Alpine Heath Resort Northern Drakensberg

Located in the Northern Drakensberg Mountains, only a three hours drive from Johannesburg and from Durban, the Alpine Heath Resort accommodates its leisure guests and business executives in a relaxing, comfortable environment. This exclusive mountain village in the Drakensberg has become a popular holiday destination as well as conference venue.

The Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa is a 200-kilometre-long mountainous region. It is the Drakenberg, which features South Africa’s highest, and most spectacular mountain range rising to over 3000 meters in some areas.

The Alpine Heath Resort provides exclusive accommodation and fine cuisine which is complemented with various indoor and outdoor activities as well as state-of-the-art conference facilities.

The guest rooms at the Alpine Heath resort feature direct dial telephones, fireplaces in the chalets, safety deposit boxes as well as colour televisions with selected DSTV channels.

Services and amenities

The following services and amenities are provided at the Alpine Heath Resort, KwaZulu-Natal:

baby cots and babysitting service, bird watching, a boma, a curio shop, walking and hiking trails, horseback riding which can be found closeby, internet access, mountain biking, children’s playground with a jungle gym, outdoor chess, putt-putt, laundry service, sauna and steam room, outdoor swimming pools, a village market, volleyball, tennis courts and squash courts.

Activities

Guests staying at the Alpine Heath Resort in the Drakensberg can enjoy the following activities:

golf, fly fishing, horse back riding, tennis, squash, hiking, mountain biking, swimming and bird watching. Local art and craft markets, the Royal National Park, the Spionkop battlefields, Northern Berg, Sterkonfontein Dam with a vulture feeding ground as well as Central Berg are popular attractions.

Dining at the Alpine Heath Resort

The Alpine Heath Resort provides its guest with various dining facilities such as La Gruyeres Restaurant in which breakfast and dinner is served, La Brasserie Tavern which serves a light menu during the day either indoors or on the outside terrace, an open fire braai which is located close to the swimming pool area, as well as in room dining. Picnic baskets can be provided upon request.

Conference facilities

In terms of conference facilities, the Alpine Heath Resort offers several conference venues each of which are fully equipped to meet the delegates’ requirements.

The distance from The Alpine Heath Resort, Drakensberg, to certain areas is as follows:

• The Royal National Park: 20 km
• Bergville: R 45 km
• Oribi Airport in Pietermaritzburg: 185 km
• Durban City: 270 km
• Durban International Airport: R 282 km
• Johannesburg: 340 km
• Gold Reef City Johannesburg: 340 km