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Monday, 23 January 2012

I ♥ Kamberg Because ...

I ♥ Kamberg

I ♥ Kamberg

Hi, I’m Gerhard from Qambathi Mountain Lodge in Kamberg.

Kamberg IS BEST KNOWN FOR its Bushman Rock Art, fly-fishing and breath­tak­ing moun­tain scenery.

GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AT Highmoor or on one of our game drives with Giant’s Castle in the back­ground. The views are really some­thing spe­cial with Mount Eskirne and Mount Cleopatra very dom­in­ant every­where you look.

THE BEST nature PICTURES CAN BE TAKEN by just driv­ing around Kamberg. There are so many treed lanes, wild flowers, cloud shapes and Berg views for that per­fect picture.

OTHER HAPPY SNAPS AT the trout dams or at the Bushman Rock art which is the best pre­served in the coun­try. Continued

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Friday, 17 December 2010

Guitar legends reunite for Splashy Fen 2011

Splashy Fen 2011

Splashy Fen 2011

Collectively known as The Aquarian Quartet, acous­tic gui­tar maes­tros Steve Newman, Tony Cox, Syd Kitchen and Greg Georgiades are set to reunite after a break of six years for a spe­cial per­form­ance at next year’s Splashy Fen Music Festival in the Drakensberg over the Easter week­end from April 21 to 25. In the his­tory of South African gui­tar greats there has never been a group­ing quite as music­ally super­charged as The Aquarian Quartet, with all four mem­bers regarded as among the most invent­ive and skilled gui­tar­ists that the coun­try has ever pro­duced ... Continued

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Monday, 13 September 2010

Comedy comes to White Mountain from 23 to 26 September!

Comdy at White Mountain

Comdy at White Mountain

A stable of top stand-up comedi­ans from the Durban School of Comedy will be head­ing for the Drakensberg later this month to per­form at the annual White Mountain Festival near Giant’s Castle from September 23 to 26.

Included on the bill for the daily com­edy hour are Glen Bo, Neil Green, Dusty Rich, Gareth Woods, Paul Cowan, Tharuna Devchand, Duncan Whithers and Jem Atkins, with a guest appear­ance by Johannesburg musical comedian, Deep Fried Man.  Comedic styles range from tra­di­tional stand-up with a darker edge to quirky, impres­sion­istic and anec­dotal ... Continued

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Thursday, 5 August 2010

Vusi Mahlasela confirmed for White Mountain 2010

Vusi Mahlasela

One of South Africa’s most cel­eb­rated musi­cians, Vusi Mahlasela is set to enthrall audi­ences at this year’s White Mountain Festival, com­ing up over the Heritage Day long week­end from 23–26 September at White Mountain Lodge near Giant’s Castle in the Central Drakensberg.

With a sound that is a hybrid of folk, world, blues and soul, Mahlasela is an accom­plished singer-songwriter, gui­tar­ist, per­cus­sion­ist, com­poser and arranger, whose music has bridged gen­er­a­tions both at home and abroad.  Renowned for his dis­tinct, power­ful voice and poetic, optim­istic lyr­ics, he has per­formed along­side the likes of Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews, Josh Groban and Angelique Kidjo at shows that include Nelson Mandela’s 90th birth­day cel­eb­ra­tion in London’s Hyde Park and, most recently, the 2010 FIFA World Cup Kick-off Concert in Soweto. Continued

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Wednesday, 12 May 2010

The Drakensberg Lifestyle Resort — a review

Drakensberg Sun

Drakensberg Sun

Going on hol­i­day as a fam­ily of four is a rare and often expens­ive treat these days. And with two chil­dren under seven, a hol­i­day is rarely a holiday!

