Maximum 8 guests
Not available in December holidays.
Hunter Gatherers HikingTrail 5 days/4 nights
Instant booking available
The pre-colonial hunter gatherer people were the nomadic tribes indigenous to the Western Cape coast. This tribe lived off the marine pantry provided by nature collecting shellfish and other marine creatures and ate bulbs and tubers for vitamins. Medicine came from wild herbs.
The unspoilt beaches and shoreline west of Mossel Bay, up to the Gourits River, offer relaxing hikes with small mammals, reptiles, marine- and bird-life in abundance.
Day 1:Arrive at Vlees Bay tented camp and settle in. Early evening briefing in your camp with organisers.
Day 2: After breakfast meet your guide and with him cross the dunes to the ancient fish traps and then meander along the beach to Fransmanshoek passing historic Fonteintjies Bay. From here walk through indigenous dune thicket back to your camp.
Day 3: After breakfast pack up your belongings and carry it to The Pondokkie at Boggoms Bay where you will spend the next two nights.The rest of the day you kike towards Dana Bay and back on the dunes edge as well as on the beach. Return to Pondokkie at leisur.
Day 4: After breakfast we transport you to the Gourits river for a guided day of kayaking, fishing (allowed if you bring you fishing permit) and bird watching on the river. You start from the remains of the old Gourits River bridge that was washed away by the 1981 Lainsburg flood. At the end of the day we transport you back to Pondokkie at Boggoms Bay.
Day 5: After breakfast, pack up, say your good byes at the base camp and hike back to Vlees Bay tented camp at leisure - about 4 km - and depart from there.
Participant guidelines
WHAT TO BRING
- Sleeping bag, toiletries and towels, sun block
- Day back pack, water bottles and container for lunch
- Hiking gear, hats, water proofs
- Swimming gear
- For Self caterers their own food (and drinks)
- Fishing and bait license ( available at your local post office)
- If you want to fish or collect oysters, mussels,it is essential to obtain a licence prior to arrival from nearest Post Office
- GPS (if you have one)
- Binoculars, Camera
- Birding and any other private reference books
- Foot gear such as tackies (mostly beach and rocky shore hiking)
Other disclosures
No Pets.
You are not allowed to remove ANYTHING from the trail.
Fishing and bait collecting permits needed if you want to fish.
