Sentinel Car Park to Cathedral Peak - Northern Berg Escarpment Traverse

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@Climbhard said:

So im confused about the cost involved with hiking in the berg. Im hiking from sentinal car park to cathedral peak over 5 days. what are the entire costs involved with hiking up there and where would I book.

These links may be helpful: The Mt Aux Sources - Amphitheatre - Tugela thread and Grand Traverse Permits
You can also ask for the "Traverse" option of R100 once-off. If the toll gate is manned, they may ask you for the R40 per day. Just inform them that you are doing a traverse and will pay at the carpark.
No booking is required to hike from there and there is a Rescue register at the carpark (taking into account the above comments in the 2nd link).

Ya I think it is R40 per day and about R30 for entrance fee.

How realistic would it be for two *averagely* fit blokes to go from Sentinel Carpark to CPH via Organ Pipes in five days in mid-May?

Last year, I went via Mlambonja in five days in March/April. I think we could have gone further, because we got up quite late and took our time in places (nothing wrong with that). Days will be shorter in May.

We'll have a tent, so not reliant on Caves.

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Doesn't sound tough. So you did Mlambonja to Sentinel in 5 days? If so you should easily do this in 5 days.

For our upcoming mini-traverse, I'm looking for a couple of good campsites on the Mnweni escarpment. It's a big group and I think we'll move slowly. So I'd like to have a larger repertoire than the usual Mbundini/Mponj-area/Xeni, just in case we need it. I guess you can camp in most places, but if anyone is willing to share a gem it would be much appreciated!

Also, are there any good ones specifically between Rockeries and Xeni? Ntonjelana gets a lot of traffic and I'd like to avoid that if possible, but camping somewhere around the Saddle would fit in nicely with our Cockade-Cleft-Organ Pipes plans.

Thank you!

There's a nice one above Icidi Pass. That large cut through on the escarpment edge that forms a large escarpment valley in SA has good water and we pitched 5 tents there without any difficulty. Added bonuses - the view from the edge if you head up the nearby peaks