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The popular activities, Hiking, Birding and Fishing in the Southern Drakensberg The activities that are most popular in the Southern Drakensberg Area are listed below: Hiking: The many hikes and trails of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park offer a suitable choice for any level of fitness and we encourage anyone who enjoys the outdoors to go on a walk or hike within this pristine environment. The crystal clear waters of the rivers and streams remind one of the pureness of what nature was and what it could be again! Sleeping in a cave enclosed by indigenous forest and with water cascading over the front is the most unbelievable experience. The never ending vistas of rolling grasslands and jagged crags, ever changing with weather, season, and time of day, giving each hike a life of its own. A moment in time captured in your memory for it will be different yet as enthralling next time! Use our interactive Southern Drakensberg Map to go on a virtual hike right now -- or use the Hikes of the Southern Drakensberg Page. It is advisable that inexperienced hikers use an experienced mountain guide for the longer walks as the 'Berg's weather can be rather treacherous. Birding: The many endemic & special bird species of the Southern Drakensberg are reason enough for any birder to visit this area. Over 30 edangered or highly edangered species can be found in this area! If you are a foreigner or have little time to battle it out with nature to find "your species", then its most worthwhile to use the services of a experienced bird guide or Tour Company such as Stuart McLean. Fishing: When one talks of fishing in the Southern Drakensberg, it's most likely flyfishing for Rainbow or Brown Trout. The area boasts more fly fishing opportunities than any other district in South Africa, with many rivers and dams that are suitable for trout. The rivers; Ngwangwane, Ndawana, Mzimude, uMzimkhulu, uMzimkhulwana, Mkhomosana, Pholela, Pholelana, uMkhomazi, iNzinga, Lotheni and the Mooi River, are all crystal clear cool waters, rising deep within the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park. Southern Drakensberg fly fishing infrastructures range from accommodation establishments which offer fly fishing simply as one of a number of recreation activities, to the dedicated and highly specialised Brown and Rainbow Trout fly fishing resorts such as the renowned Giants Cup Wilderness Reserve - this stunning destination is bordered on three sides by the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park! For something a little different you can go on a fly fishing adventure to the Tsani River in the highlands of Lesotho. The Tsani, located near the Sani Pass, is full of wild spawned rainbow trout that will test your fly fishing skills to the limit! Sani Pass tours and fly fishing excursions to Lesotho are offered by Major Adventures. The Southern Drakensberg Guide:
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