Drakensberg Mountains
South African Tourism
Johannesburg, South Africa
The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain range is the highest in South Africa and offers incredible natural beauty and a wealth of recreational activities. Because of its range of plant life and the richest collection of San rock paintings in Africa, it has been declared a World Heritage Site.
The spectacular and ancient uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain range is Southern Africa's highest range, peaking at 3 475m and stretching for more than 1 000km from north-east to south-west across the landscape.
In Zulu the range is known as uKhahlamba, meaning 'barrier of spears', which does justice to its dramatic basalt buttresses. Early settlers called it the Drakensberge, because they believed it resembled a dragon's back.
- Title: Drakensberg Mountains
- Location Created: Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: Scenic Outdoors
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