Drakensberg Tour Guide to accommodation, walking trails, hiking guides and hotels
 
Top 10 "MUST DO" Drakensberg attractions
Game Pass Shelter - Kamberg Rock Art Worlds View Hiking Trail - Giants Castle Central Drakensberg Drakensberg Boys Choir - Central Drakensberg Drakensberg Horse trails Drakensberg hot air ballooning
Game Pass Shelter - The top bushman rock art site situated in Kamberg World View Hiking Trail - An easy and awsome Drakensberg walk at Giants Castle Drakensberg Boys Choir concerts - Most wednesdays the choir inspires the public Drakensberg horse trails in a panoramic vista unsurpassed Hot air ballooning over the Drakensberg region
Sani Pass - A 4x4 experince to to roof of Africa Midlands Meander arts and Crafts Route Tugela Falls Weenen Game Reserve Drakensberg adventure activities
Sani Pass - A 4x4 experience to the roof of Africa Midlands Meander - Arts and Craft route that is the best in South Africa The Tugela Falls - The second hightest waterfall in the World Game Viewing in Weenen Game Reserve where rhino sightings are almost garenteed The Drakensberg offers exciting adventure activities including white water rafting, microlight flights, canopy tours and abseiling experiences.
Top 5 "ACCOMMODATION" recommendations for the Drakensberg
Sani Pass - A 4x4 experince to to roof of Africa Worlds View Hiking Trail - Giants Castle Central Drakensberg Drakensberg Boys Choir - Central Drakensberg Game Pass Shelter - Kamberg Rock Art White Water Rafting - The drakensberg also offers quad biking, canopy tours and nicrolighting
Antbear Guest House - Best situated to experience all the top Drakensberg attractions Ardmore Guest Farm - A beautiful location in the Champagne Valley specialses in family accommodation Drakensberg Mountain Retreat - Northen Drakensberg with the best view anywhere Drakensberg Cave Lodge - Romantic and intimate this luxury cave that includes a jacuzzi bath, fire place and deck with hammock chairs Zingela River Lodge - A paradise on the banks of the Tugela River. Lots of activities and unique accommodation

Drakensberg Nature Reserves
- Royal Natal
- Cathedral Peak
- Mnweni
- Monks Cowl
- Injasuti
- Giants Castle
- Highmoor
- Kamberg
- Lotheni
- Vergelegen
- Sani Pass
- Cobham
- Bushmans Nek

Drakensberg Attractions
- Bushman Rock Art
- Hiking Trails
- Hot air ballooning
- Horse trails
- Helicopter & Microlight flights
- Restaurants
- Arts & Crafts
- Drakensberg Boys Choir
- Canopy Tours
- Midlands Meander
- Fly Fishing
- Game Viewing
- Golf
- White Water rafting
- Birding
- Quad Biking
- 4x4 Offroad trails
- Battlefield Tours
- Wine Tasting
- Museums
- Bicycle tours
- Abseiling
- Wellness & Spas

Drakensberg Towns
- Bergville
- Ladysmith
- Winterton
- Estcourt
- Mooi River
- Weenen
- Underberg
- Himeville
- Rosetta
- Nottingham Road
- Balgowan
- Howick
- Lidgetton
- Currys Post
- Karkloof
- Lions River
- Fort Nottingham
- Hilton
- Dargle

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Mnweni - Northern Drakensberg

Mnweni Culteral Center

In terms of its remoteness, superb wilderness quality, spectacular scenic beauty and living cultural landscape, the Mnweni area offers a unique blend of opportunities unavailable to tourists elsewhere in South Africa.

The rich and vibrant culture of the community and their intimate knowledge of their area has never been tapped – most visitors simply walk straight through the settled community area without stopping.

A combination of opportunities have been explored, utilizing the inherent nature of the landscape, its people and history, set against the backdrop of the environmental and cultural sensitivities and intrinsic wilderness quality.

Mnweni Hiking Trails

  • Icidi Pass
    An extreme round trip of a minimum of 3 days. The hike starts at the Isanlwana Police Post in the Mweni Valley and follows the Icidi River to the escarpment. It requires serious, potentially dangerous rock scrambling, and should only be attempted by experienced, competent mountaineers. In the Icidi Valley which is in upper Tugela area of the KwaZulu-Natal Northern Drakensberg area.
  • Ifidi Pass
    Ifidi Valley, Mnweni. An extreme round trip of a minimum of 3 days. From the Isandlwana Police Post follow the Mnweni River to its junction with the Ifidi River. The route then follows the Ifidi River and up Ifidi Pass. This hike should be led only by competent mountaineers with able parties, as it requires rock climbing. It is a potentially dangerous route.
  • Mbundini and Fangs Passes
    An extreme hike of 2 days (27 kms) Two steep passes in the Mnweni area leading to the top of the escarpment and enclosing Mbundini Abbey Peak. These passes are steep and dangerous and should not be attempted by the inexperienced.
  • Mnweni via Rockeries and Mnweni Passes
    An extreme hike of 4 days (48 kms) An extremely long and difficult hike which begins at the Isandlwana Police Post in the Mnweni area. The first day would take you to the base of the Rockeries Pass, the second to the top and Mponjwane or Ledgers Cave, the third down the base of Mnweni Pass and the fourth back to the police post.
  • nTonyelana Pass
    An extreme round trip of a minimum of 2 days. A long route to the top of the escarpment from the Isandlwana Police Post, following the Ntonjelana River.