EASTERN FREE STATE · NORTHERN DRAKENSBERG
Sterkfontein Dam
Nature Reserve
Where the Drakensberg meets the water.
THE RESERVE
Sterkfontein Dam Nature Reserve is an 18,000-hectare mountain reserve in the foothills of South Africa’s northern Drakensberg. Its main gate is about 3.5 hours’ drive from O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg. Its vast, clear dam is loved by fly-fishers and sailors, while the cliffs above are home to Cape vultures and black eagles, with the rare bearded vulture an occasional visitor.
CLEAR WATER
Famously clear mountain water
Kept close to full all year as Gauteng’s water reserve
Five reasons to visit
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Clear water
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Famously clear water, close to full all year.
Fly fishing
Sight-cast for yellowfish in the shallows.
Birds of prey
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Cape vultures and black eagles over the cliffs; the rare bearded vulture on lucky days.
Wind and sail
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Reliable breezes for sailing and kite-boarding.
Open grassland
Eland, reedbuck and blesbok on the slopes.
Life in the Reserve
WHERE YOU ARE
About 3.5 hours from O.R. Tambo International Airport to the Reserve's main gate
Qwantani: about 4.5 hours
Stay on the water
Wake up to this view at Qwantani, a First Group resort on the dam’s shoreline.