Trained guides lead daily tours from the village market, through the fields to a working village. The families of each village open their homes to guests, allowing them to experience their culture and take part in their traditional way of life. They delight in sharing their history and customs, showing their traditional outfits and weapons of the masocho (warriors) and explaining the construction of their homes, their farming and traditional healing methods.

After the visit to the village, the tour passes through the mystical kraal of the sangoma and visitors learn about traditional medicines and healing practices. As the sun sets over the mountains, guests are led through the bush towards the reat
Kraal of Chief Soshangana. As they approach, the beating of drums grows louder and warriors usher them into a dramatic flame-lit village. Here, choirs and dancers tell the story of the Shangaan people through music and dance. The chief’s wives serve a traditional feast, including crocodile strips in a spicy peanut sauce, mopane worms, baked butternut, fire-grilled corn wheels and an array of other Shangaan dishes.

If there is one place you visit in Mpumalanga, let it be this warmly welcoming place where people can come together and learn from each other.