The Cavern Berg - Resort accommodation in the Northern Drakensberg

The Cavern Drakensberg Resort of Many Happy Returns! In the Mont-aux-Sources area, adjacent to Royal Natal National Park is the Cavern Berg Resort, renowned for its relaxed, friendly atmosphere. High in the foothills of the Northern Drakensberg, surrounded by towering mountains, forests and streams is this  unique family resort - The Cavern. The Carte family has owned the Cavern for over sixty years and from the outset have given guests memorable family holidays - not just a stay at a good Hotel.

The Cavern appreciates that it is people who make your holiday - people with whom to laugh, share a drink, and participate in all the many fun activities. Without obliging anyone to do anything, guests are encouraged to mix on outings and sit together at meals. Friendships form here and folk come back time and again - hence the slogan originated by our guests in 1958: "The holiday resort of many happy returns!"!

Dinning at the Cavern

The friendly staff welcome you to our dining room where a table d' hote menu offers a wide choice at every meal. Weekly functions include 'Lunch in the Sun', 'Boma Buffets' and 'Potjie Pots'. A range of beers and a selection of South African wines are available. The Emaweni Cave bar is fully licenced, and operates between 12h00 & 23h00.

Accommodation at the Cavern

The accommodation is varied offering double and twin bedded rooms as well as three bedders and inter leading rooms for the larger families. All rooms are heated for the cooler Winter nights and there are crackling log fires in the lounge and dining areas of the main building. The dining room has a table d'h�te menu offering a choice of good country cuisine. The Emaweni themed "Cave" Bar offers a cozy atmosphere to enjoy evenings.

Conferences at the Cavern

The Cavern Berg Resort is ideal for small conferences or training sessions for a maximum of 25 delegates.

Facilities and activities

On the sporting side there are 3 tennis courts, one of which is flood lit, a full size bowling green as well as volleyball and a lawn for croquet or putting. Swimming in the resorts' filtered pool or in the refreshing streams is a must in Summer, and for the fly fisherman there are rainbow trout to lure in dams and streams on the property. The area offers many trails for mountain biking through spectacular scenery. For the golf enthusiast there is a 9 hole course, The Amphitheatre Golf Club, situated 10 km away at the Hlalanathi Resort, with magnificent views of the Amphitheatre as you tee-off next to the Tugela river.

Recreation and leisure

Situated in a particularly lovely valley, surrounded by towering mountains, indigenous forests and streams, the resort has 1300 Ha of pristine mountain wilderness. This resource offers a wonderful variety of beauty spots for the visitor to enjoy and the main attractions revolve around guided hikes and horse rides. These are offered for varied abilities thus catering for young and old, the energetic hiker or the slow stroller, the experienced rider or the beginner.

Of important historic interest are several sites with well preserved Bushmen paintings, as well as the famous Cannibal Cavern, which in the years of Shaka's reign was inhabited by a small tribe in hiding, who resorted to cannibalism to survive. Another curiosity is the "Silent Woman", a stone carving on a rock face in a pocket of indigenous bush in the Sungubala valley.