It runs from Dordrecht in the Eastern Cape all the way through to Tzaneen in
Mpumalanga, but most of them 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) range falls in KwaZulu-Natal. To
the Voortrekkers, it resembled a chain of angry, unyielding dragons. To the Zulu nation, it
is uKhahlamba, the Barrier of Spears. Mafadi Peak on the
Lesotho border, previously believed to be 3450 m high, has been definitively measured by the
Mountain Club of South Africa at 3451m. Either way, it's the highest mountain in the land.
One the higher South African parts of the range- the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
was listed by UNESCO in 2000 as a World Heritage site.
Extending over 2,350 km2 (907 mi2), the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, protects a
dramatic and rugged escarpment that provides an awesome backdrop to the pastoral
midlands of KwaZulu-Natal.
