- Southern Drakensberg
The Southern Drakensberg is a beautiful area leading up into the Drakensberg and Lesotho. It includes Sani Pass, The Kamberg Nature Reserve and the Loteni Nature reserve.
- Howick
Originally a ferry crossing, now the crossroads between the Berg, the Battlefields and adventures
- The Battlefields
You can get your fill of historic events here as many Anglo, Boer and Zulu wars were fought here.
- Pietermaritzburg
The area makes a great base for exploring the Drakensberg and heading off into Leostho. There is heaps to do in the nearby vicinity with mountains, rivers and more offering themselves up for fun activities.
- Central Drakensberg
The Central Drakensberg is made up of Giant’s Castle, Injasuti, Champagne Castle and Cathedral Peak. It's a place that calls to your soul.
- Northern Drakensberg
The northern section includes the Royal Natal National Park and the spectacular Golden Gate National Park in the Free State.
- Kestell
Sleep in a lovely old house, sample some delicious home made jam…and take some travelling with you.
- Boston Drakensberg
Boston is located at the foot of the mighty Drakensberg mountains. it is also part of the midlands meander.
Bulwer
Bulwer has two backapcking hostels in it and lies at the foot of the Drakensberg monutains.
Adventure in the Berg
Located at the foothills of the Drakensberg where rolling hills give way to forests and green fields are sprinkled with plump cattle and fish-filled dams and lakes, this is top adventure territory. Take to the skies, slip into the water, head for the hills or put your name down for any number of adrenaline pumping pursuits.
Located at the foothills of the Drakensberg where rolling hills give way to forests and green fields are sprinkled with plump cattle and fish-filled dams and lakes, this is top adventure territory. Take to the skies, slip into the water, head for the hills or put your name down for any number of adrenaline pumping pursuits.
Marutswa forest
The Marutswa Forest Boardwalk is built on an old logging site used in the late 1800s and is named after a local Zulu Man ‘Mahustjwa’ who harvested Sneezewood trees to sell as railway sleepers. The lower walk of the contour trail is part of the old logging route which was used by oxen and mules to drag timber for sale in Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Objective
The Marutswa Forest Trail & Boardwalk, located close to the quaint country village of Bulwer on the R617, is a joint initiative between the SappiWWF TreeRoutes Partnership. Local conservation group, The Bulwer Biosphere. BirdLife South Africa and the Southern KZN Birding Route have incorporated the site into the route.
It is a wonderful testament to the power of local people in co-operation with both the business and wildlife communities in their combined determination to conserve.
The Marutswa Forest Boardwalk is built on an old logging site used in the late 1800s and is named after a local Zulu Man ‘Mahustjwa’ who harvested Sneezewood trees to sell as railway sleepers. The lower walk of the contour trail is part of the old logging route which was used by oxen and mules to drag timber for sale in Durban and Pietermaritzburg.
Objective
The Marutswa Forest Trail & Boardwalk, located close to the quaint country village of Bulwer on the R617, is a joint initiative between the SappiWWF TreeRoutes Partnership. Local conservation group, The Bulwer Biosphere. BirdLife South Africa and the Southern KZN Birding Route have incorporated the site into the route.
It is a wonderful testament to the power of local people in co-operation with both the business and wildlife communities in their combined determination to conserve.
Places to Stay
- Wild Sky Paragliding
Train to become a paraglider or just hang around groundside.
Feeling lucky?(randomly selected service providers from all regions)
Adventure and cultural tours in Mozambique, Kruger and Botswana.
(Malkerns,Swaziland)
This Swaziland backpackers is located in the Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary and offers an incredible African experience.
(MbabaneSwazi,Swaziland)
Lying on the border of Mozambique high in the mountains, this is a community owned camp with good facilities.
(Eastern Swaziland,Swaziland)
0860 HIRE CAR - kinda says it all…
(Johannesburg,Johannesburg)
This Hluhluwe backpackers is conveniently situated for easy access to Hluhluwe/iMfolozi park.
(Hluhluwe,Zululand)
Jikeleza backpackers in PE offers advice on everything and do bookings for anything, to anywhere.
(Port Elizabeth,Sunshine Coast)
Situated in a milkwood forest on large grounds, the Beach House has an incredible view of the coastline and Dolphin’s Point.
(Wilderness,Garden Route)
These are usually air-conditioned “luxury buses” which have on-board toilets and a hostess who occasionally offers you a sugary drink or blanket. “Chicken (pack ‘em and stack ‘em) busses” are cheaper, less spacious, more crowded, more likely to be fun (if you have a sense of humour) and more likely to break down. In some areas they may be the only bus service and are unlikely to have a strict timetable.
(Not Set / NA,Not set / NA)
Explore off the beaten track., adventuring as you go. They take you there, drop you off and pick you up again.
(Southern Drakensberg,Drakensberg Backpacker Hostels)
You are not seeing double, Jollyboys Camp is the new kid on the block in Livingstone
(Livingstone,Zimbabwe and Zambia)
