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Champagne Sports Resort Hotel Drakensburg South Africa is more than an excellent conference venue it is an experience. The views of Cathkin Peak and Champagne castle are quite spectacular and will help busy conference delegates to relax after a busy day.
Set in Central Drakensburg the Champagne Sports Resort Hotel has a country club atmosphere, with friendly and helpful staff and luxury accommodation. This conference venue is 2 hours from Durban and 4.5 hrs from Johannesburg. There is also an air strip nearby.
As one might expect the choice of activities in the ‘great outdoors’ is extensive and help busy conference delegates combine work with pleasure.
The hotel has a total of 112 rooms and 91 Timeshare Units that can be hired.
Accommodation

The hotel has a total of 112 rooms and 91 Timeshare Units. The capacity of the hotel based on one person per bed is 265 and this excludes the Timeshare Units.
The bedrooms at Champagne Sports Resort Hotel Drakensburg South Africa are very well appointed fully serviced and offer a selection of choices twin rooms, family rooms, and various suites.
All of the hotel rooms offer views of the garden or mountain.
HOTEL BEDROOMS Categories:
Pool Facing Family Room with 4 single beds (2 units)
Pool Facing Family Room with 3 single beds (2 units)
Mountain Facing Double Suite with 1 double bed (6 units)
Mountain Facing Family Suites with 1 double bed and 2 single beds (21 units)
Mountain Facing Executive Suite with 1 double bed (3 units) (Bar – stocked on request)
Mountain Facing Double/Twin Suite with 2 single beds (78 units)
The Timeshare Units become available to conference delegates once the hotel is fully occupied and the décor or the units is of the same high standard of that of the Champagne Sports Resort Hotel Drakensburg. This is very useful for larger conferences or meetings.
The Timeshare Units comprise of the following:
Champagne Sports Resort Hotel Drakensburg has 91 timeshare units. All of the units have a kitchen, dining room and living room area.
1 bedroom 1 bathroom units (2 units)
2 bedroom 2 bathroom units (28 units)
3 bedroom 2 bathroom units (3 units)
3 bedroom 3 bathroom units (58 units)
Total: 91 Timeshare Units
Room Amenities
All of the rooms at the hotel offer the following facilities but Champagne Sports Resort Hotel Drakensburg does not offer room service.
· Telephone
· overhead ceiling fan
· colour television (3 regional channels, M-Net and Movie Magic and 3 sports channels)
· bathroom en suite
· tea/coffee facilities
· hairdryer
· clock/radio and alarm
· bureau and writing lamp and information folder.
Special Services and Facilities

The busy conference delegate can unwind at the popular Cathkin Arms or take pre-dinner drinks at the Cocktail Bar before heading into the Drakensberg Restaurant offering a varied buffet selection.
For the active conference delegate there is a myriad of choices from:
four swimming pools
Beauty Salon
18 Hole Championship Golf Course
Floodlit tennis courts
mini-gym
Mountain biking
horse-riding
helicopter flips
scenic walks
jungle-gyms,
hiking trails
Conferencing

