S MAG | You should never hike alone, purely for safety.
Nadia van Straaten turned her childhood love of hiking into a business and now co-owns
, a marketing and booking agent for hiking trails across SA, which also does trail development, GPS mapping and the re-marking of existing trails.The lockdown rules for now make day hikes one of the very few forms of leisure travel available. Have you seen a rise in interest in hiking because of this?ex-hikers who want to start up the passion again.
Hiking has a lot of health benefits, including lower stress levels, improved mood and enhanced mental wellbeing.There are actually two golden rules: safety first and never hike alone. Always hike in a group of two or four. Four is safer than two because if there is an emergency, one hiker can stay behind with the injured person and the other two can go and look for help.Depending on the type of trail, there is a whole list of things you should take but the most important is enough water.
Windybrow's 5km trail is a very easy, simple hike, which is long enough for beginner hikers to feel what it would feel like to hike. Ezemvelo Nature Reserve's Ochna trail is an easy 4km trail with a small koppie, which is also suitable for all ages.We don't have a lot of day trails in the Western Cape as it's mostly slackpacking, but Rooiheuwel Farm offers the Karoo Erdvark Backpack Hiking Trail and also one-day circular trails.Make a note of the owner or manager's number before you set out. The most common problem people run into is getting lost. The thing to not do is panic and start hiking in any direction.
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