Bergville KwaZulu Natal South Africa

The small town Bergville in KwaZulu Natal South Africa and is know as the gateway to the Northern Drakensberg. Bergville hosts an office of the Drakensberg Publicity Association. The third Friday of each month sees the local cattle sales in the Bergville saleyards. Less than 50km from the towering Amphitheatre of Royal Natal, this ideally-situated agricultural and trading centre of Bergville was laid out in 1897 by a retired sea captain. British forces built the Bergville blockhouse in the settlement two years later at the onset of the Anglo-Boer War - that building is now a Monument and Museum within the grounds of the Bergville Court House.

Between Bergville and the Royal Natal National Park is the Zulu handicraft center of Thandanani that sells a variety of traditional beadwork, woodwork and baskets.

Not far from Bergville is the Spioenkop Battlefield and Dam resort and the Rangeworthy Cemetery that holds the graves of those killed in the battles of Spioenkop and Bastion Hill.

Recommended accommodation in the Bergville region of the Northern Drakensberg

• Antbear Guest House - Affordable B&B accommodation near Bergville
• Umsuluzi Game Reserve - Game lodge just outside Bergville
• Bergville B&B Bed & Breakfast situated in the centre of the Northern and Central Drakensberg. Beautiful rooms, good food, swimming pool and bar facilities.+ 27 (0)36 448-2873/4
• Cavern Berg Resort Hotel with Conference facilities. Near Bergville+ 27 (0)36 438-6270 
• Easeby Guest House Homestead in Bergville region + 27 (0)36 448-1128
• Jagersrust Self Catering at the bottom of Oliviershoek Pass + 27 (0)331 43-1217
• Little Switzerland Resort  Hotel with Conference facilities. District Bergville + 27 (0)36 438-6220
• Tendele Royal Natal Drakensberg Park 29 chalets Tendele Royal Natal National Park + 27 (0)36 438-6411
• The Drifters Inn Guest House Oliviershoek Pass near Bergville + 27 (0)36 438-6130
• The Homestead Guest House  26 km from Bergville + 27 (0)36 448-1328
• Karos Mont-Aux-Sources Conference facilities. Mont-aux-Sources, Northern Drakensberg+ 27 (0)36 438-6230

• Amakhulu Central Reservations
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