Shakaland, South Africa

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Shakaland is a living museum showcasing traditional Zulu culture combined with luxury accommodation. Built on the movie sets of Shaka Zulu and John Ross it offers guests the opportunity to watch customs like the beer drinking ceremony and spear making in the Umuzi (Zulu homestead) and then stay in traditional beehive huts enjoying modern luxuries. There is also a great bar and restaurant to enjoy with views across the Entembeni hills before watching the Zulu dancing after dinner.

  • Sleeping in a traditional beehive hut but enjoying all the home comforts
  • Watching traditional Zulu dancing after dinner
  • Understanding more about the Zulu culture and way of life
Accommodation
–55 traditional beehive huts with en suite bathrooms and televisions.
Activities
–The cultural tour showcases the beer drinking ceremony, fighting formations, the greeting of the home, the Sangoma, the Nyanga, social systems, bead making, spear throwing beer production and pottery making.
Facilities
  • –swimming pool,
  • curio shop,
  • bar,
  • restaurant and the Umuzi cultural experience
Meal Basis
– Dinner, bed and breakfast plus cultural programme
Child Policy
– Children are welcome. Shakaland can also host educational school trips.

Client Comments

The honeymoon…. Absolutely fantastic, better than I thought it ever could be.

Cape town - The Highlight here was Kensington place:

  1. Service, food and general vibe of this place was simply the best we could have ever hoped for. The team at this hotel really know how to make you feel at home and treat you like someone special.
  2. The food and wine, we knew going... more
    Eileen and Kenneth Goonery – June 2009

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