In April 2024, the Northern Drakensberg Nature Reserve was officially gazetted and another 6500ha of pristine mountain grassland is to be preserved. This gorgeous part of the region is best explored on foot, horseback or through the meandering cycle tracks. With slackpacking becoming a popular option, we decide to explore the idea of developing the […]
In 2002 Bruwer Raats and Mzokhona Mvemve combined their artistry and Mvemve Raats was born. We delve a little deeper to see how paths crossed and what inspired the creation of MR de Compostella. Who is Bruwer Raats and how did he get into producing wines? Bruwer grew up in the Eastern Cape and whilst
The Underground Cellar was built in 2013 and has been a wonderful gathering space at The Cavern for many years. We stock a wide range of excellent South African wines, at good value, and we are fortunate to have many wine tastings through the year. In fact we have about 2000 bottles of wine, representing
We have just returned from a really special book launch in Durban. This book, “South African Indigenous Garden Plants – the gardener’s guide”, has been over a decade in the making and we have seen the hours of labour poured into creating it. Elsa is co-author but she is also host to our Wild Flower
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
It is easy, when pondering the power of possibility, to get caught up in clichés such as, ‘If you can dream it, you can do it.’ But the thing about clichés that is easy to forget is that most of them has an origin in some measure of truth. Nothing signifies this stronger than the
