Region: Central Drakensberg
Main Caves at Giant's Castle
Main Caves is in the Giants Castle area.
This painted shelter is easily accessed and is a short walk from the Giants Castle camp. The site is fenced and guided tours commence at the cave entrance hourly 9.00 am to 3.00 pm. They take a maximum of 13 people at a time, so get there early.
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Marten’s Shelter (Maarten’s Shelter / Martin’s Shelter)
Marten's Shelter is in the Monks Cowl area.
This small site is situated on the path between Champagne Castle Hotel and The Sphinx path at Monks Cowl . It is on the Champagne Castle Hotel’s property so access is with permission of the hotel management. The site is well marked and is a small set of paintings of Mountain ...
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San Rock Art Interpretation Centre
One of Kamberg's highlights is the San Rock Art Interpretation Centre which runs spectacular DVD presentations on rock art. Trained guides are available to take visitors to Game pass Shelter (3 hours walk), to see rock art painting which have been described as the Rosetta Stone of ancient Rock Art.
Contact: Hospitalit ...
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Sheltered Vale
An interesting question that arises from paintings on a ceiling is: “What will the viewpoint of the spectators be?”. When are the paintings upside-down?
An upside-down eland is a metaphor for trance or going into an altered state of consciousness. Modern day San refers to the trance dance and entering altered states o ...
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Uthekwane Shelter
Uthekwane Shelter is in the AmaSwazi Traditional Authority Area outside of the Monk's Cowl area.
Interpretation by Celeste Rossouw: Rabbit therianthropes (semi-human and semi-rabbit figures) are rare since therianthropes usually depict a mixture of either human and eland or human and rhebuck features.
Contact: Mr. Gr ...
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