Location: Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge, Northern Drakensberg Job Type: Full-Time, live-in Job Description: Overview: We need an experienced Food & Beverage Manager to lead our food & beverage operations at Witsieshoek, a rural mountain lodge, catering to hikers. As the Food & Beverage Manager, you will play a pivotal role in creating a great [...]
Sunday 15 August 2021 8.30am update with photos from Kieran O'Leary Yes, there is still snow. Sentinel Peak car Park is not accessible. Roads have iced and it's treacherous. Access to Witsieshiek Mountain Lodge is possible in any type of vehicle. Please expect going to be slow because lots of snow-chasers are expected. Please be patient [...]
We have good news: The Chain Ladders that are used to access the Drakensberg's Amphitheater near Tugela Falls from Sentinel Car Park are going to be replaced with newly constructed ladders. This is happening because the engineers involved in the rehabilitation of the pathways have concerns about the safety of the current ladders. Time, weather [...]
Dear Witsieshoek Many thanks for your hospitality and helping us with our little expedition over the weekend. The showers (with shampoo) at the end were really appreciated. If anyone wants to ever do what we did, ask them to call me so I can persuade them not to do it… then I will volunteer as their [...]
Go where the birds are. One of the best sites in South Africa to photograph Bearded Vultures is at Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge’s Vulture Restaurant. If you have a limited time period, and can’t spend days waiting for a moment to view these rare and endangered birds, Witsieshoek provides one of the most predictable places to see [...]
Why is Witsieshoek being re-developed? At the end of 2010 the Batlokoa community-owners of Witsieshoek were set to close the Lodge because it had fallen into such a state of disrepair that it was no longer receiving visitors. Dozens of permanent jobs would have been lost, as well as a much-loved Drakensberg destination. Instead, the community appointed [...]
