Hiking Trail Description

Offers viewing of Cape mountain zebra as well as springbok, eland, blesbok, black wildebeest, red hartebeest and many other Cape Midland animals. A remote peaceful area, largely devoid of trees except along the riverbanks and high up in the valleys on the northern slopes of the Bankberg, where bird life is abundant. About 37 km of good gravel roads traverse the Eastern Midlands Nama Karoo vegetation. The rare booted eagle is one of the 255 species of birds recorded in the Park.

Direction: Take the Cradock / Middelburg Road (N10). Cradock is about 250 km from Port Elizabeth. Turn west onto the Graaff-Reinet Road (R61). From Cradock the turn-off to the Park is well sign-posted after about 6 km. It is 27 km to the park gates, partly along a dirt road: follow the national park signs.

Eighteen, four-bed, well-equipped chalets at the tourist rest camp, 20 caravan and camping facilities; launderette, conference hall, restaurant, shop, petrol, swimming pool. Doornhoek guest cottage (historic, renovated farmhouse) sleeps 6. Meals are available from the restaurant; a shop supplies basic commodities.

Visitors are admitted from 7h00 to 19h00 between 1st October and 30th April, and from 7h00 to 18h00 between 1st May and 30th September.