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Karma Backpackers
Website :www.karmalodge.co.za
Email :karma1@telkomsa.net
Tel. Reception :058 653 1433
Cell :083 442 3973
Physical address........
2 Piet Retief Street
Kestell
9860

A perfectly peaceful position - with mountains all around.

A backpackers at the beginning of the Drakensberg
Arriving at Karma backpackers is like coming home.
The warm welcome, big comfortable beds, homemade jams, cheese, veggie patch and beautiful garden with its view of Sentinel Peak make this lodge something special.
Your hosts supply maps and invaluable firsthand knowledge of local hikes, San paintings and the mountains.
Karma is close to Golden Gate and the Royal Natal Park and less than an hour from the Amphitheatre where you can climb the chain ladders to the very top.

Backpacker Rates
Dorms R100; Doubles R220; Camping R50.
Free internet.
Backpacker Extras

Karma is well stocked with home-made jams, cheese and yoghurt and has free internet access.


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