20 March 2004     to     22 March 2004

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The Swartwildebees trail is situated just behind the Van Reenen pass to the south and the first of us arrived late the Friday afternoon with the rest arriving late at night. After a braai the "mossies" moved in and left us bit of sleep for the whole night!

Next morning after breakfast we headed up a little valley,

and then along an escarpment. The views were really good from the top here!

For lunch we stopped at a small stream. Not much water flowed here.

After a bit of sweating up a fairly long hill and a few more kilometers we finally saw our hut in the distance. It was quite well equipped and even had a "donkey" for hot water.

The afternoon was spent relaxing. Peter entertained us with some of his "magic" tricks and later on in the evening we had a few card games before eventually relaxing next to a nice fire. 

The next day was only a day hike so everyone carried the bare minimum except Alta and Leon who were training for Naukluft later on in the year and carried a full backpack!  Others ended up in a little stream with their boots.

A view of our hut next to the trees at the bottom.

Our intrepid little group.

Standing in the wild flowers.

Next morning preparing to hit the road again.

Cooling off.

Through the African bush.

A favorite club tradition "getting lost"!

And finally that cooool beer!!! This was a very enjoyable hike and well worth doing again.