Drakensberg hike is one of 20 recommended by National Geographic as the best trails to tackle in the world, writes Ishay Govender-Ypma THE first chain ladder, a lengthy contraption that extends higher up than my eyes care to see, isn’t exactly what I expect. Neither is the second. The 50-odd wrungs are thin and curve over a face of the mountain they’re bolted on to, some with more and others with less space for hefty hiking boots. The ladders rattle in the wind.It’s taken us a little more than two hours to get here, hiking from the Sentinel car park on our way up to the Drakensberg Amphitheatre, a jewel in the crown of the Royal Natal National Park. This hike is one of 20 recommended by National Geographic as the best trails to tackle in the world.Many hikers braver than I had suggested I use the newer ladders on the right and not the seemingly free-swinging ones on the left, installed in the 1930s by resort-developer Otto Zunckel. All those hours of staring at internet images of th...
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