The Champagne Sports Resort Hotel Drakensburg South Africa offers a wide range of conference venues that can cater for 1000 conference delegates in the biggest conference venue to as little as 18 for business meetings.
The hotel has 8 conference venues and boasts some of the most up to date conferencing equipment that is available. These include the Creston Equipment Management System Proxima Data Projectors and anti-feedback microphones.
SENTINEL
U-Shape = 160 delegates – Length 37.20 metres
Classroom = 720 delegates – Width 22.50 metres
Cinema = 1000 delegates – Height 4.20 metres (at lowest point)
Banquet = 750 delegates
MONKS COWL CENTRE
U-Shape = 80 delegates – Length 27.70 metres
Double U-Shape = 140 delegates – Width 16.38 metres
Classroom = 380 delegates – Height 2.76 metres (on sides)
Herringbone = 200 delegates
Cinema = 550 delegates – Stage = 7.9 metres in front, 2.80 metres
Banquet = 300 delegates at back and 2.49 metres deep
SUMMIT ROOM
U-Shape = 80 delegates – Length 27.70 metres
Double U-Shape = 140 delegates – Width 16.38 metres
Classroom = 380 delegates – Height 2.76 metres (on sides)
Herringbone = 200 delegates
Cinema = 550 delegates
Banquet = 300 delegates
ONDINI CENTRE
U-Shape = 45 delegates – Length 14.00 metres
Double U-Shape = 65 delegates – Width 12.00 metres
Herringbone = 100 delegates – Height 3.70 metres
Classroom = 120 delegates
Cinema = 150 delegates
ZUNCKELS
U-Shape = 40 delegates – Length 21.50 metres
Classroom = 80 delegates – Width 8.00 metres
Cinema = 90 delegates – Height 2.75 metres
Banquet = 100 delegates
Cocktail = 120 delegates
INJASUTI
U-Shape = 25 delegates – Length 9.70 metres
Classroom = 30 delegates – Width 8.00 metres
Cinema = 50 delegates – Height 2.10 metres
Banquet = 40 delegates
ITHABA
U-Shape = 30 delegates – Length 18.65 metres
Classroom = 80 delegates – Width 5.50 metres
Cinema = 110 delegates – Height 3.90 metres (at highest point)
Banquet = 50 delegates
STERKHORN
U-Shape = 20 delegates – Length 9.00 metres
Classroom = 30 delegates – Width 6.23 metres
Cinema = 40 delegates – Height 2.90 metres
Standard Conferencing Equipment
As well as the state of the art conferencing equipment that The Champagne Sports Resort Hotel Drakensburg South Africa offers, conference delegates can be assured that all standard conferencing equipment is available.
• 4500 x 3500mm Euro Motorised Projection screen
• Data / Video Projector
• 3200 max brightness
• Native XGA Resolution (1024 x 768)
• SXGA capability
• Full NTSC,PAL,Secam and HDTV video capability
• Contrast 800:1
• Display technology – Polysilicon TFT LCD (active matrix)
• 4 x VGA Data/audio connection points to projector
• VHS Video Player
• DVD/CD Player – for DVD/CD/WAV/MP3
• UHF – Multi Frequency Roving Microphone
• UHF – Multi Frequency Lapel Microphone
• Gooseneck podium microphone.
• 8 channel audio mixing desk
• extra mic inputs on balanced XLR
• extra line inputs on 6,5mm mono jack plugs
• record out facility on dual RCA connectors
• global phantom power if required
• DMX audio permanently connected
• Crestron Touch panel for control of all AV equipment and house lighting.
• 3 x 450 watt stereo amplifiers
• 6 x 12” 2-way speakers ( ability to switch off zones as required)
• Audio Processor with pre-set feedback reduction, limits and speaker delays, thus providing excellent audio for speech and/or show sound.
Control System
All of the standard equipment is controlled via the color touch panel which can be operated from anywhere in the room. No training is required for the user frindly touch panel to effectively use the system.
Lighting
All lighting is controlled using the Crestron touch panel.The lighting system has been designed to facilitate the multi-purpose functionality of the venue.
Lighting presets
There are 6 pre-set lighting levels which automatically set the lighting to the
correct levels for:
- Video presentations
- PowerPoint presentations
- Stage functions
- General meetings
- General banqueting
- All lights off/on
- All lights medium
- Personal lighting scenes
It is possible to control individual tracks of lighting if required. The conference venue is fitted
with 16 tracks of dimmable fluorescent and dimmable low voltage lighting,
making it possible to set a variety of scenes for any mood or function.
- Stage lighting
The stage area is fitted with 12 PARCAN theatre lights with optional color gels.
There is a profile spotlight which can be used to highlight a speaker at the podium.
- White board and markers,
- flipcharts,
- flipchart stands,
- projection screens and overhead projectors .
The conference organizer will sign for equipment used by delegates. The hotel does not supply Multi plugs or extension cords.
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