Now it was time to head south of Johannesburg and our first stop was the northern Drakensberg and stayed at a backpackers hostel called Amphitheatre. We had a great view of the Amphitheatre area of the Drakensberg and the area was famous for hiking. This was the girls first exposure to a Backpackers Hostel – rooms were small but great common areas. they learned the idea was not t o be in the room but to be mingling in the common area. This place was really great- hot tub, sauna, small climbing wall and a little plunge pool! Willow and Skye spent hours on the climbing wall and had mastered it after the few days we spent there….
Mesas on the drive towards Amphitheatre
Pretty cool views
Leaving the lowveld
Approaching a huge dam (they call the body of water the ‘dam’ and the restraint of the water is called the ‘dam wall’
Huge with mesas too
Nice view
Views from Amphitheatre Backpackers
Drakensberg in the background from the hostel
This is a very p[popular hiking areaa – we skipped the big hike which ended up going about 10 hours! Whew!Drakensberg = dragon mountains
Amphitheatre Backpackers
The Backpackers had huge grounds for campers and those camping with the big overland truck trips.
Entrance to our room
One of the tow rooms that made up our place
Bottle window by our room entrance
Bird outside our door – A roller or bee eater i think.
Lovely spot with upstairs common loft areas
The pool
The pool
Willow by the pool
Warning – man working!
Light over the pool table
The light again – its funny because Black Label is a very popular beer in S.A. It is a Canadian beer from the Carling brewery but has 5.5% alcohol so very good bang for the buck for many locals. I remember bringing it to parties as no one would ever steal Black Label…
