never too far from magnificent landscapes and some of the best hiking trails. There are many wildlife and game reserves which also offer hiking routes, usually done with a guide as wild and dangerous animals roam free in some of these parks.
Black Elephant Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 9.3kmThis stunning circular hiking trail in the Garden Route National Park leads you through indiginous forests past enormous Outenique Yellowwood trees.
Boskloof Hiking Trail
Hiking Free State 2.1kmThis hiking trail in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park gives stunning views from the foot of an overhanging sandstone cliff.
Brandwag Buttress Hiking Trail
Hiking Free State 2.4kmThis hiking trail in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park has breathtaking views of the sandstone cliffs after which the National Park is named.
Devils Peak Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 7.1kmOne of the most popular hiking trails in Cape Town and only slightly lower than Table Mountain, giving you panoramic views of Cape Town.
Echo Ravine Hiking Trail
Hiking Free State 2.3kmPicturesque hiking trail in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, leading you to a magnificent echo chamber hollowed out by erosion over the years.
Hole in the Wall Hiking Trail
Hiking Eastern Cape 4kmThe hiking trail runs along the spectacular coastline of the Wild Coast, stunning views of this rugged coastline includes the Hole in the Wall.
Karoo Camp Loop Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 4.2kmThis guided hiking trail in the Karoo National Park is led by a qualified guide and offers a chance to see wildlife in the semi arid karoo landscape.
Kranshoek Coastal Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 9kmThis stunning circular hiking trail close to Plettenberg Bay passes by waterfalls through indigenous forest with breathtakingly beautiful coastal views.
Lion’s Head Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 4.2kmHiking up to Lion's Head peak is nothing short of spectacular, with some of the best views of Cape Town and surrounding areas.
Mushroom Rock Hiking Trail
Hiking Free State 3.9kmThis hiking trail on the Golden Gate Highlands Highlands National Park will lead you to the beautiful rock formation resembling a red shaded mushroom.
Red Elephant Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 6.8kmThis hiking trail in the Garden Route National Park will take you through indiginous forests on woodcutter trails past giant Yellowwoods and Stinkwood trees.
Robberg Nature Reserve Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 8.9km LoopThe Robberg Nature Reserve Hiking Trail is a 8.9km moderately traffic circular route and one of the most popular and scenic trails in the Plettenberg Bay area.
Tsitsikamma Big Tree Nature Walk
Hiking Eastern Cape 1.3kmTowering over the indigenous Tsitsikamma Forest canopy this "Big-Tree" nature walk will take you past an 800 year-old enormous Outeniqua Yellowwood tree.
White Elephant Hiking Trail
Hiking Western Cape 8kmThis scenic hike will take you through the indiginous forests of the Garden Route National Park and in summer cool down in the rock pool found on the trail.
Wodehouse Peak Hiking Trail
Hiking Free State 9kmThis challenging but beautiful hiking trail with it’s overhangs and sandstone faces overlooks the Golden Gate Highlands National Park.
Yellowwood Tree Hiking Trail
Hiking Eastern Cape 5.3kmThis scenic and beautiful hiking trail in the Tsitsikamma National Park will take you through indigenous forests passing by the Tsitsikamma Big Tree.