Christmas in Drakensberg is a unique experience for travelers in this part of South Africa during the Yuletide season. Though there may not be any fir trees for Christmas around your dwelling in Drakensberg, the entire region of Drakensberg comes alive with the music of the age-old carols that help to generate the same spirit of love, giving and sharing among the tourists in Drakensberg. For the believers of Christ, He is ubiquitous and therefore is present among the massifs of the Drakensberg too.

The excitement of Christmas in Drakensberg rises to new peaks in the region of the northern Drakensberg massifs. The entire northern Drakensberg becomes snow-clad by the time it is the 25th of December. The region houses a vast array of hotels of all sorts that provide excellent accommodation to their guests on Drakensberg tours during Christmas in Drakensberg. Some of the caverns hidden in the Drakensberg massifs have been refurbished so that they can be inhabited. Imagine a cold and snowy Christmas in Drakensberg in the lovely coves of Drakensberg that were once inhabited by ancient tribesman who shivered and trembled in the cold of the Christmas season and in order to shake off their chill, etched out superb frescoes on the interiors of the grottos for people like you to admire centuries later.

The vivaciousness of a Drakensberg Christmas is greatly enhanced by the several choirs of Drakensberg. The voices of the choirs ring through the Drakensberg massifs in sopranos, altos, tenors and bases. The massifs act as natural microphones and echo and amplify the lilting sounds emanated from the different singers by manifold degrees. And if you are residing in any of the mountain caves during Christmas Eve, the rich resonating melodies of Silent Night and Joy to the World might overwhelm you with emotions till you actually feel that The Messiah is hovering just outside your grotto!

So, rejoice with true feelings in the company of your family members, the festival of Christmas in Drakensberg.