{"id":4081,"date":"2023-07-27T11:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T09:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T09:20:23","slug":"best-drakensberg-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/best-drakensberg-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"BEST DRAKENSBERG HIKES"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>1- <a href=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/cleft-peak-to-cathedral-peak\/\">Cleft Peak to Cathedral Peak<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Incorporating the beautiful Bell-Twins Traverse. A spectacular hike that takes in all that the Drakensberg has to offer. Sleeping in caves with beautiful views.<\/p>\n<h4>2- <a href=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/mini-traverse\/\">Mini Traverse<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>A 5 day hike between Mont-aux-Sources and Cathedral Peak. Traverses the South Africa and Lesotho borders. It is one of the world&#8217;s great treks running through high, wild mountains.<\/p>\n<h4>3- <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2665ig2P1cc\">Mafadi<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s highest peak, standing at 3451m. Usually a hike of 3 nights and 4 days. It can be done as an out and back route or a circular route. It straddles the South Africa and Lesotho border deep in the World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4081 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/best-drakensberg-hikes\/mafadi-summit-group-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mafadi-summit-group-1024x770.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mafadi-summit-group-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mafadi-summit-group-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mafadi-summit-group-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mafadi-summit-group.jpg 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4083'>\n\t\t\t\tMafadi summit\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/guided-training\/mini-traverse-guided-group-in-mlambonja-pass-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mini-Traverse-guided-group-in-Mlambonja-Pass-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mini-Traverse-guided-group-in-Mlambonja-Pass-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mini-Traverse-guided-group-in-Mlambonja-Pass-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mini-Traverse-guided-group-in-Mlambonja-Pass-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mini-Traverse-guided-group-in-Mlambonja-Pass-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Mini-Traverse-guided-group-in-Mlambonja-Pass-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3864'>\n\t\t\t\tMini Traverse\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/best-drakensberg-hikes\/cleft-peak-and-clouds-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cleft-Peak-and-clouds-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cleft-Peak-and-clouds-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cleft-Peak-and-clouds-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cleft-Peak-and-clouds-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cleft-Peak-and-clouds-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cleft-Peak-and-clouds-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4084'>\n\t\t\t\tCleft Peak\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1- Cleft Peak to Cathedral Peak Incorporating the beautiful Bell-Twins Traverse. A spectacular hike that takes in all that the Drakensberg has to offer. Sleeping in caves with beautiful views. 2- Mini Traverse A 5 day hike between Mont-aux-Sources and Cathedral Peak. Traverses the South Africa and Lesotho borders. It is one of the world&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiking","7":"entry"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peakhigh.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}