Zulu Tours

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Umkhosi Wokweshwama.The Celebration of First Fruits.Date:16th December 2008.Guided Tours, Press & VIP access arranged by Zululand Eco-Tours.Tours depart from The George Hotel & Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe.(Dates subject to The Zulu King's discretion) Cost R450 pp. (Min 4 pax)

Walters Home

Valley of the Zulu Kings Weekend Adventure.Three day tour of Zulu traditional culture, contemporary Zulu life and Zulu ceremonies.Rural & Urban Zululand. Zulu Upliftment Projects.
Tours fit in with the Baz Bus schedule from Swaziland, St Lucia & Durban. The bus arrives Thursday afternoon from Swaziland / St Lucia and Friday morning from Durban. We can start the tour on another day to suite you.

King Dinizulu Township and upliftment Tour.
Zululand Eco-Tours from The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers weekdays. Eshowe. Cost R350 pp.

Walters Home

Zululand Eco-Tours.Zulu Village Overnight at Walter Cele's farm.
From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers. Eshowe.Cost R495 pp.

Happy boys in Zululand

A Zululand Eco-Adventure Tour. Spend three days on a Zululand on a tour that touches the nerve of Africa.
From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe.All meals and accommodation included. Depart every Every Monday 11.30 am until 12.00 am on Wednesday.Other departure dates can be arranged. Cost R2450 - R3450 pp. Below are some of the things you will see and do and not necessarily in that order.The tours are designed around what is happening in rural Zululand.You will be kept very busy.
Sleepover in Zulu Village for one night. Hotel the next or both in the Hotel.

This Tour is highly recommended by our clients.

School Educational Tours into Eshowe, KZN

Your guides to take you around Eshowe and Zululand. All community men, Zulu linguists and experienced in Zulu culture and life.

Picking Tea at Ntingwe

Day tour or overnight to Ntingwe Tea Estates, inland from Eshowe, Zululand where one of the worlds top five teas are grown.Zululand Eco-Tours. From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers. Eshowe.

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Manziwayo Extreme rocksliding and waterfalling, kloofing adventure

Sangoma in Red

Sangoma initiations, healing, rituals, intitations, spirits, throwing the bones.
Zululand Eco-Adventure Tours. From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers. Eshowe.
Wednesday and Sunday afternoons (Healing Ceremonies R295 pp) and Weekends (Initiations. R350 pp). Special Sangoma rural visits R295 pp.

Zulu Prawn Braai at the Amatikulu Prawn Shack at Amatikulu Beach.

The way the lunch works...

Crowd at Prawn Braai

Lunch is a 7 course meal, which starts at 12:00 (recommended time of arrival 11:30 - for caiparinhia cocktails). The meal is treated like a food tasting, so our cooking is done outside on fires and goes on course after course through the day. Lunch finishes around 16:00/16:30 (but depends on the pace of the crowd). The idea is to slow down, enjoy the meal and just relax!

Dress code : Very relaxed, so sarongs and flip flops are the order of the day.
Rate : Saturdays and Sundays : R140pp / Mondays - Fridays R150pp (Bookings essential) We are generally opened on Saturdays and Sundays, however if you would like to make a booking for during the week we require a minimum of 15 people.
Full cash bar available (no BYO's)
Bookings can be made with me via email or cellphone, or you can book online. Bookings direct with Keshnee at 0847376493
Accommodation.Eshowe accommodation.Chennells Guestouse,The George Hotel.Zululand Backpackers.
If you need any more information please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Mixed Bag of Zulu Cultural tours and Experiences.Tours in Eshowe, Forests, shebeens, sangoma, museums, cultural, historical, zululand battlefields, zulu ceremonies, Upliftment, Birding.Agritours.

Shaka Zulu

King Shaka Day Celebrations at Duguza (Stanger) in Zululand.Zulus meet to honour Shaka Zulu.
Zululand Eco-Tours. From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe.Date 24th September 2010. Cost R450 pp for full day tour, press & VIP access..

24th September each year.Cost R450 pp.

Shembe

Shembe Gathering at Judea near Eshowe
Shembe's gather en mass at Judea every year in October. (15th October - 31st October 2010).
Guided Tours are arranged by Zululand Eco-Tours. Tours depart from The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe daily. Cost R350 pp.

Zululand Eco-Tours. From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe.
Cost of Half Day Tours R350 pp

Reed Procession

The Zulu Kings Reed Dance at eNyokeni Palace, uMkhosi woMhlanga.Date:11th September 2010
The Zulu Kings Reed Dance at eNyokeni Palace.
Guided Tours, Press & VIP access arranged by Zululand Eco-Adventures.

The tours leave from The George Hotel & Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe. We Leave at 8.00 am return 7.00 pm. I am a registered guide. We organise VIP access and press access applications, A light Picnic lunch supplied. Bring your own refreshments which we will keep cold for you. Cost of tour R450 pp.If you take your own vehicle you have more flexibility to leave when you are ready. The cost is then R450 pp. It is a long day some people are ready to go home by 4.30 pm. I will leave the Ceremony when there is consensus amongst the remaining clients.
Accommodation. You can stay over at The George Hotel or Chennells Guesthouse in Eshowe. Hotel cost Single R295, Double R395. Bed & Breakfast. Guesthouse Single R850, Double R1350. Bed & Breakfast.
Transfers: From Durban. Single R1850. Double R1950.

Directions. Drive from Durban up the N2. Take Dokodweni Offramp to Eshowe after 110 or so kms. When in Eshowe follow signs to The George Hotel.

Man & Wife

Traditional Zulu Ceremonies, Zulu Weddings, Coming of Age, and others in Eshowe,Zululand.

By Zululand Eco-Adventures.Every Weekend. From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers. Eshowe.
Tours to these ceremonies take place Sat and Sun from 12.30 pm - 5.30 pm.
Cost R350 pp.

Cowards Bush Visitors

The birth of the Zulu Nation. Rise and fall of King Shaka. Contemporay Zulu life.We trace the birth and rise of the Zulu Empire from Zulus birthplace below the Mandawe Cross.Zululand Eco-Tours. From The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers. Eshowe.

Lutheran Church

Mbongolwane Wetlands and Crafts Tour. Drive out into Zulu country. Learn about contemporary Zulu life in Zululand.Tours depart from The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers at 10.00 am and you return at 3.00 pm.Cost R450 pp.

Ready to Dance

Zulu Cultural Village Tour Experience a rural village at Walter Cele or Victors Mdluli's Place.Spend a day walking from village to village seeing Zulu life as it is today. Contemporary Zulu Life.
Cost R350 pp. for a Full day with a light lunch.

Khekheke Jnr in Full Cry

Khekheke's First Fruits & Snake ritual. Originated by one of the most noted Sangomas in Africa. Date: 23rd February 2010. Guided Tours arranged by Zululand Eco-Tours. Depart The George Hotel & Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe.Cost R450 pp.