Glengarry, Drakensberg
With the Drakensberg Mountain Range as its backdrop, and about 180 kilometres from the capital city of KwaZulu-Natal Province, Durban, lies the holiday hotspot of Glengarry. This places it in some of the prettiest countryside of South Africa.
Due to its idyllic surrounds, Glengarry continues to be the perfect spot for those that want to enjoy the fauna, flora and natural splendour of the South African outdoors. The magnificent Drakensberg Mountain Range is a stone's throw from this town, and promises those with a penchant for the outdoors perfect opportunities to hike, cycle or walk its many trails; discovering the geological, archaeological and natural wonders of this range.
The mountains surrounding Glengarry also boast San art, which visitors will find fascinating as they reveal the lives and customs of ancient civilisations. Other exciting activities in and around Glengarry include river tubing, fishing, golfing, bowling and horse riding.
Glengarry is about fresh air, sunshine and immersing yourself in the untouched beauty of South Africa.
In the vicinity
Hotels & other accommodation options
Dragons Landing Cottage
Dragons Landing Cottage offers Underberg accommodation on the Dragons Landing Guest farm in the Bushmans Nek area. It's a small 40 Hectare farm, ...
Garden Cottage at Wyford
Garden Cottage at Wyford Farm is on a small working farm, located in the mountainous area off Van Reenen Pass. Guests are accommodated in separat...
Dieu Donne Cottage
Dieu Donne Cottage is a self-catering cottage located on a farm just off the Sani Pass Road, in Underberg. The cottage boasts spectacular valley ...
Inkungu Lodge Boutique Hotel
Inkungu Lodge is nestled in the heart of Champagne Valley, and is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Drakensberg mountain range. A bouti...
Champagne Haven
Champagne Haven consists of three privately owned luxury chalets in the Mount Champagne Resort in the Central Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal. Two are...
Splashy Fen Cottage
Splashy Fen Cottage sleeps six people in three bedrooms, and an additional four people in a mezzanine loft room, above the lounge, accessed via a...
Sani Pass Manor Guesthouse
Sani Pass Manor Guesthouse is situated in Himeville in the main street of this small picturesque village that is just five kms. from the town of ...
Penwarn Nguni Cottage
Penwarn Nguni Cottage offers Underberg accommodation at Penwarn Farm Lodge just 25km from the quaint, little town of Underberg. Birdlife is of ab...
Thandanani Cottage
Thandanani Cottage offers Northern Drakensberg accommodation with spectacular Drakensberg mountain views. With its ideal location halfway between...
Things to do in the area
Drakensberg Canopy Tour
Drakensberg accommodation is always special because it promises a place to stay in some of South Africa's most spectacular countryside. The area ...
Noteworthy attractions
Spioenkop Dam Nature Reserve
Lying virtually at the foot of the rugged Spioenkop Mountain, the dam was the site of one of the most bloody battles to ensue during the Anglo-Bo...
Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park
The Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandsto...
Cathedral Peak Nature Reserve
The Cathedral Peak Nature Reserve, with its numerous free standing peaks and magnificent mountain scenery, is one of the most favoured parts of t...
Cobham State Forest
Cobham is situated in the Southern part of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, and is approximately 150 km from Pietermaritzburg. Dominated by Hodgs...
Garden Castle State Forest
Garden Castle is the southern most part of the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park and incorporates the Bushman's Nek Valley. The Garden Castle reserve i...
Giant's Castle Nature Reserve
Historic Giant's Castle Nature Reserve, home of the eland and the majestic bearded vulture, lies in the Central Drakensberg region of the Ukhahla...
Himeville Nature Reserve
The Himeville Nature Reserve stretches along the eastern boundary of Himeville Village and was proclaimed to its present size of 104 ha in 1973. ...
Kamberg Nature Reserve
Kamberg Nature Reserve, one of the smallest of the KZN Wildlife resorts, lies in the foothills of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park - one of the ea...
Lotheni Nature Reserve
Noted for its magnificent scenery and beautiful camp, Lotheni is situated in a remote section of the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park. Many delightful...
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