All registered walkers who take part in any walks stand a chance to win amazing prizes from Hi-Tec. T&C’s apply. 

Click on the Walks by Date page and then choose the day and walks you would like to do. Most of the festival walks are free – thanks to amazing volunteer Walk Leaders, while others are offered by Professional Guides and require a fee. 

Once you have selected your walks, and you Place Your Order, you will then receive an email invoice with payment details. The FREE Walks will be confirmed immediately and any walks requiring payment will only be confirmed once you have made payment. 

Easy. Have fun selecting your favourite walks. . .

We want everyone to participate – So we got rid of the registration fee. We encourage all walkers instead to make a donation to any one of the listed Garden Route nature charities we support – click here for list of festival charities. Choose a nature cause and select your donation amount when you make your walk booking.

The festival is about giving back and sharing. Sharing the trails of the region with friends and visitors while exploring the magic of the region’s pristine nature and helping conservationists to keep our nature protected and conserved.

The Garden Route National Park and the CapeNature reserves are where a majority of our walks take place.

Make Donations Here: 

ACCOUNT NAME: Walking Festival

ACCOUNT TYPE: Current Account

BANK NAME: NEDBANK 

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1046526561 

The walks range from easy to strenuous.

EASY – Mainly flat walking, on paths with good surfaces. No climbing, minimal or no steps.

MODERATE – Varying landscape with more challenging slopes. Steps to be expected. Suitable for keen walkers and anyone who is reasonably active. Still we take leisurely walking pace with brief rest stops.

STRENUOUS – A challenging walk suitable for very fit walkers with some experience. Steep gradients, steps and uneven surfaces to be expected, may include light scramble. This grade applies to the pea climbs such a George Peak or Peak Formosa.

Walks are led either by volunteer Walk Leaders or by Professional Guides, who make a living sharing their knowledge and expertise of the region.

Professionally guided walks may include a guiding fee, all relevant costs are indicated in the walk programme.

This is a community event in support of nature, the more people involved the more fun it will be and we can build a stronger community happily sharing the natural beauty we have on our trails across the Garden Route.

All walkers to bring the following with them on the day:

If you need to cancel OR change your walk booking:

1. Please email us directly.
2. Please note there will be no refund for paid walks if cancelled after 18 April 2019.
3. If it is a free walk, you still need to cancel so that we can give your place to others who may be on a waiting list. You can cancel via the WhatsApp group that will be created for each walk.
4. If your walk needs to be cancelled due to weather we cannot guarantee a refund – we will engage with your walk leader on your behalf, but many are unable to refund due to weather and may rather reschedule your walk date. 

Please note the directions indicated on the walk info page. We suggest you print this page and keep it as a reference.

If you need a lift to the start of your walk, we will help you find a lift with other participants.

Once you have booked your walk – you will be added to a WhatsApp Group for that walk 2 days before the start of the walk. 

All walks are undertaken at a walker’s own risk. All walkers and participants are required to complete an indemnity form and agree to the terms and conditions of the festival, its associates and volunteer walk leaders. Please click here to read the indemnity conditions.

Many of the walks take place in areas where dogs are not allowed.

That said, we do have some dog specific walks – please see the walks list for details. All dogs will require a leash.

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