Bulungula Accommodation and Information

Girls can head off with the village women for a day of face painting, brick making, maize stamping, traditional food preparation, beer brewing and firewood collecting. Local fishermen will show you how to catch fish with throw nets, catch crayfish and octopus by hand and to make your own fishing rod from wood and wire. There are a lot of wise old people in the village who have seen it all and have amazing stories to tell, like Bob Marley, the elder who can tell you anything you want to know about the history of the area. Nozolile the sangoma is always the first to laugh, and will beat the drum into oblivion after a few jugs of Umngqombothi beer. Sundays are merry – it seems every second hut has brewed beer and you won't escape without trying some.

The local community at Bulungula offer canoe trips on the beautiful Xhora River where Malachite kingfishers hunt beneath the forested cliffs and cycads upstream.