I grew up in KwaZulu Natal Natal and the majestic moun­tains of the Drakensberg were always a wel­come refuge for us.  But liv­ing in Cape Town, the ‘Berg’ as it is fondly known, is hardly con­sidered a local hol­i­day des­tin­a­tion! However, when one has fam­ily in Natal, as we do, a visit to Granny can often be com­bined with a few days res­pite in the Berg. And so it was for us dur­ing the school hol­i­days of April 2010 ... Continued

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Wednesday, 28 April 2010
South African Hiking Trails

Walking on clouds: Hiking in the Drakensberg

Drakensberg Hike

Drakensberg Hike

Not far from Johannesburg and Bloemfontein lies South Africa’s most majestic moun­tain range. The Drakensberg has for cen­tur­ies cap­tured the ima­gin­a­tion of South Africans and has become a haven away from the city noise. With many lodges, hotels and camp­ing sites you can choose your retreat and become part of this world for a few days.

There are many activ­it­ies such as horse­back rid­ing, hik­ing, climb­ing and cyc­ling on offer. This time we choose a day hike that we end up doing in two days because of the beauty we find on the moun­tain. Sentinel Peak is a hike we do at least once as a group of friends that sel­dom finds time to meet dur­ing busy year ... Continued

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Friday, 19 February 2010
South African Hiking Trails

Take a walk on “The Wild Side of the Drakensberg” — Wartrail Skywalk

Wartrail Skywalk

Wartrail Skywalk

Since 1996 top ath­letes from South Africa and bey­ond have ven­tured to the little-known Eastern Cape Highlands to par­ti­cip­ate in what is prob­ably one of the toughest adven­ture races in the coun­try – The Salomon Skyrun. Starting in the pic­tur­esque town of Lady Grey, armed with their own sup­plies, a GPS and a map their aim is to run 100km across moun­tain peaks to fin­ish at Tiffindell Ski Resort. The top run­ners fin­ish in approx­im­ately 14 hours, ori­enteer­ing them­selves across the dra­matic route through day and night.

The guest house own­ers of the Wartrail and New England val­leys real­ised that it would be a trav­esty for this excep­tional route to be the sole pre­serve of extreme ath­letes. Thus, the little sis­ter to the Skyrun, the Wartrail Skywalk was devised to give us ordin­ary mor­tals the oppor­tun­ity to exper­i­ence the high moun­tain wil­der­ness at a more leis­urely pace. Continued

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Thursday, 28 January 2010

Border hopping on Horseback

One of my ‘must-dos’ when I star­ted trav­el­ling in South Africa was to exper­i­ence the wild moun­tain ter­rain of the Drakensberg. The only thing put­ting me off was that hik­ing up peaks soun­ded like extremely hard work, so when the oppor­tun­ity presen­ted itself to explore on horse­back it seemed like the per­fect answer. I booked a 3 day ride out­ride with the highly recom­men­ded Khotso Horse Trails in Underberg in nervous anti­cip­a­tion. Will the horses be safe? Will the guides know what they are doing? All the usual fears that nag ahead of an adven­tur­ous expedition.

My mind was put at rest as soon as I met Steve Black who owns the horse trails as he explained that Khotso means ‘Peace’ in Sesotho. As he drove me through the beau­ti­ful KwaZulu Natal Midlands, trees gil­ded with autumn col­ours, I could already feel myself unwind­ing from the fren­etic pace of Durban. We arrived in Underberg in the late after­noon to a refresh­ingly cooler cli­mate than the coast. At 1,500m above sea-level Underberg is the height of many European ski resorts and on this April even­ing there was a def­in­ite nip in the air ... Continued

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Friday, 20 November 2009

Peaks, Valleys and Champagne ... in the Drakensberg

One of my favour­ite hol­i­day spots is the Drakensberg in KwaZulu Natal. Don’t get me wrong, I love the beach and there is noth­ing bet­ter than an early morn­ing swim in the Indian Ocean, but the Drakensberg offers just as good a hol­i­day and there is no need to watch out for jelly­fish and sand in your sarmies! Continued

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Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Adventures in South Africa

Explore Wild Mountain Country

Wild Mountain Country

Wild Mountain Country

Nestled in the tran­quil val­leys of the Eastern Cape Drakensberg, the remote moun­tain farms of Wartrail and New England provide the per­fect anti­dote to the stresses of city life. Also known as ‘Wild Mountain Country’ this area offers a safe and relax­ing escape in a pristine nat­ural envir­on­ment, far away from the mad­ding crowds.

