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DRAKENSBERG

Views of the city buildings turn to villages with smaller houses, and than all you see are valleys with a farm house or two surraunded by cows and a mountain backdrop.

Wind down the windows and turn off the music because that fresh Berg air is too delicious to Ignore, and the mountain silence is the best sound in the world.

We are finally in the Northern Drakanaberg's Cathkin Perk, and I can already feel the effects of being amidst the 'dragons'. You breathe slower and deeper; you look to the sky more for the stars, the sunsets, end the birds, and your body automatically relaxes.

Our three-bedroom Airbnb is one of many in Bergview Estates, and

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