Epic “Eden to Addo” Hike Gets Underway

by BootsnAll on August 11, 2006

by BootsnAll | August 11th, 2006

A small group of hiking pioneers is setting off to make history today in the Garden Route. They’re hiking from the ancient Knysna elephant forest to the Addo Elephant Park - a 400 km trek across 7 different mountain groupings and four national parks - with the objective of establishing an eco-tourism corridor that will show off the splendors of South Africa’s indigenous coastal forests and help raise funds for elephant conservation in the Western and Eastern Cape.

It’s called the “Eden to Addo Mega-Hike”, and there are various ways you can support it, first of all by visiting the hikers’ homepage:

More links:

Good luck, brave hearts!

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Ralph October 7, 2006 at 7:14 am
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For those who followed the Mega-hike I have built a Google Earth fly-through of the hike which shows where we walked in great detail and includes links to the geotagged photos taken on the hike - http://www.ecoafrica.com/Directors/RalphPina/Eden%20to%20Addo%20Mega-Hike%20Aug%202006.kmz

The mega-hikers photos can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/groups/edentoaddo/pool/

It was all - and more - it was cracked up to be.

Enjoy!
A mega-hiker

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