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You are not alone in the Berg
It is becoming alarming the rate at which smugglers are beginning to use the Berg as a route for which to move illegitimate goods across from Lesotho to SA. Particularly in that these smugglers are more and more not afraid to use force when they encounter hikers along their route. It is best to hike in areas which are known to be less used by the smugglers, ie, avoid the top of Giants and Organ pipes, Ntonjelana and a couple of other passes for which you can read the descriptions
here , (and please feel free to add more pass descriptions in the forum...), the Berg is still relatively safe (compared to most other urban areas), assuming that the correct precautions are taken. Please take care though!
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