Lammergeier Cave

Hi guys
I'm planning a hike to Lammergeier Cave in the next month or so. Apparently the path is non existent after you turn of the Ngwangwane river. Is this true and if so is the cave difficult to find? 
Many Thanks!!

Awesome thanks!
To make it a circular route could you go up via Goats Cave then down along the ridge passed Thamathu Cave on the way back? Looks like it would be a bit of a climb up to Goats cave but then relatively easy hiking after that.

Ok thanks
Will do that. As you said it will definitely be easier finding the path going down the valley rather than looking for it going up!

The missing part is the only section where the path disappears. The pic below looks back across the plateau:


You then go up a step and start contouring into the valley (again looking back):


We gradually ascended to the path (visible in the pic below) and followed that all the way to the cave, which is the long crack in the wall in the distance:


The path to Goats from the Thamatu side is very clear. In fact, the hillside below Senotlolong has about five contour paths at different levels to choose from, owing to heavy use by shepherds.

Does anyone have gps coordinates for lammergeier cave? Also, we are looking to take a group of inexperienced hikers for a short 2 day hike. Would you suggest hiking to Tarn cave and back or to Lammergeier and back?

If its only to visit one cave, then Tarn.
the hike from the station to Tarn is not hard but it is very long..

Don’t listen to these naysayers.  Lammergeier is easy to find (see my post above) and scenic enough, especially if you add some magic into the mix and get lucky with a rising mist at dawn.





My buddy and I studied the rock patterns below for an hour while listening to Azimuth’s ’85 (1985). Fantastic stuff.



We set off round 10h30 at a leisurely pace, had a leisurely chat with some shepherds, summitted Senotlolong, and walked out via Bushman's Pass. So, yes, you could do a one-nighter even with inexperienced hikers.