DIRECTIONS TO BULUNGULA – rather use Google Maps (only begin navigating to Bulungula Lodge once you are on the road to avoid a bad google short-cut)

EAST LONDON MTHATHA +-15km

DRIVING TIMES TO BULUNGULA Please leave on time and measure your km. If you drive at night you will get lost on the dirt roads. From Coffee Bay: 2h 00min From Mthatha: 3h 00min From Port St Johns: 4h 30min From : 5h 30min From Cintsa/East London: 5h 30min 37km From Hogsback (via Komga): 6h 30min From Durban: 8h 30min From : 9h 00min From Nieu Bethesda: 9h 00min 50km From Cape Town (via N1 & ): 15h 00min Nokolege From JHB (via Underberg): 14h 00min Store

Route 1

10km

small shop 16.5km Route 2

tar road to Zithulele Hospital 10km

Kwaaiman Wide tree Store + Use detour if Police stream flooded stream 1km 1km

30km 4km 5km Embekweni Arts Big 6km 3km 200m Wall k c

Store Centre i l r

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o w e n h stream c hi c l

a l f s 5km 9km

6½km Zithulele COFFEE BAY Hospital Hole-in-the Zizamele Wall Hotel Mpame village Store

1km DIRECTIONS TO BULUNGULA – FROM N2 (use these directions together with map) Please call to ask which route is in the best condition at the moment. Visit www.bulungula.com for instructions on a 4x4 shortcut that will save you 45 minutes. Blue school with big fence Route 1: Take the Coffee Bay turn off the N2. Drive straight for 37km until your reach Nokolege Store. Take a right onto the dirt road and drive straight for about 10km. Follow the road as it curves sharply to Madwaleni your right (do not take left turn). After another 10km you will drive through a small stream and soon Hospital after you will reach the Arts Centre – turn right here (Embekweni Store will be on your right). (***) 2km Within 500m take a right at the first fork. After 7½km, keep left at the blue school. After 2km keep right at the next fork and after another 1km keep left at the next fork (if in doubt follow the main/widest small dirt track road). Follow this road until just before it ends (another 6½km). On your right there will be a newish 1km dirt road with some peach-coloured houses and a bright yellow corner fence pole as landmarks. Turn right on to this newish dirt road and driver straight for 5 km until you see the lodge parking area. It is a 500m walk from here to the lodge. stream Route 2: Take the Coffee Bay turn off the N2. After 50 km you will see a tar road road to your right signposted “Zithulele Mission Hospital”. Take this road and drive straight for 16.5 km where you will reach a right turn signposted “Bulungula”. Take this right turn. (**) This dirt road goes down the hill. Follow this road for 9km (after 5km there will be a left turn, ignore it). At the 9km mark you will see a 6½ km Small school face-brick school on your left and then soon after you will reach a T-junction – keep left here. Drive with blue roof straight for another 4km (ignore right turn after 1km) until you reach the shop with the huge wall - keep left at this junction. After another 1km you will see the signs to Bulungula/Arts Centre, turn left. Follow directions for Route 1 above (***).

Peach DIRECTIONS TO BULUNGULA – FROM COFFEE BAY houses & yellow pole From Coffee Bay take the direct road to Hole in the Wall. After about 9km you will reach the Hole in the Wall Hotel, take a right here. Drive for 6km then take a sharp, hairpin left. After another 5km you will reach a T junction with a tar road, turn left onto the tar road and then 200m later turn right onto the Bulungula dirt road signposted “Bulungula.” (**) From here, directions are the same as Route 2 above. Lodge Bulungula Store