The Fynbos Trail: Book for 2025!
The Fynbos Trail is fully booked for 2024, but you can secure your spot for 2025!
Option 1 - Full slackpacking
Be introduced to this paradise by an expert field guide who will chaperone you along the trail for three highly educational days. You will overnight at the fully equipped Fynbos Retreat and Witkrans, with delicious dinners, lunches and breakfasts prepared for you using locally sourced produce. Enjoy a tasting of locally produced Lomond wines while at Witkrans on your second night. A memorable moment is created at the Stinkhoutsbos Forest where you will plant your very own GPS-marked indigenous tree. Your final lunch will be enjoyed at the superb five star Garden Lodge, at the internationally acclaimed Grootbos Nature Reserve. While some drinks are included, such as fruit juice with dinner, you are also welcome to bring along your own selection, which will be transported to your overnight accommodation and chilled, ready for your arrival. On completion of the trail, you will receive a fynbos gift to remind you of your adventure. All luggage transfers to and from the car are included.
Option 2 - Self-guided slackpacking
You will overnight at the fully equipped Fynbos Retreat and Witkrans with dinners, lunches and breakfasts prepared for you, using locally sourced produce. Your final lunch will be enjoyed at the superb five-star Garden Lodge, at the internationally acclaimed Grootbos Nature Reserve. Drinks are excluded, but you are welcome to bring along your own selection, which will be transported to your overnight accommodation and chilled, ready for your arrival. All luggage transfers are included.
Option 3 - Self-guided and self-catered
This option includes overnight accommodation at the fully equipped Fynbos Retreat and Witkrans, a complementary route map and narrative. Please note that this is a circular route that takes hikers all the way back to the start at Steynsbos, making the final day a 10km route in total.
To learn more about the packages, contact The Fynbos Trail today.
The Fynbos Trail is a beautiful hiking route in the Gansbaai area that winds its way through the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy. Immerse yourself in the rich biodiversity of the Cape Floral Kingdom and reconnect with nature when you walk The Fynbos Trail. The trail showcases ancient milkwood forests,...
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Take a look at what some of our recent hiking guests had to say about their experience with The Fynbos Trail.
Our favourite time of year in the fynbos is during May when the hills between Stanford and Gansbaai turn pink as a result of the Erica irregularis blooming.
The Fynbos Trail is expanding its operations and looking to employ a full-time nature guide.
The weekend of 12-14 November 2021 is now available due to a last-minute cancellation.