Website: www.isibindi.co.za

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Contact Person: Brigitte
Telephone: +27 (0)35 474 1473
Fax: +27 (0)35 474 1490
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City: Isibindi Eco-Reserve
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Country: South Africa

This 12 bed lodge is a peaceful bushveld retreat with accommodation designed in an architectural celebration of the Zulu nation. It offers a host of activities for those wanting to experience a combination of gameviewing, battlefields and Zulu cultural experiences.

iSibindi Zulu Lodge is situated within the Isibindi Eco-Reserve which is home to abundant indigenous game. Morning and evening game drives or walks are offered and there is excellent bird watching.

It's a stone's throw away from the historically momentous Anglo-Zulu battlefields of Isandlwana where the Zulu and British clashed in a devastating battle. The battlefield tour starts at Isandlwana, where the greatest defeat in British colonial history took place. The events of Rorke's Drift (later in the day) are described, as well as a short tour of the museum.

A Zulu Boma Dinner begins just as the sun starts setting, casting the hills in soft golden light. Guests are led down a narrow path to the beat of drums. As one emerges into a clearing coming across a historical Zulu umuzi (village) the dancing bodies of Zulu children make for a profound experience. The traditional dances, and their role in Zulu history and culture, is explained amid the energetic displays.

Panoramic day trips can take you to nearby waterfalls, rock art paintings and local Zulu villages where you can meet the sangoma and be encouraged to 'throw the bones', which is an ancient Zulu art of fortune telling and rain wishing.