KZNTR has hosted 6 successful editions of the Drakensberg Northern Trail from the Windmill Farm at the top of Oliviershoek. During this time, the race has grown significantly, and we have been challenged by the weather at times, up on the ridgeline at the venue.

A date clash forced us to consider our options and when opportunities present themselves to us, we tend to run with them!

Date: 6 March 2021
Venue: aha Alpine Heath, supported by Greenfire Drakensberg

As a family business, the family aspect has always been very important to us, and Alpine Heath and Greenfire Drakensberg offer DNT a platform to take our beautiful race into a space that is very family and group orientated. Most participants will now be able to stay at the venue and enjoy the vibe and extensive facilities available.
If you have run the Mountain Marathon you will know about Greenfire Drakensberg Lodge. They are offering a luxury package that includes all your meals. It’s only a few minutes’ drive from Alpine Heath and transfers between the lodges will be available.

Alpine Heath & Greenfire have offered a great rates for the race weekend:

1. Entire chalet for you family or group (self-catering, sleeps 6 in 3 rooms with 2 bathrooms):
   – R4400 for 2 nights
2. 2 sleeper room within a chalet (self-catering, 2 bathrooms serve 3 rooms, sharing):
   – R1600 for 2 nights (1 or 2 people)
3. Book the
   Greenfire Drakensberg Lodge
   Luxury package that includes all your meals (a few minutes drive from Alpine Heath, transfers between the lodges will be available):
   – R2800 for 2 nights per person sharing

Visit the website (link below) for race entries & accommodation bookings.

We know that the new date will not suit all of you ☹ for which we are very sorry! If you have already entered and this applies to you, please send us an email so that we can make arrangements to transfer or credit you.

To Windmill Farms and the Phatt Cheff, thank you for being the home of DNT through the race’s formative years! We have made many memories there and wish you all the best.

And we look forward to new challenges and memories as we move forward with DNT!

Mountain Marathon Series is still taking place – just a little later…
We know many participants are eager to return to the mountains, for many some of these events will be a first.
The new official start of the Mountain Marathon Series (MMS) will now be at the Kruger2Canyon Challenge on 4- 5 July 2020. Both the Drakensberg Northern Trail and Mnweni Marathon will now be shifted to the second half of the year, where we hopeful that the COVID-19 situation is under control.

New MMS dates:

• Kruger2Canyon Challenge: 4 – 5 July 2020 (Official start of the series)
• Mnweni Marathon (Spring): 5 September 2020
• Uitsoek Mountain Marathon: 10 October 2020
• Lesotho Ultra: 31 October 2020
• Drakensberg Northern Trail: 05 December 2020 (Official end of the series)

All race entries and accommodation bookings remain valid for the new dates of Drakensberg Northern Trail and Mnweni Marathon. We will contact all participants with the new dates.

All entries processed for the above events stand and are automatically transferred to the new date.

Full series entries are now available again at a very reasonable entry fee.

Dear Trail Runners and Walkers,

I have spent a lot of time in the Drakensberg Mountains in the last few months, I go there in search of a headspace that I find nowhere else. To get into that headspace I need to be out there for at least six hours and push myself quite hard up hills, across valleys and down mountain passes. A dull ache slowly but surely envelopes my legs and body, and only then I am able to find my sought-after headspace that means I can focus in on the moments, the time and space spent moving quickly through the mountains.

For many people, accessing the mountains quickly and safely is not easy, and that is why an event like Drakensberg Northern Trail is so valuable. It draws a crowd of like-minded people who enjoy the mountains and outdoors. Some prefer to tackle shorter distances, while others could run all day. Beautifully located just over 3 hours from both Durban and Johannesburg at the top of Oliviershoek Pass, it’s a chance to find a healthy headspace in the mountains.

Why are you drawn to the mountains?

Warm Regards

Andrew Booth

Additional Information:

• Date: Saturday, 23 March 2019
• Venue: The Border Post, Oliviershoek
• Events: 6km | 10km | 20km | 40km
• Start times: 8:00 am | 8:00 am | 7:30 am | 6:00 am
• Registration from 4:00 pm on Friday, 22 March 2019.
• Finish line hydration sponsored by Aquellé.
• For more information and entries, click HERE.
• Please note that entries for the 20 and 40km are sold out and that there is a waiting list if any potential entries become available. Tickets for the 5 and 10km are still available.