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Malolotja Valley Traverse

On Malolotja, Mdimba

National route27 km · 17 miBest Mar–Dec

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Best time to hike

Best months: Mar–Dec · highs 16–22 °C (61–72 °F)

  1. J22°13°219
  2. F22°13°211
  3. M21°12°150
  4. A19°10°68
  5. M18°6°30
  6. J16°4°21
  7. J16°3°14
  8. A18°5°26
  9. S20°8°48
  10. O20°9°121
  11. N21°11°171
  12. D22°12°199

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Mapped length
27 km · 17 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain
Malolotja (peak; GeoNames)
Mountain range
Mdimba (Eswatini Highlands › Mpumalanga Limpopo Escarpment; GMBA)
Nearest town
13 km NE of Ngwenya (Lubombo Region) · GeoNames
Best months
Mar–Dec
Country
Eswatini
Region
Hhohho
Continent
Africa
Route type
National route
Route centre
-26.0967, 31.1407
Route start
-26.1480, 31.1379
OpenStreetMap
relation 12209914
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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distance from the trail start

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