Champagne Castle Hotel & Resort

Champagne Castle Hotel & Resort A sense of place... This reinforces our slogan 'Sense of Place'.
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Our 4-star hotel is situated within a World Heritage Site – the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park – and is considered to hold one of the finest locations in the entire Drakensberg range. For visual impact, recreational variety and luxurious splendour, Champagne Castle Hotel is pretty close to being an ultimate experience. Your stay will be characterised by the proximity you gain to the most dramatic and

immediate views of the Drakensberg Escarpment and the 'Barrier of Spears', the magnificent amphitheatre of the Little Berg. Whether you walk or hike, trout fish or horse ride, play golf or tennis, swim or bowl, everything here has been configured to embrace this unparalleled setting.

Most days here start with a decision. Trail boots, the bird show or perhaps a relaxed morning around the pool. However y...
01/09/2026

Most days here start with a decision. Trail boots, the bird show or perhaps a relaxed morning around the pool. However you choose to explore, breakfast comes first.

Warm croissants, pastries still holding their shape from the oven, jars of blueberry and strawberry jam with the spoons already in. Cured meats and smoked salmon laid out properly, not just placed. Melon, watermelon, mango, a bowl of berries in syrup, whatever's ripe that week.

And if you know, you order the omelette, made to your liking, whatever you pile on from the table.

Rogers has probably already sorted the day's guided hike by the time most guests sit down.

Fuel for wherever the Berg takes you today.

There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over the hotel in the morning.It's the kind of quiet that's hard to put ...
26/08/2026

There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over the hotel in the morning.

It's the kind of quiet that's hard to put into words, but Lekkeslaap gave it a shot: a 2025 award for consistently lekke hosting, and a 4.9 out of 5 from the guests who've sat here and felt it too.

Thank you, as always, for showing up, settling in, and telling us about it.

This is what the dark looks like when there's nothing to get in its way.No streetlights, no glow on the horizon, just th...
23/08/2026

This is what the dark looks like when there's nothing to get in its way.

No streetlights, no glow on the horizon, just the Milky Way, caught in full by guest Jagruthi Naran.

Come see it for yourself. Dr Derek Fish joins us 29 August–5 September for a week of stargazing and sky tours under the Berg.

📸 https://www.instagram.com/jagruthi_naran

Our bowling green is next on the list. It's part of the same quiet, ongoing work that's had us upgrading the property th...
18/08/2026

Our bowling green is next on the list. It's part of the same quiet, ongoing work that's had us upgrading the property this year. One thing at a time, done properly.

The green will be closed from 19 August to 6 September, reopening on Monday, 7 September.

As of Friday, the snow was still up there.Taken from the top of Dragon's Back, the long ridge that runs to the right of ...
17/08/2026

As of Friday, the snow was still up there.

Taken from the top of Dragon's Back, the long ridge that runs to the right of the three large peaks we watch from the hotel. Up on the high ground it was still lying: in the tussock grass, along the buttresses, across the tops.

Same mountains we see every day. A different world, a few hundred metres higher.

📸 Thanks to Brett Tungay, from FIM Aviation (based at Dragon Peaks)

Out here, once the sun goes down behind the peaks, the sky takes over.No streetlights, no glow on the horizon, just the ...
14/08/2026

Out here, once the sun goes down behind the peaks, the sky takes over.
No streetlights, no glow on the horizon, just the kind of night sky that lets you actually see what's up there.

For eight nights, we're joined by an award-winning science communicator to help us look up properly. Sky tours, stargazing, stories about what's out there, alien encounters in the Central Drakensberg, and so much more. Outdoors when the sky allows it, indoors when it doesn’t.

Book direct with the hotel between 30 Aug–3 Sep and take a further 10% off the Champagne Special rate.

Bookings are open now. Tap here for more info and booking links - https://www.champagnecastle.co.za/astronomy-week-2026

The clouds pulled back this morning and showed us everything.Champagne Castle, Cathkin, Sterkhorn, all three peaks, all ...
11/08/2026

The clouds pulled back this morning and showed us everything.

Champagne Castle, Cathkin, Sterkhorn, all three peaks, all in view, all under fresh snow. It doesn't happen often, and when it does, you stop what you're doing.

Someone else stopped too. A peacock, taking in the view from the veranda railing, in no more of a hurry than the rest of us.

Snow in South Africa is rare enough that it makes news. Snow you can actually see from the veranda is rarer still.We kne...
10/08/2026

Snow in South Africa is rare enough that it makes news. Snow you can actually see from the veranda is rarer still.

We knew it had fallen this morning, but the clouds held on for most of the day, keeping the Central Berg's secret to themselves. We waited.

Then, late in the afternoon, they parted, just enough to show the peaks dressed in white.

Somewhere between soil and salad bowl, there's a patch of ground doing quiet, unglamorous work.We call it the herb patch...
05/08/2026

Somewhere between soil and salad bowl, there's a patch of ground doing quiet, unglamorous work.

We call it the herb patch. Rows of lettuce catching the morning sun, spinach and chard pushing up green against the red earth, no fuss, no fanfare. Just growing, the way it's supposed to.

Most of it ends up on your plate. That bowl of leaves on the lunch table? Picked, not shipped. Grown here, in this valley, under these same mountains you're looking at right now.

As we head into the long weekend, we’d like to share a gentle note with our wider community.From Friday 7th to Sunday 9t...
04/08/2026

As we head into the long weekend, we’d like to share a gentle note with our wider community.

From Friday 7th to Sunday 9th August (inclusive), Champagne Castle Hotel will be closed to day visitors, allowing us to preserve space and atmosphere for guests staying with us.

With limited room across the property, this helps us ensure that in-house guests can fully enjoy the setting they’ve come for.

If you’re planning to visit us as a day guest at another time, we always recommend phoning ahead to check availability, our team will be happy to advise.

Thank you for your understanding, and for helping us care for this special place in the mountains

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R600
Okhahlamba
3340

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+27364681063

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