Dog-Friendly Hikes – A Totally Unqualified Catalogue of Things I Walked (Part 4)

A quick disclaimer before anyone starts treating this as an authoritative canine field guide.

Until I met the canine king himself, Boris (faithful companion to my hiking buddy Basil), I paid approximately zero attention to whether a trail was dog-friendly or not.

Unless a strategically placed dog bowl physically launched itself at my face, the thought simply never crossed my mind.

Then Boris arrived on the scene, and I discovered that for many people, knowing whether a trail welcomes dogs is not a minor detail but rather the entire point of the exercise.

So, in the interest of managing expectations: there are almost certainly dog-friendly trails I've walked that don't appear on this list.

What follows is therefore not a comprehensive directory of every dog-friendly hike in existence -it is simply a collection of trails I have personally walked - where I can confidently report that dogs are either allowed on lead, off lead, or at the very least not filing formal complaints about being there.

African Swiss (Closed)

Ark Walk Park

Avianto 10 km

B’sorah

Bekker

Bekker Trails (Skeerpoort)

Berg en Rivier River Lodge

Big Red Barn

Bishop Bird Park

Blue Groove

Buffelsdrift Trail Park

Danielsrust Game Farm

Delta Park

Diamantvallei Hiking Trail/ Komma Koek en Koffie Trail

Faerie Glen Nature Reserve (An annual renewable permit is required)

Fairland Koppies

Field and Study Recreation Centre

Friends of Magalies

Gillooly’s Farm

Golden Harvest Park

Ground (On Lead)

Grootfontein Bike Park

Hazeldean Valley

Hobby Park

Horwoods Farm

Hurlyvale Park

Indwe Park

James & Ethel Gray Park

Jodev Farms

Johannesburg Botanical Gardens

Kingfisher Park

Klipkraal

Kloof Rus Hiking Trail

Kutama

Larder

Little Falls Hiking Trail

Lonehill Park and Dam

"Lutima Kitchen Hike"

Made on Earth

Majakaneng Hiking Trails

Modderfontein Bird and Sculpture Park

Mushroom Farm Park

Prime View Adventure Trail

Rietpoort Cottage

Rietvlei Zoo Farm

Riversands Farm Village

Riverside Paradise

Saamrus

Serendipity Eco Trail

Smuts House Museum

Sterkfontein Heritage Lodge

Stone Hill Hiking Trail

The Mule Trail (Starting at Kalkheuwel Village)

The Old Mill - Happy Acres

Tierpoort

Walkhaven Dog Park

Willow Park

Wolwespruit