Slack-packing: A guide to South Africa’s top leisure trails
Fiona McIntosh
Sunbird
Walking is egalitarian – most people can do it. Hiking – especially here in South Africa where the landscape is varied and alluring – is a relatively cheap and relaxing way to spend holidays.
That is, if you’re not lugging around your pots and pans and tent and bedding, wearing damp and dirty clothes and lusting after a frosty alcoholic beverage at the end of a day’s uphill battle.
Slack-packing is the answer if you’d rather not sample pain along with your scenery, and there simply is no better summary of what your trail options are than McIntosh’s lush and detailed guide to hiking for the walker who prefers not to suffer. – Karin Schimke