The Mountain Shadows Hotel is situated amongst the picturesque mountains of the Southern Drakensberg Mountains, in the heart of the Eastern Cape In the Drakensberg range, each season has its own beauty and sandstone formations form part of the environment The hotel is at the top of the Barkly Pass with a height of 1990 meter above sea level It is on the scenic R58 Route between Barkly-East 42 km and Elliot 22 km - where the R393 route from Rhodes 70 km joins the R58 route.