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Ammazulu

Gardens and Sculpture Precinct

Welcome to Ammazulu Sculpture Garden in Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The precinct includes 20 Acres of Gardens, 5 Galleries and a Coffee pavilion.
We are open for Lunch bookings during the week.
Picnic baskets made to order.

Ammazulu Sculpture Garden in Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal leaves one feeling childlike and full of wonder

Entrance is R50 and children under 10 is R20.
A must see for anyone visiting KwaZulu-Natal or living here.

The Ammazulu Sculpture Garden's are owned by well-known architect Peter Amm who lives on the sprawling property and we opened to the public in October 2020. If you are looking for something different to do with your family on the weekend, a visit to the gardens won't disappoint.

Trees so tall that you feel small

From the minute you get out of the car you will be in awe of the staggeringly tall tress all around and how little you suddenly seem in relation to this expanse of nature. With each step through the extensive gardens, you can simply revele in feeling like children again!

Sculptures of hippos are hiding in the bush and enormous dragon flies happily fluttering in the sky. A gigantic man with spikes covering his body is waiting to astound you by his size! A muscular pegasus is frozen mid-flight as if a magic wand has caused time to stand still, while the legs of the elegant giant flamingos stand parallel with thin tree trunks in a secret forest area.

Ammazulu Sculpture Garden

The Ammazulu Sculpture Garden is a place for the curious and you just never know what extraordinary sculpture awaits you around the next corner!

Play like a kid and be enchanted by the varied textures and colours that fill the gardens

Climb a huge wigwam structure decorated with real furry teddy bears, to enjoy a panoramic view of all the shades of green and a few minutes later be greeted by the warm smile of a boy mannequin welcoming you to enter a giant tepee! Oh the glee to be a kid again! Down another of the maze of pathways there is a ‘room of horrors’ filled with all sorts of fascinating paraphernalia to look at from a distance and life size silver men with angels wings played in the trees above. Be aware that their nakedness will likely result in some questions from younger folk!

Amazing abstract art made from repurposed materials at the Ammazulu Sculpture Garden

Some favourite sculptures in the gardens are brightly coloured abstract flowers made from blue drinking water bottles and all sorts of other recycled materials, and the enormous colourful ferris wheel like structures – the things that fun fairs and carnival dreams are made of. The horses that have been crafted from hundreds of intricate metal shapes carefully welded together are also enchanting.

It’s the type of place that will leave even the wisest of minds with a sense of wonder and belief that surely in the middle of the night while we are all fast asleep, these forest creatures come to life!

Delicious gourmet toasted sandwiches for lunch

After all the walking you can sit at the ‘Awesome Food’ cafe situated close to the entrance of the Ammazulu Sculpture Garden. The cafe's quirky name matches its physical appearance very well as a Pagoda is a tower in Eastern Asia, and upon entering the park and seeing the restaurant ahead of you, you might have a sense that you are in Thailand! Like the rest of the gardens – you feel so far from being in Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal because the whole experience of being here seems wonderfully ‘out of this world!

The toasted sandwiches on offer are anything but ordinary and perfectly match the delightfully unusual and surprising tone of the gardens! Flavours like pork belly and chargrilled pineapple, and aubergine and pesto are advertised on a black board and are prepared with the utmost care in the open kitchen area.

An incredible collection of sculptor Andries Botha’s work

With the aroma of toasted sandwiches in the air while you wait for lunch, visit an undercover area close by to view Peter Amm’s amazing collection of artworks by world renowned South African sculptor Andries Botha. Some may recall how his beautiful elephant sculptures that were commissioned as a part of beautifying the city of Durban for the Soccer World Cup were tragically defaced and damaged in 2012. His eclectic and diverse collection at the Ammazulu Sculpture Garden is fascinating to see and ponder the meaning of.

If you are looking for something different to do in Kwazulu Natal this magical place full of whimsy is so worthy of a visit.

Recommendations: Closed shoes, long pants, hat and mozzie spray and most important of all – lots of time. This is not a quick look and see garden.