Drakensberg hiking

A view from below looking up at the Tugela Falls hike chain ladders

Tugela Falls: The Hike That Tried to Break Us (And Almost Did)

Picture this: two grown men, one tent, one sleeping bag, and a storm doing its absolute best to end them—somewhere on top of the Drakensberg in the dead of night. This is the story of Project Tugela Falls. And yes, I would do it again. Project Tugela Falls got an early start. I left Pretoria at 05:00 to be in the Clarens area by 09:00 — a good four-hour drive with a 30-minute pit stop. The goal was to spend the day in Clarens and explore it a bit more. ... Continue Reading