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    Default Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    Have any of you done this hike?

    We're due to hike it end of April, provided one of our party don't crash and break a leg again.

    Looking for a few tips and tricks from those that have done it or similar hikes.

    It's a 4-day, 3-night guided hike in the Kruger. Carry-in, carry-out, have to take own tents, food etc. Apparently there is river water on the trail.

    I don't want to overpack, so looking to find out what I can leave and what I really can't.

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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    +- How far will you be hiking each day?

    To save on space I will recommend packing each day's food in separate bags and vacuum sealing it. Every morning you just take out the day's foodpack and place it on top of everything in your hiking bag, thus it will be easy to reach all your snacks while hiking.

    On my last Drakensberg hike I tried something new to replace soya mince. I bought some lean mince and dehydrated it in the oven (plenty of tutorials on Google) and then mixed it with noodles or whatever for supper. Will definitely be doing it again for this year's hike.

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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    I will also recommend packing some ductape for incase your hiking boots starts falling apart.

    I had a proper pair of Merrell boots fail on me, if it weren't for my mate who had some ductape I would've had to complete the hike barefoot.

    I have also used ductape to repair tent poles so that they can at least last another night or two.

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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    Not far at all, the hike part is supposedly easy for the moderately fit. 12km a day max I think.

    Yeah I've fixed tent poles with duct tape before, will definitely take it with.
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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    I would purify any river water before drinking

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    Quote Originally Posted by julian View Post
    I would purify any river water before drinking

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    Absolutely. I have a new CSIR purification droplet thing. No taste.
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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    Take something with for chafing, that will fuck your experience up.

    Your guide and tracker should have a good first aid kit as well as the appropriate training. However things like a tq and combat guaze will likely be foreign to them. Doesn't add a lot of space to pack some in.

    Plenty batteries for you torches, after my hike in zululand by the 3rd night I had run my jetbeam flat amd only brought 1 spare battery.

    Last thing I can think of is foot powder and 2 pairs of socks per day ;)


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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    Okay, there's a few good points there. I saw some specialised "anti chafing" stuff at Hiker's Paradise. I was planning to just use speensalf (milking cream, I think?) as this is what I've always used. Just want to decanter it into a smaller tube.

    The FAK is a bit of a worry for me. I know nothing. I have a stocked kit at home but to me it looks like it's just full of bandages. I'll appreciate some advice on what I need apart from the petty soreness, itchiness and related stuff pills and lotions.

    No need to worry about me running out of light, I'll have enough to power a small city :-).

    Foot powder is something I haven't thought of! I was planning to change socks at about lunch time and air my feet anyway. Does baby powder work or is there something different for feet, other than Mycota?
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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    Reading the snake bite threads it seems I need to pack an ambu-bag 🙈.

    I can only assume an ambu-bag is that rubbery tube thing with the face mask attached to the end to force air into someone's lungs.
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    Default Re: Lonely Bull hiking trail, Kruger National Park

    Food. Food is a bit of a thing. I tried one of those dehydrated ready meals from Outdoor Warehouse on our last training hike. The one where you just add boiling water to the bag. Didn't really like it at all. Too much salt and stuff in there to be any good in dry country.

    So thinking of Smash, rice and couscous based meals with meat additions, to keep the protein levels up as well as the carbs.

    Unfortunately we won't be allowed to braai, otherwise the first night would have been steaks.
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