Village Tour
Painted walls, real homes, and an afternoon that is not a museum.
Duration
4 hours
Group size
2 – 12 guests
Best time
Afternoons, year round
Departs
Hotel pickup 13:00
Pricing
Contact us for pricing
The day
An afternoon in a working village: hand-painted Ndebele homesteads, a craft workshop where you make something yourself, and tea in somebody's kitchen. The community hosts it and the community is paid for it.
Ndebele wall painting is a genuine art form, passed from mother to daughter, and the geometry on these walls is read the way a coat of arms is read. You will meet the women who paint them, sit while they explain the language of the patterns, and try a panel yourself. Afterwards there is beadwork, a homestead visit and tea. Nothing is staged for the camera and nothing is for sale unless you ask.
How it runs
- 01
13:00
Into the village
A short drive out of the Lowveld and a welcome at the gate.
- 02
13:45
Reading the walls
The painters explain the geometry and what it says.
- 03
14:45
Your turn
Paint a panel and try a strand of beadwork.
- 04
16:00
Tea and home
Tea in a homestead kitchen, then the drive back.
Gallery
On this tour.
3 photographs
Contact us for pricing
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Every journey is quoted to the group, the season and the number of days. Tell us what you have in mind and our travel desk will come back the same day with a full proposal.
Staying with us? Reserve a suite and we bundle the tours into one itinerary.