Jonkershoek Nature Reserve offers some of the best and most scenic mountain hiking in the Boland. The Panorama Trail starts out as a gradual, but long ascent, steepening towards a high neck overlooking a majestic mountain valley. From here the ascent continues to the high plato overlooking the entire Jonkershoek valley. After lunch break next to a mountain stream, we trace the the footpath all along the edge of the plato to where it starts descending towards Kurktrekkers Neck and more magnificent mountain views start opening up. The descent down the very steep Kurktrekker footpath is slow as the path is steep and quite degraded. Once at the bottom, we peer into the Tweede Waterval gorge and follow the trail back to Witbrug all along the edge of the beautiful Jonkershoek river.

• DURATION - 9 to 11 hours

• DIFFICULTY LEVEL - Strenuous hike on a rocky footpath with some intermediate scrambling down degraded footpath

• DISTANCE- 13 km

• ELEVATION GAIN - 920 m up, 920 m down

• LOCATION -  Stellenbosch, South Africa

This hike is part of the - UNTAME - series of long tough GROUP HIKES. It can also be booked as a PRIVATE GUIDED HIKE on a date and time that suits your itinerary.