TOURIST INFORMATION
Colenso Information Office
36 Sir George Street, Colenso
PO Box 22, Colenso, 3360
Tel 036 422 2111
Fax 036 422 2227
On the banks of the Thukela River and surrounded by the Drakensberg foothills, Colenso was known as Commando Drift before being renamed in honour of the first Bishop of Natal. John William Colenso was a missionary who translated the New Testament into Zulu...earning the title Sobantu - Father of the People.African life can be observed here in an undisturbed natural state, unspoiled by any form of commercialisation.