Healing Waters
There
is something about being close to water which is good for the soul, and these
stone cottages are about as close as it gets to the waters of Lake
Naverone in KwaZulu-Natal. Three of the cottages even have decks which reach
out over the lake, underneath which eerily enormous Grass Carp silently pass.
The
cottages have everything one requires for a stay in the Drakensberg – thatched
roofs, textured stone walls, fireplaces and wing-back chairs. The open plan
design allows for a flow between indoor catering, sitting at the fire in the
lounge and outdoor braaing.
This
place is all about those vast and spectacular views and from every aspect of
the cottages one looks onto that magical combination of mountains and waters.
They will call to your soul and you will find your blanket-wrapped, coffee-carrying
self heading out at first light even on the frostiest of mornings.
Accommodation
Experience:
We
stay at Lake Naverone with a grieving friend and it is a good place for it. We
spend our time alternating between looking through old photographs, going for walks around the lake, reading our
lost beloved’s poems, floating on the boats and gazing at the ever-changing view. Sometimes it is dark
and brooding as the intense Drakensberg storms roll in with their purple cloaks
and zap their lightening fingers part randomly and other times seeming to
target specific locations with unconcerned malice. However they quickly pass
and other times we are spellbound by the irreconcilably delicate rainbows. In
the early mornings the water is as still as a mirror and the frosted jettys
look treacherously beautiful.
It’s
a lot to take in and my heart feels strained but very alive, especially now as I
look across at my grieving friend rhythmically fly-fishing at the edge of the
lake, at the end of an era and at the beginning of something new.
