Kamberg Nature Reserve - Southern Drakensberg
Kamberg Nature Reserve nestles in the foothills
of the Southern Drakensberg
Kamberg Nature Reserve nestles in the foothills
of the Southern
Drakensberg its central position ideal for
visits to many other well known Drakensberg
areas from Lotheni
to Giants
Castle. Kamberg offers the best bushman rock
art site available to tourism in the Drakensberg.
Guided tours daily
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There are a number of self guided trails from
the camp, one of which is suitable for handicapped
visitors.
As well as the Mooi
River, trout fishing can also be enjoyed
in several dams which are open to anglers, all
year round. Close to Kamberg are the trophy
trout fishing dams of Highmoor
which must be booked in advance.
Kamberg Rock Art Centre and Game Pass Shelter
The Game
Pass Shelter is commonly referred to as
the "Rosetta Stone" of southern African
rock art, for it was here that archaeologists
first uncovered a vital key to understanding
the symbolism of San rock art.
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This site is special for so many reasons. It
was one of the first sites ever to be seen by
Europeans and appeared in the Scientific American
in 1915. It was the first South African rock
art site to be known in other parts of the world,
and revealed the meaning of San rock art- it,
in a sense, "cracked the code".
The hiking trail to Game Pass Shelter is a
two-and-a-half, to three hour guided walk,
via the spiritually moving Waterfall Shelter.
The hiking trail itself is great but the bushman
rock art at the end of the hiking trail is
unsurpassed.
The walk is preceded by a spectacular DVD presentation
at the state-of-the-art Interpretive Centre
that caters for a maximum of ten people at a
time.
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