Overview
Visiting the rural Village of eSwatini gives you the best opportunity to mix with the local and to see how the local people live. We take you into the village of kaPhunga and show you the life of the Swazis, here you will have a chance to spend a your 2 days in a local village where Myxo has built a small compound where you will base yourself for the two day.
However you still have the full access to the rest of the community.
if you want to experience more you can chose to stay even two night where you can have the whole day in the village rather than half a day. During this time you can assist some families in their daily chore, this off course will depend on the season, But if you visit during the week and the school in not on holidays, you can have a good day at school helping out with home work or teaching.
Itinerary
DAY 1:
Breakfast in Manzini Market at 8 am or any other time suggested by the guest but not later than 10 if you are staying only one night.
Here we will be Meeting so that we go and have look around at the famous Manzini Market
Manzini market, the largest informal market in Swaziland. Here you can rub shoulders with some locals and see the interesting goods they have for sale to make a living. Manzini is the perfect place to purchase some handcrafted souvenirs and experience the local way of life firsthand. The open-air market is divided into sections to make your shopping all the easier. The items you’ll find for sale at the Manzini Market include creative basket ware in vibrant colours, wood and stone carvings, glassware, exquisite candles, batik items and jewellery – all uniquely Swazi. On many stalls, there is also a chance to see the craftspeople at work and marvel at their intricate skills.
This is where we will spend the day and enjoy the African experience, when ever we have a nice visit from our guest the community always comes and visit us and they also want to watch the performance which is coming from the villagers, upon arrival we will sit down and have short briefing and get and explanation about the village. The after we will be watching the dancing done by the local older ladies and young people. This will provide and excellent opportunity to take pictures and also to mix with the locals , most people do speak a little bit of English but not excellent. guided Address: Kaphunga, Swaziland
We serve traditional meals, usually the mealie pap and any green vegetables and also BBQ
kaphunga walk 14:00 to 15:00 1 hour
This will give best chance to understand the village to go for a short walk around the village 30 min going and then 30 min coming back where there is excellent views all around.
Family Visit -15:00 to 16:00 1 hour
When we do a family visit we get a chance to have a chat with the family and see the way of life in the rural families and also this is best to understand the rural communities, guided Address: Kaphunga village
Sunset walk – 16:00 to 18:00 2 hours
After our walk to discover the village this is the best time to head over to see the sunset and sit on the big rocks while we sit nice bottle of wine this will be a perfect moment. after this moment we will start heading back to our place. guided
Kaphunga – 1 hour 15 minutes
We serve traditional meals, usually the mealie pap and any green vegetables and also BBQ
accommodation in kaPhunga
Room type: BeeHive – (Day 2) 1 night
We offer traditional accommodation in a beehive hut. But if some of our guests are slightly older and they can not crawl then we have another hut where they can walk in normally But we have also other huts where you dont have to crawl down. Please also note that this hut has no windows so it becomes pitch black when the kerosen lights are off. We offer mattresses on the floor and linen no one is cold at night. Occasionally there are some crawling insects but they are never dangerous
DAY 2:
Breakfast -07:30 to 08:00 30 minutes
Our breakfast is very thin porridge , sometimes we mix it with milk or the fermented traditional one., we also have some fruits, toasted bread over the fire. tea and coffee Address: Kaphunga, Eswatini
school visits 08:00 to 09:00 1 hour
Nut you may be luck that you will join a family working in the fields and this can be an amazing way to share with them their chores, so we normally keep our activities as natural as possible. So what you get to see is the normal way for the local people.
Visit the local school in our village and get a chance to spend time with the local kids, This is s a great chance for you to tell them where you come from and they will get practise their English – if you can remember please bring some pictures of your family and also of your home town. You will also have a chance to help them with their school and they normally enjoy this.
Community Hike 09:00 to 10:30 1 hour 30 minutes
When you are in the village the best way to discover the village and see what is going on is to go for a nice short or long walk, normally this can be 30 mins min to 2 hours max. This walk gives you the understanding of the community and definitely gives the best picture opportunity . All you need is the walking shoes , they dont have to be proper hiking shoes
This time we mark the end of the 2 days in the village we hope you enjoyed your stay.
Your Leader
Myxo Mdluli
Myxo mdluli is the mastermind behind the creation of this amazing experience, he is now 48 years old and still going strong in his passion to meet travellers from all over the world, he is a well-travelled person himself if you compare him to his fellow local people.
Myxo’s love of travelling makes it much easier to communicate well with him, he is very easy going and very friendly person if you really need your visit to this country to be amazing start do insist that you want to at least meet him for a short time before he goes off to do other chores, but you may be lucky that he will have time and spend it with you during your entire stay. He is speaks a few languages, this makes him understand other cultures… you will truly enjoy meeting him.
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