Drakensberg Boys Choir

The world renowned Drakensberg Boys Choir School is situated next to the Dragon Peaks Park en route to Monks Cowl Camp.

The coir draws inspiration for its exuberant performances from the beatiful surroundings.

Every Wednesday during term, a concert is held in the school’s auditorium. Reservations are essential.

Web – Email – Tel: 036 468 1012 – Fax: 036 468 1017

Falcon Ridge

Situated on the R600 – 2km past Drakensberg Boys Choir

Visit Falcon Ridge and witness and amazing birds of prey display!

Daily flights 10h30 (except Fridays)

Tel 082 774 6398 – Fax 036 468 1752

KwaZulu Weavers

Are you interested in candles and rugs. If so then pop in and see what we have to offer…

Rugs can enhance any room as a decorative hanging.

Redecorate your home by moving your rugs around. Its like moving home without all the relocation expenses.

Web – Email – Tel 036 488 1657 – Fax 036 468 1658

Treks Trips and Tours

In Champagne Valley, in the Central Drakensberg region of KwaZulu Natal, you find Treks, Trips & Trails. It is beautifully set in the Drakensberg foothills near Winterton and is central to some of the best tourist offerings in the Zulu Kingdom.

Our specific aim is to add a little extra to your time in our beautiful province by showing you some of those hidden places and not so often travelled routes.

Some options to consider:

• Off the beaten track trips by 4×4 – a must for the adventurous
• Game reserve tours – see the ‘Big 5′ or even the rare white lions
• Birding trips – from birds of prey to a trip on Bell Park dam teaming with bird-life
• Sani Pass and Lesotho – up early or stay over at Africa’s highest pub

You have the luxury of customising your tour to best meet your wishes.

Web – email – Tel: 083 301 8412 – Fax: 036 488 1846

Winterton Museum

Midst this beautiful area lies the Winterton Museum. It was officially opened in 1993 by Mrs Sheila Henderson and is certainly worth a visit. This is a community museum and represents living history, telling the story of the people in the area, both past and present.

Everyone is there. The guys from the early and late stone age, the early and late iron age, the guys who fled from Shaka’s invading armies during the Mfecane, the first white fellows; the San, the Voortrekkers and the early English settlers. Part of the joy of this museum is that you can walk out into the street and meet a descendant of one of the folk whose photographs you saw inside.

Local people of the Ngwane tribe built genuine grass huts next to the museum, using materials they have collected themselves the way their ancestors did. There is a collection of photos of San rock art on display, along with old farm implements donated by local farmers.

Winterton Museum Display

Mr Carel Hollenbach donated an outstanding private collection of Boer war books. If you are planning on a visit to the battlefields while you’re in the area, make use of the reading room to brush up on some facts. Many battlefield guides have used the books.

Farming Equipment on display

Then there is the blacksmith shop, complete with tools and equipment and the one thing the Winterton Museum is renowned for is the Weston Caravan. Maximillian John Ludwich Weston designed many electrical and mechanical devices for which he held world patent rights and wrote several books. Assisted by his cousin he put the first electric lights into the Paris Opera House and became the first man in South Africa to build a powered flying machine. For the caravan on display he bought a truch chassis, a 1918 model commerce and commerce and built the caravan onto it. The family toured from Cape Town, through Africa, Europe, including Italy, Bulgaria, Chechoslovakia and Greece before settling in the area in 1933.

A museum display

History is alive and well in Winterton.

This small museum is well worth a visit and has fascinating displays on the history of farming in the area, the early inhabitants, a reconstructed Zulu beehive kraal, gallery of Bushman paintings as well as displays on the Boer War Battles of Spionkop and Vaalkrans.

Open Mon-Fri 08h00-15h00 Sat 09h00-12h00

Churh Rd opposite local school.

email – Tel: 036 488 1885 – Fax: 036 488 1194