Qualla: Howick Falls https://qualla.com/howick-falls en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/k/d/v/8/howick-falls-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Howick Falls https://qualla.com/howick-falls Howick Falls: Introduction https://qualla.com/howick-falls/ Photo credit (WT-en) Nic at English Wikivoyage, Public domain. The Zulu name for Howick Falls is KwaNogqaza -- "Place of the Tall One." The tall one in question is not the waterfall itself but the Inkanyamba, a giant serpent-like creature said to inhabit the churning pool at the base of the 95-meter drop. According to local tradition, only sangomas -- traditional healers -- can safely approach the water's edge, and then only to offer prayers. Whether or not you believe in the serpent, the pool has claimed at least 40 lives since records began in 1851, lending the place a gravity that mere height statistics cannot convey.

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/d/v/8/howick-falls-wp/kdv8-howick-falls-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Howick Falls: Thirty Thousand Years of Witnesses https://qualla.com/howick-falls/ Photo credit User:kierano, CC BY-SA 3.0. KwaZulu-Natal has known human occupation for over 30,000 years, and KwaNogqaza was a significant site long before European settlers arrived and renamed it for the nearby town of Howick. The Umgeni River carves through the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands here, and the sudden drop -- where ...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/d/v/8/howick-falls-wp/kdv8-howick-falls-thirty-thousand-years-of-witnesses.mp3 0:06 2 full Howick Falls: The Serpent in the Pool https://qualla.com/howick-falls/ Photo credit Margaret E Parker, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Inkanyamba occupies a particular place in Zulu cosmology. It is not a fairy tale or a bedtime story but a spiritual presence -- a creature associated with storms, seasonal change, and the deep places where water gathers power. The pool beneath Howick Falls, perpetually churni...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/d/v/8/howick-falls-wp/kdv8-howick-falls-the-serpent-in-the-pool.mp3 0:06 3 full Howick Falls: A Ledger of the Lost https://qualla.com/howick-falls/ Photo credit Chrislorenz9, CC BY-SA 4.0. Forty recorded deaths at a single waterfall is a notable figure. The first was documented in 1851, and the causes since then have ranged from accidental drownings to suicides to at least one murder. The falls have also attracted thrill-seekers with more courage than sense. In 199...

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]]> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/k/d/v/8/howick-falls-wp/kdv8-howick-falls-a-ledger-of-the-lost.mp3 0:06 4 full Howick Falls: Midlands Landmark https://qualla.com/howick-falls/ Photo credit Nicolette de Lange, CC BY-SA 4.0. Despite its dark history -- or perhaps, as the tourism literature carefully notes, because of it -- KwaNogqaza has become one of the principal attractions of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. The town of Howick sits on the Midlands Meander, a popular driving route through rolling green...

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