🥾 FREE STATE HIKING & TRAILS

Trails, Reserves & Wilderness Walks

Day walks, multi-day trails, nature reserves and wild routes across the Free State — plus the clubs that walk them. Filterable by region and type.

💡 Many reserves and parks charge a day fee or need a permit, paid at the gate or booked online, and popular multi-day trails book out well ahead. Weather can change fast in the mountains — carry water, sun and wind protection and check conditions before you set off.

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Bloem Social Hiking Club — Bloemfontein. Community hiking group organising social day hikes and outings around Bloemfontein and the central Free State. Join and…
Bloemfontein Hiking Club — Bloemfontein. Long-running Bloemfontein hiking club (Voetslaanklub) running regular group day and weekend hikes across the Free State…
Clarens Village Conservancy — Clarens. Network of marked day walks and MTB trails on the ridges around Clarens, including the popular Titanic route. Trail…
Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve — Theunissen. Provincial reserve on the western plains around Erfenis Dam with open-grassland walks, game and waterbirds. Reserve…
Franklin Nature Reserve — Bloemfontein. Small reserve on Naval Hill in the centre of Bloemfontein with walking trails, giraffe and zebra and city views. Free…
Gariep Dam Nature Reserve — Gariep Dam. Reserve on the shores of South Africa's largest dam with walking trails, springbok and eland and river views. Reserve…
Golden Gate Highlands National Park — Clarens. SANParks reserve with short day routes such as Brandwag Buttress, Mushroom Rock, Wodehouse and Cathedral Cave among…
Maria Moroka Nature Reserve — Thaba Nchu. Grassland reserve beneath the Thaba Nchu 'black mountain' with hiking trails and game, adjoining a resort. Reserve…
Meiringskloof Nature Park — Fouriesburg. Sandstone kloof with a shaded walk to Holkrans cave and a seasonal waterfall, plus camping. Day-visitor entry fee…
Moolmanshoek Private Game Reserve — Rosendal. Witteberg-mountain reserve with the Sphinx and Waterkloof hiking trails among peaks and plains game. Access and trails…
Mount Everest Game Reserve — Harrismith. Also called Eagle Mountain, a private reserve of sandstone buttresses with hiking trails and rock climbing near…
Mount Perazim Hiking Trail — Fouriesburg. Multi-day sandstone-country trail in the eastern Free State foothills, the renamed former Cannibal Trail. Booking…
Platberg Nature Reserve — Harrismith. The flat-topped mountain above Harrismith, crossed by hiking and MTB routes and home to the annual Berg Marathon.…
Rhebok Hiking Trail — Clarens. SANParks' overnight trail in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, climbing to Generaalskop for sandstone and grassland…
Sediba Hiking Trail — Memel. Farm-based hiking near the wetland village of Memel in the north-eastern highlands. Trail booked directly with the…
Soetdoring Nature Reserve — Soutpan. Provincial reserve on the Modder River and Krugersdrift Dam north-west of Bloemfontein, with walking trails, a predator…
Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve — Harrismith. Provincial reserve on the shores of a large highland dam with walking trails through montane grassland and eland…
Tussen-die-Riviere Nature Reserve — Bethulie. The province's largest game reserve, set between the Orange and Caledon rivers near Bethulie with hiking trails and…
Vredefort Dome — Parys. Hills of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site along the Vaal near Parys offer several private guided and self-guided…
Willem Pretorius Game Reserve — Ventersburg. Large provincial reserve encircling Allemanskraal Dam with grassland and rocky-ridge walking trails and abundant plains…
Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge — Phuthaditjhaba. High Maluti lodge and gateway to the Sentinel car-park path and chain ladders onto the Drakensberg Amphitheatre and…