Lungi`s Bed and Breakfast

Khayelitsha Township

Khayelitsha (which means “new home” in Xhosa language) is a rapidly growing township located outside of Cape Town, near the Cape Town International Airport. The population now numbers almost 2 million people and is the biggest and youngest township in the Cape Flats. Khayelitsha, which was created during the Apartheid area as a dormitory for black laborers working in Cape Town, is now a vibrant community with schools, churches, markets, training centre’s, craft displays and community gardens.

About Lungi’s B&B

Experience Shack-Chic
Gladys will warmly welcome you into her house: Lungi’s B&B. Lungi is the abbreviation of Nomalungelo, which means “rights” in the Xhosa language. Lungi’s is a friendly ran B&B, where you will feel immediately at ease and which offers you the unique experience of family life and culture in a South African Township.
Lungi’s Township B&B is located in a traditional township house, which was fully redecorated in 2009. The house stands on an owned plot. Gladys, your hostess, opened the B&B after working multiple years in a B&B at Greenpoint. She runs the accommodation in a welcoming and proud way.

Rooms

The B&B has 3 guestrooms: the Green Room, the Red Room and the Yellow Room. All rooms have comfortable twin beds which can be fit together as needed. The Red Room has a bathroom and toilet en-suite, the Yellow Room and Green Room have the communal use of bathroom and toilet.
Both bathrooms have showers with hot running water. Fresh linen and towels are provided, and the rooms are clean and well lit.

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Kindly note that the prices and accommodation are subject to change based on date, availability and special requests.

Get in touch with the people living and working in the village, experience their unique culture and way of living. These people do not have much but live a beautifully peaceful existence.

Enjoy the silence, the wind hushing and touching your skin, relaxing, fire crackling, seeing the Milky Way filled with shooting stars gliding across the nightsky. It will make you feel small and humble but absolutely alive and one with nature.

Accommodation

You will be sleeping in the traditional round huts that are famous for the area. All of the local people also live in these huts and there are almost no other types of buildings to be found in the area.
You can choose to either sleep in a small traditional hut, this hut has a double and a single bed. Experience life in a real African house!
The other option is to sleep in the bigger house. This is also a traditional round house, only bigger then most in the village. The house has a very cosy feel on the inside. Cooking food on the fire, swinging softly on the hanging couch or just fall asleep to the sound of the crackling fire.

The Village

This Tribal Village is surrounded with African Jungle and massive cliffs, situated on a Plateau with a 1.5km long crack in it, forming a short and steep gorge where the African Traditional Healers come to get their medicine, some at the foot of the Sacred 144m Magwa Falls. Sitting here washing your Soul, your feet and your pic-nic bowl, girls carrying fire wood for kilometres passing by, some other do their washing in the river nearby, and boys swimming, herding cattle and coats, then we stroll back, up through the Goso State Forest, spotting insects and plants, 400 or more year old trees colourfull birds in the canopy and some lucky bees. This all makes it easy to breathe.

Africa has called you, this is how it feels to be free. Take it with you, it is for free.

Come listen to your own silence in Deep Dark Africa!

Please read our terms and conditions to inform yourself about our booking procedures.
Kindly note that the prices and accommodation are subject to change based on date, availability and special requests.

The National Arts Festival which forms the largest tourism / visitor event in Grahamstown significantly contributes to the sustainable existence and growth of the Kwam eMakana project. Over the years, an increasing number of festival visitors to Grahamstown and including recognisable South African artists are finding Kwam eMakana to be the township hospitality service of choice.

The annual Science Festival which take place between the month of April / May in Grahamstown also plays a significant role in terms of contributing to the number of visitors that are visiting Kwam eMakana. The type of visitor that normally visits Grahamstown during the Science Festival is students.

During this past Festival, a large number of beds in the Kwam eMakana project had an average of 80% of bed occupancy, this demonstrates the successful partnership between the National Arts Festival programme and Kwam eMakana cultural heritage experiential outreach programme.

In a city with an enormously high rate of unemployment, the Kwam eMakana project offers much needed entrepreneurial skills to advance people’s ability to support their families. Without the National Arts Festival being one of the leading players to support the Kwam eMakana project, much of the economic growth in the township would suffer. Hence, Kwam eMakana endorses the National Arts Festival value as an agent which uses the arts and culture to grow and transform our society.

There are presently 54 accommodations (homestays) which provide 174 bedrooms, 132 single beds and 125 double beds.

