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
Dragonview Lodge
Welcome to Dragonview Lodge. The first of its kind in the central Drakensberg, Dragonview Lodge is an environmentally sustainable boutique hotel....
Ledges Retreat Guest Farm
Ledges Retreat Guest Farm offers bed & breakfast and self catering accommodation in a stunning area with scenic surroundings. There are a number ...
Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse
Cleopatra Mountain Farmhouse is a world renowned gourmet getaway, idyllically situated on the edge of a trout filled dam and surrounded by the Gi...
Cedar Garden
Cedar Garden is a spacious, well-appointed home set in a large cared for garden in the popular village of Underberg. Our centrally situated upmar...
Aloe at Wyford Farm
Aloe is a cottage located on a small working farm, in the mountainous area off Van Reenen Pass in KwaZulu Natal. Guests are accommodated in separ...
Hlogoma Mountain Lodge
Hlogoma Mountain Lodge offers Underberg self catering and is close to the Hlogoma Mountain and overlooks the dams and farm fields. Close to calve...
ANEW Resort Ingeli Forest
Nestled below the Ingeli Mountains and surrounded by beautiful indigenous forests, Ingeli Forest Resort is the ideal place to unwind! Treat yours...
Umzimkulu Giant Cabin
Umzimkulu Giant Cabin is a secluded log holiday home in Underberg sleeping 12 guests. There is a spacious open plan fully equipped kitchen, loung...
Far Hills Guesthouse
Far Hills Guesthouse is located in the central Drakensberg, en route to Champagne Sports Resort, and neighbours Valley Bakery. It has always been...
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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