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Im looking at getting a hand held gps, Ive been looking at the Garmin Dakota 10 (that sort of price range. I dont know much about them (normally use a map and compass). Any advice? Also, how do the maps etc work. I was told the Dakota 10 comes with maps for southern Africa but not the Drakensberg?

Have a look at the newer Garmin Oregon range , most garmin "outdoor" GPS's have a worldwide basemap included which is pretty useless.
The Oregon is complete touch-screen and water/shock proof and has served me well so far.
(issues regarding average back-light performance has not affected me)

You will have to load the Africa Topographic maps separately (bought from your local camping store or online) , the above model can take street and topo maps simultaneously so can serve in Automotive mode/ Geocaching/ hiking etc..
They have 850MB onboard memory, you can extend this by adding a mini SD card.

Don't forget the legendary GPSMAP 60CSx model - its also a safe choice if you can still get one as these are previous generation.

Cheers

Yep, as mentioned above, the key is buying the topographic map, this will cover the Berg and Lesotho. I've been using an old faithful eTrex Legend Cx all these years and don't have experience with the newer Garmins that are now available. I won't upgrade until the 3D stuff becomes available and more meaningful for the Berg and Lesotho - currently my GPS still does everything I need it to.

Thanks for the input guys. I'm going to start searching the net etc to see what I can find.