Upper Injisuthi Cave

Injasuti cave was one of my favorite caves, i believe the biggest escarpment cave, but the last time i was there (5 years ago) it was ruined with 30cm of ash on the floor.  people are making fires.  dung fires, i suspect.

I suspect Basothos have "discovered" it, in a big way.  There was dry dung everywhere, including baboon dung.   i think there may have been human dung.  A lot of sheep dung.  i don't think the baboons are using it, i think Basothos are bringing in dung to burn.

My down sleeping bag will be ruined by the ash.  i never stayed there.  plus as you walk around it creates dust.  good for the lungs.  I have no idea how it would ever self-clean.  Seems ruined forever.

Injasuti cave is in south africa.  the one big cave in Lesotho, bannerman, is not ruined, it is perfectly good.  but of course Injasuti cave is on a buttress, so basothos think it is in Lesotho.

Anyone have a recent report?

Has anyone been into Upper Injisuthi cave recently? I heard that it had been otherwise occupied and damaged and would like to know that state of the cave as an overnight.
Than you

I was there over the 1 May long weekend, no issues at all. The entrance area was wet, but we still easily got 4 people in with plenty of open space. No visible damage to the cave.

Last time I was there it was dusty but clean - we did not sleep in it we just checked it out on our way to Mafadi

@Turkey,

We were there on 1 April 2022, and it was spotless and in very good condition. In my trip report about our hike I mentioned that a section of the cave (on the left as you walk in) had crashed to the floor, but this was part of my APRIL FOOLS day trip report and was a joke. The rest of the trip report was pretty accurate thought . So, the cave is fine as mentioned by Ghaz

Enjoy the berg!!!

Thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate that

Hello. Anybody has the GPS coordinates for the closest water location to the UIC? Or maybe draw a pin on google maps.

I know it is in front of the cave and you have to go down for about 400 meters according to the information on this thread. But it is better to have the graphical reference.

Thx.

 

Edwin,

It's virtually impossible to miss. When you stand at the cave entrance and face the escarpment edge, the stream runs down from roughly your 2:30 to 12:30 over the course of a few hundred meters. Depending on how much rain had fallen will determine how high up the stream starts, so supplying a gps coordinate is a bit impractical. I typically just head down at my 1:30 and walk till I find a nice spot. No gps coordinate needed.

Riaang wrote:

Edwin,

It's virtually impossible to miss. When you stand at the cave entrance and face the escarpment edge, the stream runs down from roughly your 2:30 to 12:30 over the course of a few hundred meters. Depending on how much rain had fallen will determine how high up the stream starts, so supplying a gps coordinate is a bit impractical. I typically just head down at my 1:30 and walk till I find a nice spot. No gps coordinate needed.
 

ok thx.