National Heritage Nature Park is situated at the foot of Mount Lebanon, in the peaceful Kamberg Valley. Sharing a common boundary with the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, National Heritage offers majestic views of the mighty Drakensberg mountain range

Set on 200 hectares of "never-been-cultivated" highveld grassland between the Giants Castle and Kamberg Nature Reserves, National Heritage Nature Park is home to numerous indigenous wildlife species. During your stay you may encounter zebra, wildebeest, blesbok, eland, oribi, common reedbuck, mountain reedbuck, rhebok, black-backed jackal, serval, gennet and baboon. Typical Drakensberg tree species occur in their various habitats and wildflowers are abundant, especially in spring and summer.

National Heritage Nature Park forms part of a 2 000 hectare nature reserve, which can be accessed on game drives, guided walks and horse rides. We also have access to a vulture hide and a 20 hectare trout dam.

For the birding enthusiast, a walk around the game farm is a must. So is a walk through the Hlatikhulu vlei. A visit to the Hlatikhulu Crane and Wetland Sanctuary (our neighbour) is always worthwhile. Some of the "birding specials" include lammergeier (bearded vulture), Cape vulture, long-crested eagle, forest buzzard, bush blackcap, Gurney's sugarbird, ground woodpecker and buff-streaked chat. Of course a walk around the wetland wouldn't be complete without looking for the three crane species - crowned, blue and wattled crane - as well as the spoonbill, African rail and the ever-elusive Bittern. There is also a large diversity of water birds including white-backed duck, South African shelduck and Cape shoveller. And what would the Drakensberg foothills be without the elegant "Sakabula" long-tailed widowbird! We are fortunate to have access to a vulture hide where you can watch Cape and bearded vultures feed a mere 20 meters away.