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Outeniqua Hiking Trail

In the Outeniqua Mountains

Regional route93 km · 58 miGood year-round

Next nearby hike: Terblans Nature Walk 1.3 mi · 2.1 kmExplore Outeniqua Mountains →

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Best time to hike

Year-round

  1. J22°15°70
  2. F23°16°61
  3. M22°15°81
  4. A20°13°86
  5. M18°10°65
  6. J16°8°58
  7. J16°7°58
  8. A16°8°83
  9. S17°9°64
  10. O18°11°97
  11. N20°12°88
  12. D21°14°80

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
93 km · 58 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
Mountain range
Outeniqua Mountains (Central Cape Fold Mountains › Cape Fold Belt; GMBA)
Nearest town
12 km N of Knysna (Eden District Municipality, Western Cape) · GeoNames
Best months
Year-round
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
Continent
Africa
Route type
Regional route
Route centre
-33.9506, 22.9775
Route start
-33.9321, 23.0812
OpenStreetMap
relation 10827587
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.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail start

Terblans Nature Walk

1.3 mi · 2.1 km · Western Cape

White Elephant Trail

3.8 mi · 6.1 km · Western Cape

Red Elephant Trail

4.0 mi · 6.5 km · Western Cape

Black Elephant Trail

5.0 mi · 8.1 km · Western Cape

Tsitsikamma Hiking Trail

38 mi · 62 km · Eastern Cape

Pass-to-Pass Trail

38 mi · 62 km · Western Cape

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