Go Wild

1 Eastern Cape Rock Chalets

Mountain Zebra National Park

If you book into one of the Rock Chalets at Mountain Zebra National Park outside Cradock, here‘s my insider tip - before going to sleep, open your curtains. In the morning you‘ll wake to an Imax movie amphitheatre in your bedroom, the clear dawn light sweeping up the ironstone krantzes of the Bankberge in dramatic silence. If there weren‘t lions, cheetah and mountain zebra roaming this park, with its open horizons and Pierneef-purple mountain backdrops, you might be tempted to watch this astounding real-time movie until mid-morning, in your pyjamas, under fine linen and mohair blankets. I certainly was. The Rock Chalets were opened in September 2017, and have added luxury to the accommodation offerings at this popular national park. Expect leather couches, an enclosed wood-burning fireplace, air conditioning, DStv and a modular kitchen. There are even