Lotheni Nature Reserve is a quiet Drakensberg retreat where a comfortable camp, the Lotheni River and a surprisingly varied set of walks make it possible to combine a relaxed stay with proper mountain time. It sits in a more remote part of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, with grassy slopes and high ridges beyond the valley, but it also carries local history in the old Root family homestead and the stories attached to the Gelib Tree.