Modjadji House, a luxurious guest house situated in Floracliffe in Johannesburg, offers an incredible alternative to urban accommodation.
Modjadji House is an exclusive Guest House with only six luxury rooms. The House is the embodiment of space as a luxury. Each Room is individually developed and designed to create unique and personal spaces to fit the needs of each of the guests.
All the rooms are well equipped with internet connectivity, telephone usage and DSTV. Collectively the rooms have outside showers, balconies, private gardens and open-plan bathrooms.
The unique two acre garden with a selection of cycads including ancient Modjadji Cycads (Encephelartos transvenosus) has an austere quality that resembles the Modjadji Rain Forest in the Venda region of South Africa.
The legend of the Modjadji Queen, its truth and its mystery, was the inspiration behind the reconstruction of a house built in 1960 in Floracliffe, Johannesburg.
The property is still in the possession of the family who built it originally, and with the help of their architect; Georg van Gas, the original structure was utilized and changed into a venue of modern simplicity and authentic quality.
The House and the garden breathe one breath.
The Rain Forest in Luvedo is the home of the Modjadji Rain Queen - a Southern African Legend. This legend originated in the 16th century and is today still told to be true, and to this day there still reigns a Queen over the Luvedo valley.
The Modjadji or Rain Queen is hereditary queen of Balobedu, (people of South Africa’s Limpopo Province)
The succession to position of Rain Queen is matrilineal. It’s passed from the Queen to eldest daughter. Males never inherit the throne.
The Modjadji or Rain Queen is believed to possess special powers; the ability to control the clouds and rainfall. The true origin of the Queen is in question and many versions of the truth have been told over the centuries.
However, she is universally believed to be the divine transformer of the clouds, a highly respected and feared Queen in Africa; Not only because of her power to withhold and bestow rain, but mostly because of her feminine nature, the fairness of her skin and the secrets of her valley.
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