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The name Makakatana is the name of a Zulu Chief called “Makakatana”, who lived in the area many years ago. The southern most bay that opens into Lake St Lucia from the narrows was named after the Chief.
The logo of the crab was used because the land on which the lodge lies had an old concrete block house built on it that John Kemp Morrison (Jock) used to store fish and crabs. The concrete storage house was later left abandoned due to the severe heat of summer and due to the banning of commercial catching of the crabs.
The block house then got the nick name ‘the Crab House’.
Today the ‘Crab House’ is now called the ‘Crab Cellar’ and is home to a strangler Fig tree and the Makakatana wine stocks! On request we offer the cellar as a venue for private dinners.
>>Click here to read the full story of Makakatana written by Ursula Morrison
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