Seldom is an award-winning hotel and a birding hotspot found in the same place. Nestling among the mountains of the Drakensberg, near the beginnings of the great Tugela River, is a paradise for nature lovers called The Cavern. This family run hotel is conveniently situated half way between Gauteng and Durban and offers very affordable […]
The Cavern nestles happily at the head of the valley offering grand views of faraway sandstone outcrops and spectacular sunrises. Welcome to the outdoors – there is much to do… Activities for 2025 If you can dream it, you can do it. – Walt Disney Our work is to create beauty, to make the land
Birds, trees, flowers, medicinal plants and mountains. Discover the wonder of nature at the Cavern this weekend. Join one or all of these fascinating activities to learn how the trees, birds, rocks, mountains and people of this place, past and present, fit together in a marvellous way. John Roff is a highly regarded professional nature
2025 Yoga Retreats 31 Jan – 3 February | 23 – 26 May | 5 – 8 September | 7 – 10 November Helen Garner | yoga everywhere teaches Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. This is a challenging and fun style of yoga and the really great thing about it is that a total beginner can do
by Nikki Brighton Wherever you find humans, you find weeds. Weeds are pioneer plants doing the healing work where the Earth has been disturbed. Many of these plants have been valued in the past as food and medicine. Unfortunately, in some communities, this important knowledge has been lost. People living close to the land in
hosted by Zelda Welgemoed Unleash Your Creative Spirit at The Cavern with our Mandala Dot Art Painting Course – Discover the dot artist within you. The colours and the canvas await. Nestled within the majestic embrace of the northern Drakensberg lies a haven of artistic wonder. Here, where the mountains whisper their secrets, you’ll find
With Elsa Pooley Explore the Drakensberg wild flowers and trees with Elsa Pooley, author of Mountain Flowers, A field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho! These weekends are a great introduction to flower and tree “watching” and also an opportunity for the more knowledgeable to get to know the mountain plants. The
Foraging Weekend with Nikki Brighton Nikki is a forager, locavore, and activist who lives a creative life and believes that we should all eat more weeds – that is the nutrient dense food and medicine which is growing all around us. During lockdown her fame as a weed eater grew widely – mostly due to
with Lee Fuller Lee Fuller camps are usually 2 to 3 days in duration. The small groups of fully supervised kids are afforded the freedom to be kids outdoors. We safely teach them the skills needed to stay safe, warm and dry outdoors. The themes of conservation, resilience, responsibility and accountability, run strongly in our
An informative tour of the night sky with Tim Cooper, including seeing galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn through a large telescope.
