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Bergville - Northern Drakensberg South Africa

The small town of Bergville is the gateway to the Northern Drakensberg and there is an office of the Drakensberg Publicity Association in Bergville s centre. The third Friday of each month sees the local cattle sales. Less than 50km from the towering Amphitheatre of the Royal Natal National Park, this ideally-situated agricultural and trading centre of Bergville was laid out in 1897 by a retired sea captain.

Bergville - Northern Drakensberg South Africa

British forces built a blockhouse in the settlement two years later at the onset of the Anglo-Boer War - that building is now a Monument and Museum within the grounds of the local Court House.

The blockhouse built by the British stands in the grounds of the Courthouse and is the only surviving blockhouse in KwaZulu-Natal. Between Bergville and the Royal Natal National Park is the Zulu handicraft center of Thandanani that sells a variety of traditional beadwork, woodwork and baskets.

Not far from the town is the Spioenkop Battlefield and Dam resort and the Rangeworthy Cemetery that holds the graves of those killed in the battles of Spioenkop and Bastion Hill.

Recommended accommodation for the Bergville region

• The Antbear Guest House  

• Vergezient Mountain Retreat - Affordable luxury with stunning views of the Northern Drakensberg

• The Cavern - Accommodation in the Northern Drakensberg near Bergville Lovely family hotel.

• Little Switzerland - Resort Accommodation in the Northern Drakensberg near Bergville I know lots of people who like this place but not me. Its not african at all and to me looks completely out of place

• Bingelela - Drakensberg breakaway near Bergville in the Northern Drakensberg As a Bergville 1 night stopover Bingelela is the place. If you stay in the area longer I think you can find nicer places.

• The Berg house and cottages - Affordable Self Catering near Bergville

• Alpine Heath Resort & Conference Village Too big for may taste but I cannot fault what is offered

• Montusi Mountain Lodge - Northern Drakensberg luxury accommodation near Bergville Montusi offers lovely upmarket accommodation. I wish the prices were not quite so upmarket as I would like to stay here more often.

• Easby Guesthouse - Accommodation in Bergville

• Drakensville - Lodging in the Northern Drakensberg 

• The Homestead - Guest Lodge, B&B or Self Catering Accommodation in Geluksburg near Bergville

• Caterpillar Catfish Cookhouse - Guest house accommodation at the top of Olivierhoep Pass near Bergville I recommend the cajan cooking. If I can stop over when I pass this way I usually do. 

• Drifters Inn - Budget accommodation in the Northern Drakensberg near Bergville

Bergville Links

• Request information about accommodation in the Bergville

• Accommodation in Bergville from SafariNow.Com

• Mont aux Sources

• Royal Natal National Park

• Spieonkop

• Tugela Falls, Sentinel Peak and the Amphitheatre

• The Battlefields

• Bergville

• Bergville - South Africa Tours

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