Global Aviator South Africa - May 2018

36 Vol. 10 / No. 5 / May 2018 Global Aviator

It was with a deep

yearning for the healing

that only the Drakensberg

Mountains can bring

me that I delved into

that modern wonder

of information – the

internet – in search of

something unique, not the

usual holiday gumpff

It was March 2017 and by that time

accommodation in the Drakensberg

was almost impossible to find. Then

I came across it – Diddly Squat, Zulu

Hut and Inkunzi Cave. Visions of Zulu

impis rampaging over the peaks and

taking over some nondescript cave

flitted through my mind as I clicked

on the virtual tour. I was hooked.

As December crawled closer I

regularly indulged in an appetiser by

watching the virtual tour again and

again. Even better news for our family

was that our little Scottish Terrier would

be a welcome visitor and so Nessie,

her toys and bed went into the car as

well. The drive to the off-ramp towards

Winterton is always boring but as we

headed deeper into the mountains, along

a road that twisted and turned, we all

started relaxing with Nessie by this time

sticking her sharp nose right against the

window to see where we were going.

The property lay just past Dragon

Peaks, home to the Drakensberg Boys

Choir, and as we drove in and got that

all important first glimpse of our home

for the next two weeks, I was amazed.

We had entered a time machine –

going backwards to time of huts, rock

paintings and caves. The Zulu Hut

was all that I had imagined and more.

Built from rock and with the traditional

shape it also had an extension for the

Diddly

Squat,

Zulu Hut

and

Inkunzi

Cave

by Charmaine de Villiers

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