The Northern Drakensberg, renowned for its dramatic landscapes and epic hikes, is home to KwaZulu Natal’s newest nature reserve.
The 6 500ha Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve, which was formally gazetted on April 18, adds to a conservation corridor connecting the adjacent uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu Natal (declared a World Heritage Site in 2000) to the Sterkfontein Nature Reserve in the Free State.
The new reserve is made up of 19 properties owned by 11 private landowners who saw the value of protecting their land in perpetuity and contributing towards securing the country’s poorly protected grassland biome and strategic water source areas.
The Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve includes several established resorts…