Blue Mountain Trail
Itinerary
THREE DAYS OF LUXURY SLACKPACKING
HOW WE PLAN YOUR ADVENTURE
Arrive previous night at Wildekrans Country House, Houw Hoek village, between 16h00 and 16h30, park car, welcome tea/drinks, wine tasting, and trail briefing, dinner, and overnight.
P.S you’ll be happy to hear that this is the profile of the mountain and not the trail.
While we highly recommend that our clients first walk our flagship four day Green Mountain Trail (55km), we also offer this three day Blue Mountain Trail and a two day Weekend Walking experience.
The Blue Mountain Trail starts with check in on a Monday afternoon at 15h00 and check out on a Thursday after lunch. As this is a working farm experience, the trail takes place on week days so hikers get the full experience. Wide open spaces, daily wine tasting, knowledgeable guides and overnights at Wildekrans Country House makes this another bucket list experience in the Green Mountain collection.
Day 1: Walk from Bot River into the Elgin Basin (15,3km / 6-7hours / 3lod*)
- Collect packed breakfast, fruit & snacks, and fill water bottles at Wildekrans Country House.
- Transfer to Bot River.
Walk from and above Bot River through fynbos, taking in views of the wheat fields of the Overberg, and descend into the Elgin Basin. - Picnic breakfast on the mountain.
- Wine tasting over lunch in the Elgin Valley.
- Transfer back to Wildekrans Country House and enjoy afternoon tea in the garden.
- Dinner & overnight.
Day 2: Above Kleinmond and through the Kogelberg Reserve (15km / 6-7hours / 4lod*)
- Collect packed breakfast, fruit & snacks, and fill water bottles at Wildekrans Country House.
- Transfer to Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve.
- Walk out of Betty’s Bay area and through the Kogelberg Mountains.
- Picnic lunch at the Palmiet River Rock Pool swimming opportunity.
- Wine tasting and snack in Bot River if time permits.
- Transfer back to Wildekrans Country House.
- Dinner & overnight.
Day 3: Kogelberg, Palmiet, and Elgin Valley (12km / 4-5 hours / 3 lod*)
- Collect packed breakfast, fruit and snacks, and fill water bottles at Wildekrans Country House.
- Transfer to Kogelberg buffer on Elgin South side.
- Walk through farms and fynbos alongside Palmiet River.
- Picnic breakfast.
- Lunch and wine tasting at Almenkerk Wine Estate to celebrate mission accomplished.
- Transfer to Wildekrans Country House and collect your car.
Cost: R15 500 per person sharing and R19 900 for single room occupancy until 31 July 2026. All rates include VAT.
A 7% discount is offered on bookings for groups of 6 or more walkers.
A 10% discount is offered on bookings that fill all five rooms (i.e. any combination of single and sharing).
Discounts apply only where a group booking includes one single contact person (group leader) and one single invoice, one single Client Detail Form and on balance of payment not before.
*Itinerary subject to change due to unforeseen conditions, changing seasons or alternative ‘hosting’ developments.
*Optional extras charged separately – early arrivals and light lunch, transfers to airport, drinks, early trail exits, wine couriers, massages, etc.
*Given the different ability of hikers, limited early exits are available on all days except Day 1 & 4. Those exiting early will miss the events on the trail that day and be charged an exit fee.
*lod: Level of difficulty, with five being the most difficult. As per Fiona McIntosh, author of Slackpacking SA
1 – Easy
2 – Moderate
3 – Hard or long in places
4 – Strenuous, might be long and hard in places
5 – Tough, long, and usually hard most of the time
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