{"id":1265,"date":"2021-03-19T01:36:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T23:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zulu.org.za\/travel\/?post_type=regions&p=1265"},"modified":"2024-11-12T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:28:13","slug":"drakensberg","status":"publish","type":"regions","link":"https:\/\/visitkzn-sa.com\/travel\/regions\/drakensberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukhahlamba Drakensberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park<\/strong> is one of KwaZulu-Natal’s two World Heritage<\/strong>\u00a0Sites.<\/strong> This World Heritage Site is part of a much longer mountain<\/strong> range that stretches some 1,600 kilometres from South Africa’s northernmost provinces to the Eastern Cape. Not only does the World Heritage Site protect a stunning natural mountain wilderness <\/strong>area, it also protects an amazing cultural legacy of ancient rock art<\/strong> in Africa painted by Southern Africa’s earliest inhabitants, the San or Bushmen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The Maloti-Drakensberg<\/strong> World Heritage Site is also part of a larger collaborative conservation <\/strong>initiative between South Africa and the neighbouring Kingdom of Lesotho called “The Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier <\/strong>Conservation and Development Project”.<\/p>\n

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The Zulu<\/strong> people named the 300-kilometre section of mountain range bordering KwaZulu-Natal and the mountain Kingdom of Lesotho ‘uKhahlamba<\/em>, meaning “Barrier of Spears”. The early Dutch settlers called them the Drakensberge <\/em>or ‘Dragon Mountains’. Nowadays, this lovely natural wonderland is referred to by locals simply as the ‘Berg’.<\/p>\n

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Generally, the Berg is divided into roughly five regions with many small towns in the foothills; Bergville<\/strong> and the Northern Drakensberg, <\/strong>\u00a0Winterton<\/strong> and the Central Drakensberg<\/strong>,\u00a0Himeville, Underberg<\/strong> and the Southern Drakensberg<\/strong> and then East Griqualand<\/strong> and uMzimkhulu.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the world’s most famous choir<\/strong> schools, The Drakensberg Boys Choir School,<\/strong> is based in the central Berg area and it is a delight to attend one of their regular concerts<\/strong>. Other activities including white water rafting, helicopter flips, <\/strong>visiting vulture restaurants<\/strong> and the Falcon Ridge<\/strong>\u00a0Birds of Prey Centre<\/strong> in Champaign Valley<\/strong> are also popular. Stop at Thokozisa Mountain Cafe and Indigenous Nursery<\/strong> in the central Berg for lunch, and browse the art <\/strong>and craft<\/strong> shops showcasing local handiwork.<\/p>\n

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In the park itself, hiking<\/strong> along the footpaths through the mountains, camping<\/strong> in caves or stopping to picnic<\/strong> and taking a dip into the rock pools with tumbling streams and cascading waterfalls<\/strong> are just some of the great pleasures of a visit to the beautiful uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park. <\/strong>Another is day trekking to explore caves <\/strong>and overhangs containing some of the more than 22 000 individually painted rock art<\/strong> images by the San <\/strong>people who once inhabited these shelters. The Main Caves at Giant’s Castle Reserve offer tours by accredited tourist guides who tell the tales of these ancient places and peoples.<\/p>\n

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This is definitely a place for photographers<\/strong>. The morning mists swirl around the dramatic mountain peaks and through the cool yellowwood forests. In summer, dramatic mountain storms crash around the mountain peaks and in winter, the snow<\/strong>-capped heights are a sight to enjoy from the cosy warmth of your mountain chalet fireside. It is wonderful just to sit and take in the views of herds of eland, <\/strong>and other smaller antelope<\/strong> making their way across the sandstone-flanked valleys. Baboons<\/strong> bark in the distance while black eagles<\/strong> and bearded vultures<\/strong> soar between the towering basalt cliffs. Abseiling, rock climbing<\/strong> and ice climbing<\/strong> in winter, are also popular, and safety is assured by the mountain rescue registers which need to be filled in at every entry point.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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