We decided to the best way to take in the history and culture of Shaka Zulu with our limited time in Durban was to visit Shaka Land. Which I suppose is a cross between Disneyland and a Pioneer Theme Park. If you can get past the kitchiness - the time was thouroughly entertaining.
Shaka Land was built originally as the set for the epic tv film Shaka Zulu, and then acted as the set for the another television series set during the Zulu rule.
A large hotel chain took over management and turned the set into an all inclusive resort, which includes a brief introduction to the legend of Shaka Zulu and tour of a replicated Zulu Tribe, complete with an NkoZi (ruler) and his followers.
Here our tour guide introduces us to the different Zulu spears.
The Chieftainness makes Zulu beer.
The View from outside the dining hall was breathtaking.
After dinner you were led to a hut for traditional dancing...
The female dancers were the most pitiful, underachieving, aloof performers I have ever seen. They CLEARLY were uninterested in just about every part of the tour. Every woman was late getting to her exhibit during the village tour. During the dancing it was difficult not to laugh as the women marked their way through really exciting dances with limp wrists and kicks that never really got off the ground.
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