![]() It was the second of three points: The first was located at kilometre 4.5 before the long climb, the third at kilometre 15.5 just before the end of the Quiver Tree Gorge.įive members of the tour group even opted for an ultra-light variant to experience the Quiver Tree Gorge. Where the eight hikers were dropped off to start their hike, he set up a “food point” for the trail runners. And they were rewarded with a detour to a viewpoint, beyond the route of the trail run.Ī member of the organising team was part of the group. They boarded the Scenic Drive four-wheeler from BüllsPort, which was already waiting for them at the farm gate. This was exactly the hiking tour that eight members of the 45-strong tour group wanted to undertake. The trail run followed the route of the Quiver Tree Gorge Hike, which BüllsPort offers as a tour: From the gate onto the plateau (black marked farm track), down through the gorge (dotted trail) and then to the gate at the road (black marked farm track). Adventurous drive up to the Naukluft plateau, hike on your own down through Quiver Tree Gorge and drive back to the lodge from the pick-up point at the end of the gorge. This roughly corresponded to the route of the Quiver Tree Gorge Trail, as offered by BüllsPort as part of a tour. ![]() Trail run on Quiver Tree Gorge hiking trail ![]() Difference in altitude between the lowest and the highest point: about 400 metres. The finish was at the gate of the access road to one of the two small campsites of BüllsPort. On the other side down into a wide valley that narrows into a gorge – the Quiver Tree Gorge.Īnd finally along a small riverbed back into the wide valley of the Tsondab Rivier, to the C 14. The route: Up the slope of the mountain massif into a high valley. Organised by a French trail run specialist. Through the realm of mountain zebras and quiver trees. They marked the starting line of a trail run through the private nature reserve of BüllsPort in the Naukluft Mountains. ![]() Two banners were installed at the open gate of the fence, with the inscription “La Piste des Oasis”, the Trail of the Oases. Women and men in tracksuits got out of the buses and four-wheel-drive vehicles. They stopped at the T-junction of the D 1206 and parked on the strip next to the farm fence. On the gravel road C 14, two buses and three four-wheel-drive vehicles approached from the valley of the Tsondab Riviers (dry river) in the Naukluft Mountains, trailing clouds of dust. Guests from France, Belgium and Holland wanted to make it much faster. How much time should one allow for the hike through the Quiver Tree Gorge? Including the drive up to the plateau and the return journey from the pick-up point? At least five hours. ![]()
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