Giant's; THE view from the top.(Travel) From: The Saturday Star (South Africa) | Date: February 23, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The last time I was in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park I roughed it, carrying all I needed for three days on my back, eating re-hydrated hiking food and savouring each drop of the half-litre box of red wine that I'd carried up the mountain as if it was my last.

We were on a hike in the Monk's Cowl, Ndedema region of the Drakensberg, experiencing the basics of life and doing the Drakensberg the hard way.

This time I was doing it in style. No backpacks or hard, ...