Best trails in Mountain Zebra National Park

There are two short walking trails within the fenced Restcamp that can be self-hiked. The Black Eagle Trail (2.5km) is a more challenging climb to the top of the rocky outcrop with spectacular views over the Park while the Imbila Trail (1km) is an easy, flat trail. Visitors can also explore the park at their own leisure in their own vehicle on almost 70km of tourist roads. Roads are mostly gravel but of good standard and suitable for all vehicles.

The highlight of the Mountain Zebra National Park’s mammalian fauna is obviously the Cape mountain zebra after which the park is named. These zebra differ from the plains or Burchells zebra, by having narrower stripes, absence of shadow stripes and orange facial colouration. Mountain reedbuck and grey rhebok frequent the higher areas, whilst caracal occupy the niche of primary predator.

This hike is located within the Mountain Zebra National Park. Saltpeterkop is a free-standing mountain which dominates the countryside for kilometers around. It is not an easy walk and requires a reasonable level of fitness. It is a hike through interesting flora and the reward at the top is a magnificent view in all directions. This outlook was what caused the mountain to be occupied as a lookout post by British troops during the Anglo-Boer War. With time to kill, men of the Lancashire...

The highlight of the Mountain Zebra National Park’s mammalian fauna is obviously the Cape mountain zebra after which the park is named. These zebra differ from the plains or Burchells zebra, by having narrower stripes, absence of shadow stripes and orange facial colouration. Mountain reedbuck and grey rhebok frequent the higher areas, whilst caracal occupy the niche of primary predator.