Bergfree Adventures - Hiking guide for the Drakensberg Mountains

Bergfree Adventures is convienently based in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Bergfree Adventures offers you Hiking / Trekking / Walking / Camping trips to the Drakensberg foothills and into the mountains. All hikes are on mountain paths. No ropes used on any hike

All hikes personally planned, prepared and conducted by your professional guide Dave Sclanders

Drakensberg Day Hikes

For the first time Drakensberg visitor deciding where to go can be a daunting task. There are easy day walks at all mountain / berg resorts. However Dave Sclandres can guide you to unvisited places. No special hiking boots required , just good sound walking shoes.

2-3 Day hiks with overnighting in the Drakensberg Mountains

There are many 2 – 3 day hikes where you can overnight in caves and or mountain huts. For the fitter , hardier hiker , tents can be carried , then the mountain becomes yours and you can go wherever you wish , and for as long as you like. All hikes will be designed around your own, or your groups fitness capability and expectations. Dave Sclanders does not mix different groups of people together , your trip is your trip and is planned to your expectations , easy and slow , or hard and fast and anything in- between . The only limitations are on where the caves and mountain huts are – they determine our ultimate pace as you must get there at the end of each day. This is where Dave Sclandres experience comes in , with your information and his  knowledge of the mountains your mountain wildernes experience will be memerable. Dave Sclanders will do all bookings , food planning , route planning etc for your trip but you have to helpo with the cooking.

Longer and More difficult hikes in the Drakensberg

Dave Sclanders also arranges guided hikes to the more remote and more rugged parts of the Drakensberg. This type of hiking is only available to the fitter and more experienced parties.

Drakensberg Hiking Regions

All areas that Bergree Adventures hike, are in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg World Heritage Site, and fall under the auspicious of the KZN Wildlife organization, the official custodians of ´the nature reserves in Kwa Zulu-Natal