KZN Midlands Meander – Road Trip for Three

Durban’s not just about sun and surf – it’s also less than a two-hour drive from an agricultural hinterland that bristles with dozens of more-or-less-chi-chi farm stalls, handicrafts and cottage industries, craft breweries, hostelries, spas, cafés and restaurants. This bucolic wonderland is called the Midlands Meander, and what better destination for a couple of nights’ R&R with my sister Dale from London and our mutual BFF Julie?

Craft ales at Rawdon's Hotel, Balgowan - home of Nottingham Road Brewery
At Rawdon’s Hotel, Balgowan – the home of Nottingham Road Brewery

Day One – of pork crackling, dental disasters and craft ales