Drakensberg hiking
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Hiking in the Natal Drakensberg is a popular activity for outdoor South Africans. The escarpment allows one to hike on a cliff of roughly 1000m high that stretches for 240km from Sentinel Buttress in the North to Bushman's Neck in the South. Hiking is however not recommended for inexperienced hikers as conditions can change quickly and harsh weather can occur for extended periods.
KZN (KwaZulu-Natal) Wildlife distributes 6 1:50,000 maps that can be used while hiking in the Drakensberg. The maps use the the Cape datum as the geodesic reference. GPS users should be careful to use the correct datum as WGS 84 is not always the default. Some GPS waypoints for the Drakensberg are listed below:
| Pass Summits | ||
| Bannerman Pass | S 29 15 11.7 | E 29 25 10.9 |
| Beacon Buttress Gully | S 28 44 43.9 | E 28 53 26.0 |
| Corner Pass (Rock) | S 29 12 45.6 | E 29 24 27.7 |
| Giant's Castle Pass | S 29 20 55.3 | E 29 27 51.4 |
| Gray's Pass | S 29 04 17.8 | E 29 19 23.1 |
| Hilton's Pass (Rock) | S 29 10 51.5 | E 29 21 20.0 |
| Isicatula Pass | S 29 46 53.3 | E 29 07 46.5 |
| Judge Pass (Rock) | S 29 13 24.5 | E 29 24 37.5 |
| Ka-Masihlenga Pass | S 29 23 52.0 | E 29 25 08.7 |
| Langalibalele Pass | S 29 16 44.1 | E 29 26 10.3 |
| Leslie's Pass | S 29 09 12.7 | E 29 20 38.0 |
| Masubasuba Pass | S 29 37 13.6 | E 29 17 04.6 |
| Mlambonja Pass | S 28 57 13.0 | E 29 06 43.2 |
| Mzimkhulu Pass | S 29 40 41.0 | E 29 09 53.6 |
| Ntonjelana Pass | S 28 56 20.1 | E 29 05 36.8 |
| Organ Pipes Pass | S 29 00 38.3 | E 29 10 56.1 |
| Ships Prow Pass (North Fork - Rock) | S 29 05 46.5 | E 29 19 32.4 |
| Ships Prow Pass (South Fork) | S 29 05 58.7 | E 29 19 31.4 |
| Tseketseke Pass | S 28 59 26.4 | E 29 09 06.1 |
| Caves | ||
| Didima Cave | S 29 04 24.1 | E 29 15 12.7 |
| Fergy's Cave | S 29 09 51.0 | E 29 25 18.0 |
| Injasuti Summit Cave | S 29 11 50.2 | E 29 22 17.1 |
| Marble Baths Cave | S 29 09 04.1 | E 29 23 52.3 |
| Nkosazana Cave | S 29 04 31.4 | E 29 19 12.0 |
| Sandleni Cave | S 29 39 12.2 | E 29 13 00.6 |
| Shepherd's Cave | S 28 51 53.4 | E 28 59 45.1 |
| Spare Rib Cave | S 29 15 12.3 | E 29 25 41.6 |
| Twins Cave | S 28 57 04.5 | E 29 06 47.0 |
| Wonder Valley Cave | S 29 05 10.4 | E 29 25 38.1 |
| Zulu Cave | S 29 01 35.4 | E 29 20 54.3 |
| Peaks | ||
| Bannerman Face | S 29 15 42.9 | E 29 25 54.7 |
| Castle Buttress | S 29 00 23.3 | E 29 10 56.8 |
| Champagne Castle Dome | S 29 05 36.9 | E 29 19 51.6 |
| Cleft Peak | S 29 00 06.3 | E 29 10 02.6 |
| Cockade Peak | S 28 58 51.4 | E 29 08 17.2 |
| Erskine | S 29 17 07.6 | E 29 26 10.7 |
| Gypaetus Point | S 29 14 59.0 | E 29 25 33.3 |
| Injasuti Dome | S 29 12 14.5 | E 29 22 16.6 |
| Injasuti Greater Buttress | S 29 10 24.1 | E 29 21 39.3 |
| Injasuti Lesser Buttress | S 29 10 50.9 | E 29 21 37.1 |
| Katana | S 29 19 15.0 | E 29 27 04.8 |
| Mafadi | S 29 12 08.4 | E 29 21 25.5 |
| Mashai | S 29 44 20.8 | E 29 08 15.8 |
| Matebeng | S 29 43 06.3 | E 29 08 42.1 |
| Mount Durnford | S 29 18 23.7 | E 29 26 23.3 |
| No Man's Peak | S 29 40 16.9 | E 29 11 21.9 |
| Popple Peak | S 29 13 43.5 | E 29 24 23.1 |
