It was back in 2005 that I took my first trip to Africa. A copy of Jack Jackson’s “The World’s Great Adventure Treks” had inspired with a chapter on trekking in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, so, a year-and-a-half into a new job, I decided to treat myself to a “big” holiday.
I booked a trip with Exodus Travels that combined a five-day guided trek along the Drakensberg escarpment, with a few days in the Kruger National Park tacked on at the end. With travel and day-trips included this was a two-week holiday, with the trekking being the main event. Or so I thought.