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268  THE EAST C O AST AND INTERIOR

Exploring the Wild Coast,
Drakensberg and Midlands Mbabane
Ermelo
The remote Lesotho highlands and the Drakens berg, southern Amsterdam
Africa’s highest mountain range, form the backbone of this Vaal Scheepmoor
region. Breathtaking views and streams flowing through
secluded valleys attract nature lovers, hikers, bird-watchers Amersfoort Piet Retief
and trout fisher men. A plateau dotted with traditional Xhosa Johannesburg Perdekop Richards Bay
huts lies between the mountains and the Wild Coast’s Johannesburg Dirkiesdorp
sheltered coves and forested cliffs. North of here, in Vrede Klip Volksrust Commondale
the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, a pastoral land scape of Edenville Laingsnek Pass Balelesberg Bivane
Ingogo
green hills and forest patches serves as the perfect Kroonstad FREE ST AT E Utrecht Bivane
backdrop for charming country hotels, myriad arts Odendaalsrus Vals Reitz Warden Newcastle Vryheid
and crafts enterprises and dairy farms. Lindley Molen
Welkom Steynsrus Danielsrus BATTLEFIELDS TOUR Blood River
Virginia Ventersburg Bethlehem Fort Mistake Dundee
Allemanskraal Nqutu
Dam GOLDEN GATE Harrismith Glencoe
Theunissen Senekal HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK Van Reenens KWAZULU-
Pass
Winburg Rosendal Ladysmith NATAL
Bloemfontein Clarens SPIOENKOP DAM
Marquard Royal Natal NATURE RESERVE
Ficksburg National Park Winterton
Clocolan Hlotse Cathedral UKHAHLAMBA-DRAKENSBERG
PARK
Peak
Teyateyaneng Champagne Valley & Estcourt
Westminster Monk's Cowl Greytown
Katse Mooi River
Maseru Dam
Katse Giant’s Kamberg
Molimo Nthuse Castle MIDLANDS
Pass MEANDER
Sani Pass Midmar Dam
Wepener Ramabanta LESOTHO Durban
The distant Champagne Castle, Monk’s Cowl and Cathkin Peak Mafeteng PIETERMARITZBURG
in the Drakensberg Mountains Thaba Putsoa Underberg
Bloemfontein Qacha’s D r a k e n s b e r g Donnybrook
Nek
Breipaal Caledon Makhaleng Mohales Hoek
Key
Dupleston Smithfield Zastron
Motorway Quthing Sigoga
Rouxville Port
Major road Orange Shepstone
Goedemoed Sterkspruit Keneka
Minor road
Aliwal North Fort Donald
Untarred road
New England Tina
Scenic route Vineyard Rode Redoubt
Burgersdorp Barkly East
Main railway Clanville Maclear Flagstaff
Minor railway Swempoort Tsitsa Palmerton Mkambati Nature
Bridge
Reserve
International border Steynsburg Dordrecht
Molteno Elliot
Provincial border Mtata Umzimvubu Port Grosvenor
Dam
Pass Wit-Kei Cala
Hofmeyr Lady Frere Mthatha Port St. Johns
Bailey EAST ERN CAPE
Queenstown Tshani
Tarkastad Bolotwa Tsomo Dutywa Coffee Bay
Dwesa
Cradock Nature
Coetzeesberg
Swart-Kei Reserve
Elandsdrift Cathcart Nqamakwe
W i n t e r b e r g WILD COAST
Groot-Kei
Daggaboersnek Stutterheim Komga
Bedford Fort Beaufort Kei Mouth
Bhisho Chintsa
Mdantsane
Port Elizabeth
The memorial laager (encampment) on the site of the East
Battle of Blood River (1838), near Dundee London
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp388–9 and pp406–7
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