Mountain Splendour Eco-Resort

Start your stay by wringing every drop of activity out of the area around Mountain Splendour Eco-Resort: try whitewater rafting, quad biking and abseiling at Four Rivers Rafting, ziplining and paintball at Champagne Castle Adventure Centre and, during term time, catch a Wednesday afternoon concert at the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, all within 10 minutes’ drive. There’s so much to do in the area that you’d be forgiven for not bothering to go any further afield, but it’s certainly worth the jaunt, especially if you’re a fan of the vino or craft brews: Drakensberg Brewery is five minutes down the road, Cathedral Peak Wine Estate is half an hour from the site, and there are tons more of both around an hour away. Want to get out in nature while you’re here? Visit the bees in their glass hives at Scrumpy Jack’s, the birds of prey at Falcon Ridge and the reptiles at Dragon Rock, then forge ahead to Spioenkop Nature Reserve, 30 minutes away (for boating, fishing and horseback game viewing – watch out for rhinos, giraffes and elands), or the UNESCO World Heritage Site of uKhahlamba-Drakensberg National Park, 10 minutes from Mountain Splendour.