The Central Drakensberg stretches from Injasuti Camp via Hillside to Giant's Castle and includes the Giant's Castle Game Reserve.
Hillside is best known for its guided horse trails. The mountain scenery is most impressive in Injasuti, with Cathkin Peak, Monk's Cowl and Champagne Castle dominating the landscape.
A major attraction among the 160 bird species recorded in the Giant's Castle Game Reserve is the Bearded vulture (Lammergeier). With a wingspan of up to 2,6 m, it is one of the most impressive raptors in flight, capable of reaching velocities of up to 230 km/h. About 40 of the mere 200 breeding pairs in central southern Africa breed in the Drakensberg.
Lammergeier is a misnomer, as it suggests that this species preys on lambs. Its diet consists mainly of bones which are swallowed whole or shattered by dropping them onto a rock slab.
The Marble Baths are natural rock pools and slides, where the sandstone bedrock of the Drakensberg has been polished by the Buttress Fork st...
This is a great hike, especially as a testing one-day outing for anyone staying a while in the Cathedral area. The slopes here are dotted wi...
The first known ascent of the pass was by David Gray and Major Grantham, who was doing a military survey of Natal in 1861 (and of Champagne ...
This is probably the longest way you could find to get between these two points. Cathedral peak and Didima, or on to Monk's Cowl station, so...
The Drakensberg Experience is located in the midlands of the Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa. The route is centred on the Drakensberg...
Why this cave should be one of only four set aside for hikers to overnight in, in the most popular area of the Drakensberg, is a mystery, bu...
This is a steep walk, but it's really short. It takes in two landmarks and offers lovely views of the Little Berg and Escarpment wall, espec...
This is a popular walk, and no wonder since it is one of the most beautiful in all the Drakensberg, and easy enough for even small children....
Start your hike at the Cavern (pick up a map at reception) and head for the pimple on the ridge line behind the resort. From the Cavern’s ...
What does 'easy' mean, exactly, when hiking in the Berg? The fact that this walk is short in distance does not mean it's a walk around Zoo L...
This hike is one of those intravenous walks where over a shortish, almost direct route you get high really quickly; not so much in total alt...
This is one of the most popular summit hikes in the Drakensberg, but it's not easy. That is to say it's a slog. But what views!...
This hike can be done from either Cathedral or Monk's Cowl, as the Nkwazi is a tributary of the eMhlawazini that converges at Solar Cliffs, ...
This was a well-known and often used cave in the golden days of Berg exploration, but in the past few decades has been very much overlooked ...