Almenningsgarður
The Louis Changuion Hiking Trail
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Maggie
June 21, 2022
Starting and ending in the village of Haenertsburg, this very popular trail meanders around the town, through the Haenertsburg Grassland Nature Reserve. The trail is well marked and features both, a shorter walk of about 5 km (follow white foot print signs) as well as a 10 km hike (follow yellow footprints). It takes about 2.5-3.5 hours to complete the 10 km loop, depending on your hiking experience. We normally do an early morning trek and arrive back in the village for a late brunch or early lunch. Dogs are welcome on the trail, leashes are recommended. Note that smoking and the lighting of fires are strictly prohibited. Please make sure to take your litter with you. Apart from beautiful grasslands with sweeping views, both routes also take you through patches of indigenous forest with its rare afro-montane Woodbush Granite Grasslands, one of South Africa’s most threatened vegetation types. En route, hikers will enjoy seeing rare flora and fauna, walk along beautiful small streams and pass by what is said to be a rhino rubbing rock. Here, one can “hug” one of the oldest rock formations in the world, known as greenstone, dating back 3 200 million years. Ensure to take drinking water. There are idyllic resting spots along the trail and hikers who enjoy to observe details of the great diversity of this pristine Nature Reserve often take a few hours longer to complete the full trail. The volunteer organisation Friends of the Haenertsburg Grasslands (FroHG) maintains this hiking trail and also has an informative webpage www.frohg.co.za with a range of relevant environmental facts. FroHG is a registered NPO and entirely dependent on donations. FroHG donation boxes are at The Tin Roof and the Foodzone in Haenertsburg. All proceeds are used to clear the hiking trail, remove alien invasive plants and improve the awareness of the grassland.* *Info via Magoebaskloof Tourism Association
Starting and ending in the village of Haenertsburg, this very popular trail meanders around the town, through the Haenertsburg Grassland Nature Reserve. The trail is well marked and features both, a shorter walk of about 5 km (follow white foot print signs) as well as a 10 km hike (follow yellow foo…
Stephen
May 31, 2019
The Louis Changuion Hiking Trail traverses three Afromontane forest patches and a highly threatened grassland. It begins and ends in Haenertsburg. The remains of a Long Tom cannon can be viewed in the village and a quaint isolated graveyard along the route warrants a stop.
Renske
May 8, 2019
10km hike info available at most shops in Haenertsburg Village
Staðsetning
Haenertsburg, LP