Pictures courtesy of Jo Anne Goodenough – read more on these Homestays on the Blog By JoAnne Goodenough

This destination is carefully selected according Responsible Tourism Guidelines Abang Africa Travel & Trust and undersigned Memorandum Of Understanding with Abang Africa Travel.

Please read our terms and conditions to inform yourself about our booking procedures.
Kindly note that the prices and accommodation are subject to change based on date, availability and special requests.

A purpose-build Traditional Guesthouse offering a choice of single, double or a dormitory arrangements; traditional yet comfortable. One big rondavel with three bed rooms; two with four single bunk beds in each room and one for the double.

It also has a kitchen, toilet, hot showers and dinning room which also serve as a lounge and one single small room which serve as a double room.

• It offers a stunning view of the Southern Drankensberg Mountains.
• A gateway to Lesotho, KZN and the Eastern Cape.
• The Guesthouse is uniquely located in the rural settlement which offers total rural experience.
• Interaction with rural people and learn about their culture at first hand.
• A visit to the Isangoma to be foretold and the relating of a story on how to become a Sangoma.

Masakala provides safe parking for hikers on the Mehloding Adventure Trail as well as providing a comfortable and secure base for overnight visitors who wish to discover the beautiful surroundings of the region.

Mehloding Community Tourism Trust represents more than 25 villages in the area.

Masakala Traditional Guesthouse and a nearby adventure trail and are FTTSA accredited. Employees of Masakala Guesthouse live within 5 km of the establishment. Staff training includes first aid, housekeeping and tour guiding. Masakala purchases goods and services within an 8 km radius and has an organic vegetable garden. Soil and water conservation is practiced on site and recycling is done wherever possible. Tour guides teach herders to identify and preserve rock art. Masakala aims to educate locals regarding the preservation and sustainable harvesting of indigenous medicinal plants.

Read more on this accommodation on the Blog by Jo Anne Goodheart

Please read our terms and conditions to inform yourself about our booking procedures.
Kindly note that the prices and accommodation are subject to change based on date, availability and special requests.

Coffee Shack is situated right on the beach amongst the trees in the heart of Transkei , where traditional and Culture are still strong among the Xhosa people.

They offer various forms of accommodation , excellent value for money meals , amazing fresh sea food dinners , Exhilarating daytrips, Cheap surf lessons from the X – World champ , Cultural interaction and amazing hikes and trails.

Dinners are usually fresh seafood, while various day trips and activities can be arranged. Evening entertainment usually entails sitting around campfires listening to local choirs, story-tellers and relaxing with other guests.

Employees at Coffee Shack come from the adjacent Tshezi community, and the business helps staff to advance within the business through ongoing training programs. To spread the benefits of tourism as widely as possible, operational goods are acquired from local suppliers, especially fresh produce, guaranteeing a Fair Share to all involved in and with the business.

Coffeeshack is FTTSA accredited Benefits so far for the local community are :

Employing members of the Community and all staff members are getting better wages. There ‘s a small laundry business belonging to one of the community members within the Coffee Shack premises. Coffee Shack is buying its vegetables from the local communities. Seafood is sourced locally, from those who have permit. Awareness raising and understanding to conserve nature. Staff members are offered training.

This destination is carefully selected according Responsible Tourism Guidelines Abang Africa Travel & Trust and undersigned Memorandum Of Understanding with Abang Africa Travel.

Please read our terms and conditions to inform yourself about our booking procedures.
Kindly note that the prices and accommodation are subject to change based on date, availability and special requests.

Three of the bedrooms are en-suites and one of the rooms on the premises is a self-catering cottage.
Spending a night or two in a township will make your trip to South Africa a much more cultural and balanced experience. Visit our guest house for a clean, safe and memorable experience.

“Hello I am Liziwe and I welcome you to my guest house where you can enjoy a truly South African and cultural experience! We look forward to meeting you and are excited to have guests in our home.”

Liziwe Ngcokoto, now the proud owner of the guest house came from very humble beginnings. Years ago, she used to live in a shack on the same plot as where her guest house stands now. With the support of her husband, she gradually built up a house and then developed it in to a welcoming and cheerful Guest House.

Liziwe has also managed to establish a restaurant attached to her guest house in which both the local and international market can savour the delights of traditional African cuisine.

Please read our terms and conditions to inform yourself about our booking procedures.
Kindly note that the prices and accommodation are subject to change based on date, availability and special requests.