| Redi | S 29 24 42.4 | E 29 25 15.5 |
| Stimela Peak | S 28 50 27.6 | E 28 56 51.5 |
| Tareteng | S 29 24 13.0 | E 29 25 07.3 |
| Thabana Ntlenyana | S 29 28 05.9 | E 29 16 09.2 |
| The Corner | S 29 12 37.9 | E 29 24 20.1 |
| The Judge | S 29 13 20.9 | E 29 24 54.2 |
| The Twins | S 28 57 01.1 | E 29 06 51.2 |
| Trojan Wall | S 29 12 04.5 | E 29 22 49.0 |
| Verkyker Peak | S 29 41 38.5 | E 29 09 43.8 |
| Wilson's Peak | S 29 43 37.4 | E 29 08 53.1 |
| Escarpment | ||
| Stimela Saddle | S 28 50 27.9 | E 28 56 35.9 |
| River (T43) | S 28 55 29.1 | E 29 01 38.5 |
| River bend (W43) | S 28 55 21.1 | E 29 03 40.1 |
| Path going around Elephant (AD49) | S 28 58 34.0 | E 29 07 14.9 |
| Saddle (AF51) | S 28 59 57.1 | E 29 09 03.8 |
| Saddle (AG52) | S 29 00 24.7 | E 29 09 25.6 |
| Path behind Windsor Castle (AK54) | S 29 01 19.1 | E 29 11 58.3 |
| Start of Yodler's Cascade Valley (AL58) | S 29 03 22.6 | E 29 12 23.8 |
| Yodler's Cascades (AM59) | S 29 04 09.7 | E 29 13 27.6 |
| Gully to climb up to Pampiring (AO61) | S 29 04 51.9 | E 29 14 13.9 |
| Pampiring Saddle (AP61) | S 29 05 07.4 | E 29 15 11.9 |
| Watershed Saddle (AQ61) | S 29 05 13.7 | E 29 15 45.6 |
| Watershed Saddle (AU60) | S 29 04 36.6 | E 29 17 58.9 |
| Watershed Saddle (AW62) | S 29 05 22.3 | E 29 19 04.9 |
| Saddle (AX64) | S 29 06 58.9 | E 29 20 05.8 |
| Spot height 3375m (AY72) | S 29 11 20.1 | E 29 20 42.0 |
| Watershed Saddle 3360m (BA74) | S 29 12 19.2 | E 29 21 55.1 |
| Watershed Saddle (BB74) | S 29 12 11.2 | E 29 22 38.8 |
| Popple Saddle (BE77) | S 29 13 48.6 | E 29 24 38.0 |
| Bannerman Face Saddle (BG80) | S 29 15 35.0 | E 29 25 29.9 |
| Watershed Saddle (BJ89) | S 29 20 31.4 | E 29 27 12.1 |
| Saddle 2985m (BA102) | S 29 27 06.5 | E 29 22 11.0 |
| Huts | ||
| Bannerman Hut | S 29 15 03.5 | E 29 26 33.0 |
| Centenary Hut | S 29 11 42.0 | E 29 25 35.9 |
| Giant's Castle Lodge | S 29 15 59.5 | E 29 31 15.0 |
| Injasuti Hutted Camp | S 29 07 07.5 | E 29 26 17.7 |
| Old Fire Lookout | S 29 00 15.8 | E 29 13 30.4 |
| Sani Top Lodge | S 29 35 04.7 | E 29 17 17.9 |
| Tseketseke Hut | S 28 59 29.5 | E 29 10 39.5 |
| Campsites | ||
| Campsite at the bottom of Cockade Pass | S 28 58 20.2 | E 29 08 58.1 |
| Gatberg North Campsite | S 29 02 51.1 | E 29 19 08.7 |
| Gatberg South Campsite | S 29 02 54.9 | E 29 20 52.7 |
| Keith Bush Camp | S 29 04 02.6 | E 29 20 20.1 |
| Monk's Cowl Forest Station | S 29 02 59.4 | E 29 24 19.4 |
| Campsite at the bottom of Tseketseke Pass | S 28 59 22.4 | E 29 10 53.2 |
| Path Junctions | ||
| C9 | S 28 59 05.7 | E 29 12 23.6 |
| C10 | S 28 59 30.5 | E 29 13 47.1 |
| C11 | S 29 00 02.3 | E 29 14 44.2 |
| G5 | S 29 08 19.4 | E 29 26 07.4 |
| G6 | S 29 09 11.7 | E 29 25 14.8 |
| M7 | S 29 07 14.2 | E 29 24 25.6 |
| M23 | S 29 05 37.7 | E 29 25 44.5 |
| M24 | S 29 05 45.9 | E 29 24 58.1 |
| M25 | S 29 06 08.4 | E 29 25 50.0 |
| Blind Man's Corner | S 29 03 56.0 | E 29 22 19.5 |
| Camel Pass fork in Organ Pipes Pass | S 29 00 37.5 | E 29 11 05.2 |
| Ship's Prow Pass Fork | S 29 06 07.6 | E 29 20 31.0 |
| Thuthumi Pass Fork on Organ Pipes Ridge | S 29 00 16.6 | E 29 13 42.3 |
| Turnoff to Waterfall Cave | S 28 54 54.3 | E 29 06 16.0 |
