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CHAMPAGNE SPORTS RESORT
The Congress is going to be held at Champagne Sports Resort
located in the Central Drakensberg - Champagne Valley.
Situated in the tranquility of the Central Drakensberg, boasting
the most spectacular view of Champagne Castle and Cathkin
Peak, lies Champagne Sports Resort. This cosy hideaway’s
unique combination of convenient location, country club
atmosphere, luxury accommodation and friendly staff makes
packing your bags to leave this wonderful place a challenge.
Champagne Sports Resort is more than a hotel in the
mountains, it is an experience. F rom the 18-hole championship
golf course to the roaming herds of Blesbok and Impala and
the rare birdlife that inhibit the estate, there is something for
everyone to enjoy.
Champagne Sports Resort offers a venue where
accommodation and Congress are at one venue providing
convenience and meeting every expectation of all delegates
and trade representatives.
From the moment you arrive at our front door you will feel the
stress of the city has been left far behind. Self-contained, free
standing thatched cottages provide the finest accommodation,
and delectable fare and sumptuous banquets are coupled with
every possible creature comfort which makes Champagne
Sports Resort the ultimate ‘berg’ experience.
Click here
to download resort map
Address:
Central Drakensberg, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Private Bag X9, Winterton, 3340, South Africa
Telephone: +27 36 468 8000
Facsimile: +27 36 468 1072
Website: www.champagnesportsresort.com
Contact person: Jo-anne Cooper
Email: conferences@champagnesportsresort.com
The Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa or uKhahlamba
(the Barrier of Spears) is a 200-kilometre-long mountainous
wonderland and world heritage site. The largest
proportion of the Drakensberg area falls in the province of
KwaZulu-Natal.
The Zulu people named it ‘Ukhahlamba’ and the Dutch
Voortrekkers ‘The Dragon M ountain’. The Drakensberg
Mountains, with their awe-inspiring basalt cliffs, snowcapped
in winter, tower over riverine bush, lush yellowwood forests
and cascading waterfalls, form a massive barrier separating
KwaZulu-Natal from the Kingdom of Lesotho. The only road
access to the Drakensberg is via Sani Pass, which at the top,
boasts the highest pub in Africa, 3 000 metres above sea
level.
Combining sheer natural beauty with a wealth of biological
diversity, this 243 000 hectare mountainous region known as
the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park has been preserved and
venerated for eons since the San people or bushmen roamed
these slopes. Tens of thousands of paintings depicting their
daily life can be found on the rock faces, and in December
2000, the park received international recognition and was
declared KwaZulu-Natal’s second World Heritage Site.
In 1905 three years after the Anglo-Boer War - the colonial
government constructed a weir across the Little Thukela
River and founded an irrigation settlement here called
Springfield renamed Winterton in 1910. Winterton is situated
in beautiful foothills and main access point to the Central
Drakensberg, this typical pioneer settlement offers a very
relaxed atmosphere. It serves the large community of maize,
wheat and beef farmers.
The Drakensberg experiences hot summer days and
refreshingly cool evenings. H owever its winters are extremely
cold, sometimes with heavy snowfalls.
Click here to download
Drakensberg map
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