We are pleased to announce that Amahlathi Tourism Association was nominated, by the public for the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency's 2nd Annual Adventure Province Tourism Awards 2011. The Amahlathi Tourism Association, Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism and The Wild Coast Jikelza were ...
Set in an outstandingly beautiful area, Cata is clean, vibrant and friendly offering the tourist an amazing holiday or weekend break. The scenic route from Stutterheim to Cata, passing the beautiful Gubu Dam and historic town of Keiskammahoek, is approximately 60km. Accommodation is offered at t...
In October 2006, Stan Dugmore, who runs the Forest Way Outdoor Outreach programme in Stutterheim was inspired by a small, wheelchair bound school girl. Little Brodie Moodie was only in Grade 1 at the time and was part of the Clarendon class attending the yearly outing to Forest Way. Unable to take...
One way or another, sewing has always been a part of Uyanda's life. As a small child she would watch her grandmother, a seamstress at a Mdantsane clothing factory, sewing together scraps of material into lovely garments. Her aunts were also avid sewers and so, surrounded by a resourceful family, he...
The Free Wings Art Studio, a project funded by the European Union, has now been running for 15 months under the watchful eye of Coenie Strydom, an extremely talented young artist from Stutterheim. Since its inception, he has trained two young local students, Ayanda and Lawkasie ...
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12 Amazing Facts about Amahlathi.
1) The indigenous forest at Stutterheim is the s 2) Amahlathi is the only place in the world where 3 species of cycads grow in vast colonies, in close proximity to each other in the wild. They are Encephalartos friederici-guilielmi, princeps and caffra.
3) The diversity of environment in the Amahlathi region provides shelter for several endangered or rare species; the Cape Parrot, Samango Monkey, Hogsback Frog, Amatola Toad, Kubusie Damsel, Keilandia (scorpion), Golden Mole, and Penningtons Opal Butterfly. 4) A new plant, part of the Fire Lily or Cyranthus family has been discovered in the Quanti area. It has been named Cyranthus macmasteri after Cameron Mc Master who found it.
5) Elephant tusks and molars, found in the Khologha and Pirie Forests, are on display in the Amathole Museum in King Williams Town. 6) The oldest San painting to have been discovered in this area is estimated to be 3000 years old. 7) The great Xhosa chief Sandile who fought in the Frontier Wars was killed during the ninth war and lies buried at the foot of Mount Kemp. 8) Reverend Döhne, the pastor of Bethel Mission was also a great linguist. He translated the New Testament into Xhosa in 1865. 9) Dr. Basil Dormer was schooled in Cathcart before studying medicine. A brilliant doctor, he became world renown for his knowledge on the prevention and cure of Tuberculosis.
10) The Cullinan Diamond was named after Thomas Cullinan who had worked with his father building the railway from East London to Queenstown. After the death of both parents, he left Cathcart to seek his fortune on the reef. Through hard work, he became a well known business man and industrialist in the then Transvaal. He received a knighthood in 1910. 11) The Stutterheim Engine Museum has the largest collection of stationery engines in working order in the Southern Hemisphere. 12) Cata Community Museum is the only museum in South Africa which tells the story of the apartheid era and of land dispossession. The land has since been redistributed to the original families and a thriving community now exists. |
econd largest expanse of natural forest in South Africa.