Overnight Berg hikes with kids

Leone wrote: Thank you so much. We are going to freeze.

Haha. Depends on your definition of freeze. A lot of us hikers regard those temperatures as rather warm
Make sure they have proper sleeping bags (not "Checkers specials") and they should be fine.

Haha anything below 20 is freezing hehe.
Our sleeping bags are -5 . They quite heavy but im sure we will be nice and toasty at night

Leone wrote: Haha anything below 20 is freezing hehe.

I'm definitely with you there Leone; I've made a polar fleece liner for my -2C sleeping bag to cope with anything close to zero

So nearly a year later and we are finally going on that planned Hiking trip with the kids. They are a bit older (thank goodness - so they can carry a little more stuff). We are planning to do the Lower Injisuthi route over Easter. Is there anyone else planning a trip over Easter? It would be fun bumping into some Vertical Endeavour Friends.
I would also appreciate any advice or tips for our trip.

Yes we have booked - First night in the Lower Injisuthi Cave and second night in Grindstone Cave. I'm a bit worried about the distances. The first day 12km and the second day 12km and then 6km back to camp? I don’t know of any other overnight route that would be a good one for a first time with kids.

Thank you so much Smurf. feeling relieved that its shorter

Hi Leone, I was at Marble Baths over the weekend and met a family who had attempted to get to Marble Baths via Grindstone, they had complained that the trail is quite overgrown in the valley between Grindstone and Marble Baths. I had attempted the same route you're contemplating from Marble Baths to Grindstone Cave in October last year and found the trail to be completely over grown in places especially in the river bed and further up the valley - so much so that I abandoned trying to follow the hiking trail and decided to follow the game trails just to summit the ridge above Grindstone. Smaller kids may not enjoy the bushwacking, my 10year old son certainly did'nt.