Route Description
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Introduction
5 day walking trek. This trail follows the coast from the Stormsriver mouth to Nature's Valley.
There are numerous places to swim along the way.
There is only about 4 hours walking each day so make sure you stop regularly for swims in the sea or rivers.
Conditions
The hike is almost entirely along the coast. The best time to walk the Otter Trail is October-April. As one of the highlights of this trip is being able to swim along the way, winter months (May-September) make this trail less attractive.
Hazards and warnings
There is a river mouth crossing. The best time to cross is at low tide so make sure you have a tide timetable.
Sharks! When I did the Otter Trail, we spotted great whites in a secluded tidal pool we had planned to swim in!