Hva som skjer i Drakensberg (Ukhahlamba), South Africa gjennom året

Toppsesong — December school holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break i South Africa

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon thunderstorms (1. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), December school holidays (10. des – 10. jan (vanligvis))

Rolig — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon thunderstorms (1. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Term 1–2 (autumn) break i South Africa, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidligStengninger

  Good Friday and Family Day on Easter Monday make a four-day weekend that often runs into the school holidays. South Africans head for the coast, the mountains and the bush, so accommodation books out, national roads are busy and many shops close on Good Friday. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Splashy Fen

  2.–6. aprMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  South Africa's longest-running music festival, on a farm outside Underberg over the Easter weekend. Four days of camping in a river valley, and the whole southern Berg books out around it. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Easter long weekend, Splashy Fen

• Festival

  Music in the Mountains

  22.–29. apr · vanligvisMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  A choral-music festival and bursary fundraiser at the Drakensberg Boys' Choir School in Cathkin Park, separate from the school's better-known December carol concert. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Easter long weekend (3.–6. apr), Splashy Fen (2.–6. apr)

Travelt — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

• Sesong

  Clear winter air

  1. mai – 31. aug · vanligvisTørrsesong

  Winter here is dry and the air goes glass-clear, which is why the escarpment photographs best in June and July. The grass is burnt off, the nights are well below freezing and the days are still walkable.

Toppsesong — July school holidays, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

• Stengt

  Sani Pass closes for snow

  1. jun – 31. aug · vanligvisRisiko

  Snow shuts the pass and the Lesotho border post at the top of it for days at a time most winters, usually at short notice. Check the road before committing to a 4x4 day trip out of Underberg. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  July school holidays

  20. jun – 20. jul · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  The mid-year school break is when inland families come up for the cold, and the resorts sell it as a snow chance. Self-catering chalets and the hutted camps go months ahead. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Clear winter air (1. mai – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — July school holidays, Term 2–3 (winter) break i South Africa

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Clear winter air (1. mai – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Sani Pass closes for snow (1. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis)), July school holidays (20. jun – 20. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Clear winter air (1. mai – 31. aug (vanligvis)), Sani Pass closes for snow (1. jun – 31. aug (vanligvis))

Travelt — Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Travelt — Term 3–4 (spring) break i South Africa, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Afternoon thunderstorms

  1. nov – 28. feb · vanligvisStormsesong

  Storms build over the escarpment most summer afternoons, with lightning on the tops, hail and water coming down the gullies within minutes. Walkers start at first light and are off the high ground by lunchtime. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — December school holidays, Term 4–1 (summer, year-end) break i South Africa

• Helligdag

  December school holidays

  10. des – 10. jan · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  The fullest and dearest fortnight of the Berg's year, and the one where the afternoon storms are at their most reliable. Trails near the resorts are busy; anything above the contour path is not. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Afternoon thunderstorms (1. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))