Exploring Buddhist Retreat Centre in Ixopo

A retreat centre among indigenous valleys and forests. This guide is compiled from the centre's own published information; we have not visited, and it is not a review.

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The place

The Buddhist Retreat Centre in Ixopo describes a vista of indigenous valleys, forests and rolling hills, with a viewing spot called Nalanda Rocks. Its site says it was declared a Natural Heritage Site by former President Nelson Mandela and that CNN featured it as one of the ten finest meditation centres in the world; these are the centre's own statements. It offers intensive meditation retreats.

What it offers

Before you go

  1. Read your first retreat and what to bring.
  2. See South Africa directory.
  3. Check details on the centre's own site.

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Questions people ask

Where is it?

Ixopo, South Africa.

What does it offer?

Intensive meditation retreats.

Are the heritage and CNN claims independently verified?

They are the centre's own statements; we have not checked them.