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The
earliest settlers arrived in the area from the 1860s and included Farmers
and foresters. Walking
through Maguthwa Bush, also known as Purser's
Bush, you will see the sawpits
dug in those early years. If you are lucky, you
could see the rare Cape Parrot [Poicephal
Robuttos) which feeds
and nests in the Yellow Wood trees found in the numerous
indigenous Forests dotted around the area. A
visit to the Holy Trinity or Yellow Wood Church, built in 1886 for £26, is
recommended while a walk up Mahwaqa Mountain to a
height of 2050m above sea level offers a magnificent
view of the area - as far as the Southern Drakensberg. Even better, tandem fly on a paraglider
or hang glide with one of the qualified
instructors operating in Bulwer. Whether
its a country ramble, birding, fishing,
horse-riding, adventure sports or just quietly relaxing, the Bulwer district
offers it all.
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The
village of Bulwer
nestles under the protective gaze of the Frowning
One or Mahwaqa Mountain. Built in 1885 and named
after Sir Henry Bulwer, the
Lieutenant Governor of Natal (1875-1880), the
village became the magisterial centre for the 
