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As with the whole tourism sector, it is difficult to say when the Fynbos Trail will be open to visitors again. For now, they are taking bookings from October but with the option to switch to any available date in the next 18 months at the same price. For any current bookings affected by Covid-19, guests have been offered the same option of being able to postpone to a later date of their choice (also without any price increase).

Michelle and Sean Privett say they believe that the trail — which they describe as “an awesome nature experience in a beautiful, private and safe conservancy“— will offer outdoor enthusiasts exactly the kind of joys they are dreaming about in a post-lockdown world.

“We believe South Africans are going to be looking for opportunities to reconnect with family and friends in nature and that hiking and wilderness products are going to be high on the priority lists,“says Michelle.

RATES: The cheapest option is R1,230 per person — a self-guided and selfcatered experience. It includes overnight accommodation at Fynbos Retreat/Witkrans and a map. This is a circular route that takes hikers all the way back to the start at Steynsbos.

The “full slackpacking“option — with guides, porters and meals — is R4,120 per person over weekends (R3,900 in the week).

Pre-Covid-19 booking requirements were a minimum of two people and a maximum of 12. This could change post-lockdown if necessitated by government requirements for social distancing.

INFO: E-mail info@fynbostrail.co.za, call 082-464-5115/082-411-1008 or visit fynbostrail.co.za.