All types of farm­stay accom­mod­a­tion are avail­able, from camp­ing and self-catering cot­tages to en-suite fully-catered guest farms. Each estab­lish­ment is unique and meals range from simple fare to deli­cious farm style extra­vag­an­zas. Enjoy per­sonal atten­tion from your hosts, many of whom are des­cend­ants of the early set­tlers to the area. They have many won­der­ful stor­ies to tell about the area’s rich his­tory and cul­ture ... Continued

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Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Adventures in South Africa

High Altitude, High Energy Fun

Exploring the “Wild Side of the Drakensberg” by foot, pedal, hoof and paddle — Are you look­ing for adven­ture, exhil­ar­a­tion and vari­ety from your next hol­i­day? Wild Mountain Adventures based in the stun­ning Eastern Cape Highlands has the per­fect answer. Their ‘High 5’ adven­ture trail offers you the chance to explore “The Wild Side of the Drakensberg” using a dif­fer­ent mode of trans­port each day: hik­ing, moun­tain bik­ing, horse rid­ing and river rafting ...

This is your chance to get away from it all in a pristine moun­tain envir­on­ment. No work, no cell­phones, no traffic. Just clean air, great food and the chance to have an adven­ture you will never for­get ... Continued

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Thursday, 13 August 2009

Visit the Drakensberg

The Drakensberg moun­tain range, trans­lated from Dutch as Dragon’s Mountains, is the most extens­ive in South Africa, span­ning a dis­tance of around 1000m, and boasts the highest peak in Southern Africa, Thabana Ntlenyana, at 3482m in height. This par­tic­u­lar peak was named by the Lesotho people, and means “nice little moun­tain” in SeSotho, how­ever, there are many other fam­ous peaks within the range, includ­ing Cathedral Peak, Giant’s Castle, and other mys­ter­i­ously named and majestic peaks ... Continued

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Thursday, 16 July 2009
Adventures in South Africa

The Eight Mountain Passes of the Eastern Cape Drakensberg

By Kate Nelson — Barkly East, Eastern Cape

The Eight Mountain Passes of the Eastern Cape Drakensberg (includ­ing the highest dirt road in South Africa)The Eastern Cape Drakensberg is a devel­op­ing and unspoiled area, per­fect for 4x4 enthu­si­asts and cur­rently offer­ing superb value for money. For the ulti­mate driv­ing adven­ture com­bin­ing spec­tac­u­lar moun­tain views with some of the highest passes in South Africa, see if you can com­plete the ‘Eight Passes Challenge’ ... Continued

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Tuesday, 30 June 2009

New Photographs of South Africa

Thanks to every­body that has taken the trouble to sub­mit pho­to­graphs to us. We've selec­ted some of them to dis­play at South Africa Photographs, July 2009. We'll be upload­ing more as they come in. Please keep them com­ing! We par­tic­u­larly liked this one that came in today taken in the Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal ... Continued

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Thursday, 7 September 2006

Take in the majestic Drakensberg at Tamakwa

Tamakwa Country Lodge

Tamakwa Country Lodge

Joshua and Gabby are two lov­ing golden Labradors who are likely to give you an effus­ive greet­ing at the four-star Tamakwa Country Lodge nestled in Rosetta, above a scenic river walk with a strik­ing view of the majestic Drakensberg. The lodge offers lux­ury bed and break­fast accom­mod­a­tion with com­fort­able cot­tage ambi­ence, a lovely log fire and spec­tac­u­lar views from beau­ti­fully appoin­ted verandas.

We stayed in the pristine two bed­room Lavender Cottage sur­roun­ded by blue pan­sies and sat, in the late after­noon on the ver­andah gaz­ing down at the pink brush which hides the delight­ful river­side walk. Trout fish­ing can be arranged, but it was a little chilly to start mess­ing around by the river.

Our cot­tage was beau­ti­fully looked after and lacked for noth­ing. Tamakwa also fea­tures a hid­den treas­ure as far as fab­ulous food is con­cerned, in the shape of young chef Jonathan Crawford who cre­ates a daily four course set menu at The Rose res­taur­ant set within the main lodge and also open to those not stay­ing at the lodge. Continued

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