An awesome example of the sheer magnitude of nature. The sheer beauty, the size, a natural construction of outlandish proportion. The Drakensberg range of mountains is approximately 200 km's in length and has been the recognised home of some form of civilisation from the stone-age era to the eco toursist and holiday makers that visit to this day.
 
Visited and occupied during the many years by the San (or Bushmen as they are more commonly known), tranversed with great difficulty and ingenuity by the Boers during the Great Trek during the 1800's as they tried to escape British colonialism, and marking the informal boundaries of the Zulu Kingdom, the Drakesberg is a unique and diverse World Heritage Site.
 
Meeting the criteria for both Natural and Cultural listings, the site can now officially boast 'superlative natural phenomena and beauty, unique richness of biological diversity, the conservation of all-important endemic and threatened species plus masterpieces of human creative genius in the form of 35 000 'San rock art images'. Many people have known this for a long time!
 
From the massive basalt cliffs of its northern reaches to the soaring sandstone buttresses in the south, the Berg - as it's popularly known - offers a myriad delights to anyone of any age who needs to 'get away from it all'. Peace and quiet is the catchphrase amid this unsurpassed grandeur where the world's second- highest waterfall tumbles down a series of breathtaking cascades

Drakensberg Accommodation
 
Accommodation caters for all tastes and budgets... from luxury resorts and hotels with ultra-modern conference facilities to guest- houses, B&B establishments, caravan parks and cabins. Out in 'the wild', huts and listed caves await weary hikers.Thousands of trails are marked across the Berg - from short ambles through indigenous fern forests to more strenuous day-long traversing of river and hillside to full-on adventuring in the face of nature. Although accidents are rare, planned walks of more than a few hours require prior completion of the Mountain Rescue Register. Part of each entry fee to a KZN Wildlife protected area goes towards the invaluable emergency service provided by volunteers of the Mountain Club of South Africa.
 
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