imbali · Eastern Cape

The frontier landscape, told by someone who belongs to the story.

Guided tours and self-guided GPS audio tours around Makhanda and the historic Xhosa frontier.

The magical world of the amaXhosa

Cosmology, izibongo, and the 1856–57 cattle-killing prophecy.

Frontier War history

The Wars of Dispossession, 1779–1879 — Egazini, Makhanda, Maqoma, the Amatola.

Makhanda → Maqoma, a geology transect

The Cape Supergroup, the Great Escarpment, and Gondwana deep time.

Tours

Frontier War History
A full day tracing the Wars of Dispossession across the country they were fought over — from the 1819 Battle of Grahamstown to Maqoma's stand in the Waterkloof.
9 hrs · from R 1 450

All tours → Self-guided →

A project of Indwe-Afrika Development Consultants.