Day 1. Arrive in Clanwilliam by 5pm, where you will be met by a Cederberg Heritage Route Representative, for a briefing and an overnight stay in a Clanwilliam guesthouse on a DBB basis.
Day 2.You will be transported from the guesthouse to the top of the Pakhuis Pass. From there, you enjoy an escorted hike via Amon se Poort down to the Boskloof Valley. (16km, 7-8 hours, undulating but basically 700m downhill, rating 3B. Most of the path is well made but the last section of about 1km is quite steep and rough. This is quite a strenuous hike.) On arrival at the Krakadouw cottages in Boschkloof you will be met and transported back to your guesthouse in Clanwilliam, on a DBB basis.
Day 3. After being taken to park your car at the Cedarberg Travel office on a farm outside the town you are transferred to the start of today’s hike at Krakadouw cottages. This morning you take an escorted hike (12km, 7-8hr) up the spectacular Krakadouw Pass via the Anglo-Boer war block house to Krakadouw Neck and then down into the mission village of Heuningvlei. (Uphill of 900m, then 300m down, rating 3B. Again, this is quite a strenuous hike because of the uphill climb. Most of the path is well made and the steepest section, near the top, is done on a zig zag.) You stay overnight in a guest cottage in Heuningvlei on a DBB basis.
Day 4. This morning you take the Donkey Cart Trail from Heuningvlei to Pakhuis Pass (about 12km, 2hr by donkey cart or 2½-3 hours walk, some 300m uphill and 250m downhill, rating 2A. The track is quite rough and the donkey cart is not a very comfortable vehicle, so be prepared for a bumpy ride.). NOTE ALSO that the donkey cart track is subject to serious erosion during heavy rain storms, which make it unsuitable to take passengers on the carts, so you may have to walk all the way. You are met at the top of Pakhuis Pass at 11am and taken to the Sevilla Trail for a 2-3hr guided rock art walk (rating 1A) and picnic lunch (both optional) before being transported back to collect your cars by 3.30pm. Depart for home. (If you elect not to include the rock art walk and lunch you will be back to collect your cars by about 12h00.)
Optional Extra Day/Night at Heuningvlei available on this trail.
Escorted day hike from Heuningvlei. Either climb the spectacular Krakadouw Peak (a strenuous 8hr hike of about 12km in total, climbing 900m and then descending again, (Rating 4C) or do a circular, relatively easy, scenic day hike of 10-12km in the hills to the east of Heuningvlei to a lovely pool for swimming (Rating 2B).