CATHEDRAL PEAK HOTEL - DRAKENSBERG

CATHEDRAL PEAK HOTEL - DRAKENSBERG

KwaZulu Natal, Hotel

Cathedral Peak Hotel in the majestic Drakensberg Mountains of KwaZulu-Natal, offers family-friendly accommodation and outdoor activities.

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Cathedral Peak Hotel, in the majestic Drakensberg, offers superb accommodation and various outdoor activities. Cathedral Peak Hotel is a prestigious family-friendly resort and premier conference venue.

The hotel is set amid spectacular scenery, an abundance of birdlife, rich vegetation and ancient rock art. Located in the Northern Drakensberg of KwaZulu-Natal, it is approximately 250 kilometres from Durban and about 46 kilometres from Winterton, the nearest town.

ACCOMMODATION

The en-suite standard rooms and standard thatched rooms are ideally situated in the beautiful hotel gardens and can accommodate between 2 and 4 guests.

The deluxe suites have a private veranda and garden and the Inter-leading family deluxe rooms accommodate up to four guests in either twin or double beds. All hotel rooms with en-suite bathrooms with both bath and shower, provide tea and coffee making facilities, heaters, telephones and televisions.

The luxurious executive or honeymoon rooms, boast a large four poster bed, television, and telephone, mini bar fridge, electric fireplace, under floor heating, spa bath, and private veranda with spectacular mountain views.

The Presidential Suite boasts a fireplace, spa bath, steam bath, under floor heating, two televisions with full DSTV, air-conditioning, and electric curtains opening onto a private veranda with fantastic mountain views. Guests staying in the Presidential Suite will have the use of a private golf cart for the duration of their stay.

DINING

Superb culinary creations can be enjoyed in the stylish dining room. All meals are personally overseen by the hotel's team of top-class chefs.

CHILDREN

Being a family-friendly retreat, the hotel has range of children's facilities including pony rides, a children's playground, heated paddling pool, jumping castle, trampoline and much more.

A separate children's dining room provides younger children with nutritious meals, toys and entertainment. Babysitters are available on request.

ACTIVITIES

A wide range of activities can be enjoyed at Cathedral Peak Hotel and include daily guided hikes, spectacular waterfalls, walks to ages old rock art, fly fishing, mountain and quad biking, helicopter flips, horse and pony rides, swimming pools, tennis, squash, lawn bowls, golf (9-hole golf course) floodlit mini adventure golf, and many more.

Activities and sightseeing in the surrounding areas of the Drakensberg

Drakensberg Canopy Tour
Fly fishing in the Drakensberg
Golf in the Drakensberg
Excursions to various sites of San Rock Art
Helicopter Tours
Midlands Meander
Wine Tasting in the Drakensberg Mountains and Midlands Meander
Falcon Ridge Bird of Prey Sanctuary
Historic Battlefield Tours
Drakensberg Boys Choir

CONFERENCE

Boasting 5 fully equipped conference venues, accommodating up to 200 delegates, all-inclusive conference packages are designed to cater for either large conferences or smaller management meetings.

Various theme evenings, gala dinners, champagne breakfasts and barbecues can be facilitated for conference delegates per prior arrangement.

WEDDINGS & HONEYMOONS

There is a choice of wedding reception venues against the magnificent backdrop of the spectacular Cathedral Peak mountain range.

The honeymoon suites are designed to create a sense of luxury, intimate ambience and boasts a king-size bed, wall-mounted LCD television, mini-bar fridge, electric fireplace, under-floor heating and spa bath.

WILDLIFE & NATURE

The area of Cathedral Peak is surrounded by wilderness and guests at the hotel can enjoy some of the most spectacular mountain scenery imaginable. The peak is bordered by Mdedeleo and Mlambonja wilderness areas. A selection of meandering trails through mountain scenery, streams, waterfalls, pools and overgrown trees make wandering this terrain a unique walking experience.

The mountains of uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park are one of only 28 World Heritage Sites that are of both cultural and natural global significance. Besides the spectacular views, the peaks, valleys, marshlands and hills are brimming with various wildlife. There are more than 2500 plant species in the Drakensberg Alpine Centre, of which 334 are found nowhere else, while 594 of these are near-endemic.

The area is one of southern Africa’s eight major centres of diversity of amphibians and reptiles. Birdlife is abundant with 311 bird species recorded in the area, including the vulnerable Cape vulture and the endangered Bearded vulture. At least 44 dragonfly and 74 butterfly species were recorded in the area.

There are 64 animal species in the park. The park protects the country’s largest populations of Cape clawless otter and spotted-necked otter, both of which thrive in the streams and rivers that flow off the Drakensberg mountains.

uKhahlamba-Drakensberg has one of the most concentrated collections of rock paintings in the world. There are more than 40 000 individual paintings across 1000 caves and shelters.

The oldest paintings date back approximately 7000 years but on average, most of the art is approximately 4 000 years old. The Drakensberg has some of the world’s most concentrated collections of rock art.

LOCATION

Cathedral Peak Hotel is situated in the northern Drakensberg region, Kwa Zulu Natal and approximately 250 kilometres from Durban and 400 kilometres from Johannesburg.

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