Calling all adrenalin junkies
Get your tickets now for the Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival at the Amphitheatre Backpackers, Northern Drakensberg.
A UNIQUE event combining music and adrenalin-packed activities for the whole family adds a festive and celebratory atmosphere to the Amphitheatre World Heritage site in the Northern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal from 22 to 24 May.
The Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival is a new event hosted by the Amphitheatre Backpackers, whose popular New Year’s Smoking Dragon Festival has captured the imagination of revellers since 2009.
“There are so many organisations in the northern Drakensberg area that have such wonderful offerings for adventure seekers and nature lovers, that we have decided to combine music and adventure into one big creative festival for everyone from 0 to 100 to enjoy. This inaugural event is an idea to bring like-minded music- and outdoor-lovers together to celebrate and enjoy the beautiful Berg,” said Ilsa Roberts the festival director.
The Smoking Dragon Adrenalin Festival is all about adrenalin. There are a myriad activities to participate in, including skydiving (from the festival grounds), rock climbing, paragliding, abseiling, mountain biking, trail running, micro lighting, quad biking, off-road Segway or scooting, canopy touring, paintball, hiking (to the highest waterfall in Africa,) kloofing, white water rafting, bass fishing or hot air ballooning. Some of these are unique in that this is the first time that they will be available in the area.
Music on offer includes a range of reggae, folk and afro funk sounds with Stelth Ulvang (From The Lumineers), Shortstraw, The Tidal Waves, Champions Of The Sonarverse, Veranda Panda, Fools Of Fate, The Accidentals, The Gus Brown Band, Gavin Ferguson, Hezron Chetty, The Meditators, Inkhonjane No Bheseni, Dj Invizable and Dj Dubmasta China.
There will be our usual food vendors, clean toilets and showers and full bars. Music starts at 5pm on Friday and Saturday, after all the adrenalin has been used up, and ends at 12pm.
All in all the festival will appeal to all across the generations. 18 years and younger come in for free and those born in or before 1950 pay half price.
The festival starts on Friday, 22 May at 3pm and runs until Sunday, 24 May closing at 3pm. Tickets are R600 for a three-day ticket which includes the two nights camping, three days of music, a free lucky draw to win another full ticket and R1000 worth of vouchers to be spent outside the festival on adventure activities, cafes, restaurants etc.
There are also day passes: Friday access one day and one night camping at the festival is R250, Saturday one day and one night camping R350 and Sunday day only R100. Tickets for accommodation and activities can be purchased online. Visit: www.smokingdragon.co.za, email amphibackpackers@worldonline.co.za or call 082 855 9767 or 076 8227508.
