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Die Drakensberg bergreeks is op Suid-Afrika se grens met Lesotho en bied aan avonturiers 'n wit gerypte klim-ervaring.

Ysklim word nie deur baie beskou as die tipiese Suid-Afrikaanse ervaring nie, want die meeste mense dink aan die versengende klimaat wat heers oor die grootste deel van die land.

Die suidelike deel van die Drakensberg bergreeks bied egter verskeie klimroetes aan met moeilikheidsgrade wat strek van groentjie tot ervare.

Die Drakensberge is deel van die Maloti-Drakensberg Park, 'n oorgrensende park wat ook Suid-Afrika se uKhahlamba Drakensberg Nasionale Park en Lesotho se Sehlathebe Nasionale Park insluit.

Dit het hoë kranse, rots- en grotskuilings, stutmure, pilare, boë, rotspoele en vestingwalle van goue sandsteen, plus 'n verskeidenheid van diverse habitatte.

UNESCO het die Maloti-Drakensberg Park vernoem as 'n Wêrelderfenisterrein, want dit bied nie net pragtige natuurlike skoonheid nie, maar ook 'n tuiste vir verskeie inheemse en bedreigde dierspesies.

Die park hou ook die San-mense se hoofversameling van rotstekeninge, wat gedoen is oor duisende jare en is die grootste beskermde gebied langs suidelike Afrika se Groot Platorand.

Die uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park het twaalf beskermde gebiede en vier geproklameerde Wildernisgebiede wat bykans die helfte van die park opmaak.

Alhoewel die park bekend is vir effektiewe bewaringsinisiatiewe is daar baie bedreigings, insluitende landbou, bosbou en eko-toerisme.

Brande en indringerspesies lewer ook bedreigings op, sowel as stropery, erosie en ontwikkeling van die infrastruktuur.

Lesotho se gebrek aan amptelike beskerming van die gedeelte van die ekostelsel wat lê aan sy kant van die grens vererger ook hierdie probleme.

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The Drakensberg mountain range sits on South Africa's border with Lesotho and offers adventurers a rimy climbing experience.

Ice climbing is not considered by many to be the quintessential South African experience because most people think about the torrid climate that prevails across most of the country.

However, the southern part of the Drakensberg mountain range offers several climbing routes with difficulties ranging from novice to experienced.

The Drakensberg range is part of the Maloti-Drakensberg Park, a transboundary park that also encompasses South Africa's uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park and Lesotho's Sehlathebe National Park.

It features high cliffs, rock and cave shelters, buttresses, pillars, arches, rock pools, and ramparts of golden sandstone, plus a variety of diverse habitats.

UNESCO has named the Maloti-Drakensberg Park a World Heritage Site as it offers not only spectacular natural beauty but also a home for several endemic and threatened animal species.

The park also holds the San people's main corpus of rock paintings, which were done over thousands of years, and is the biggest protected area along southern Africa's Great Escarpment.

The uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park holds twelve protected areas and four proclaimed Wilderness areas making up nearly half of the park.

Although the park is known for effective conservation initiatives, there are many threats, including agriculture, forestry and ecotourism.

Also fire and invasive species pose threats, as do poaching, erosion, and development of infrastructure.

Also Lesotho's lack of official protection of the part of the ecosystem which lies on its side of the border is exacerbating these problems.

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