The Zulu people named it 'Ukhahlamba' and the Dutch Voortrekkers 'The Dragon Mountain'. The Drakensberg Mountains, with their awe-inspiring basalt cliffs, snowcapped in winter, tower over riverine bush, lush yellowwood forests and cascading waterfalls, form a massive barrier separating KwaZulu-Natal from the Kingdom of Lesotho. The only road access to the Drakensberg is via Sani Pass, which at the top, boasts the highest pub on Africa, 3 000 metres above sea level.
Combining sheer natural beauty with a wealth of biological diversity, this 243 000 hectare mountainous region known the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park has been preserved and venerated for eons since the San people or bushmen roamed these slopes. Tens of thousands of paintings depicting their daily life can be found on the rock faces, and in December 2000, the park received international recognition and was declared KwaZulu-Natal's second World Heritage Site.
The sheer natural beauty of this place is hard to beat. I don't think that it's possible to take a bad photo here. Everywhere you look there is a postcard perfect vista staring back at you. I spent 4 days at a place called http://www.sanivalley.co.za/index.htm. It is a private game lodge situated at the base of the Sani Pass in the Southern Drakensberg, overlooking a 260-acre lake. The lake is one of the most well known Fly Fishing spots in the entire Drakensberg region. I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story:
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