Find your way to better days
A visual guide to the people, places and stories shaping the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
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Places to discover
Start with the landmarks
Howick Falls
A drop of about 95 metres on the uMngeni River, with a viewing platform a short walk from the main street.
Karkloof mistbelt forest
Indigenous mistbelt forest in the Karkloof, home to the endangered Cape parrot, with walking and mountain-bike trails.
Game Pass Shelter
A celebrated San rock art site, visited only on a guided walk booked through reception at Kamberg Nature Reserve.
Guides
Plan your time in the Midlands
Things to do in the KZN Midlands
Waterfalls, mistbelt forest, makers' studios, wine farms, trout dams and the first big views of the Drakensberg. A local guide to the best of the region, by kind of day.
Read the guideWhere to stay in the Midlands
Country house hotels, farm cottages with log fires, treehouses and a farmhouse in the shadow of the Drakensberg. How to choose a Midlands stay.
Read the guideA weekend in the Midlands
Two slow days on the R103: a waterfall, history, studios, a long lunch and a fire by sundown, then forest or rock art on day two.
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Living in the Midlands
Thinking of moving to the Midlands?
Homes, farms and land across the region, presented with the context that matters: the area, the seasons, the schools and the community around them.
Makers & food
The people behind the back roads
Potters, weavers, leatherworkers and cooks give the Midlands much of its character. A few to start with:
- Ardmore Ceramic Art Lidgetton
Ceramic art studio and gallery in the Caversham valley, open to visitors every day. - Groundcover Leather Company Curry's Post
Family business making leather footwear, bags, accessories and Nguni hide products on its farm since 1990. - Shuttleworth Weaving Nottingham Road
Weaving studio that hand-spins and hand-weaves rugs, throws, fabrics and wearables, including made-to-order pieces. It has a showroom in Nottingham Road. - The Platform Gallery Lions River
Gallery at the old Lions River station showing bronze sculpture alongside paintings, drawings, photography and ceramics, with a coffee shop.