Mahatma Gandhi House, Phoenix Settlement Durban

This is the right place to visit if you want to know about Mahatma Gandhi. The staff is very welcoming and you find all the history you are looking for. It's very helpful, especially for Travel and Tourism projects. It is located in Bhambayi, Inanda area.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNot sure

A fantastic and spiritual place. The curator was so friendlyVisited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNot sure

The history of the famous statesman Mahatma Gandhi is well located at this house of his.

A brilliant museum, the information is vast and well presented, and the stuff is very friendly and passionate about what they do. An amazing experience!

This review is little dated, nevertheless relevant. When I first visited Durban for Comrades Marathon in 2012, I tried to find this place and failed. I was with my family in a rented car and got lost close to the memorial. After searching for a few hours, we ended up in the same place with curious onlookers peeping into our car. We distinctly felt unsafe and decided to head back. But, second attempt in 2013 was successful. I was with a few friends, again in a rented car. They were much more tenacious and found the place not before getting lost a few times. Gandhi Memorial had been rebuilt after destruction in in 1980's. Even after that, the memorial seems to be barely sustaining with little or no maintenance. Regardless, the place gave us goosebumps, standing in the same place where Gandhi transformed himself and sowed the seeds for transforming India in the years and decades to come.

Small but incredibly well done museum like site that covers the history and legacy of Gandhi and his wife Kasturba. A bit out of the way but well worth the visit.

Contrary to whats advertised they are not opened on the Sunday that we went. The security guard showed us arround but only the house was accessible.

Small and quick, but very interesting and important. Right next to a school - children's laughter at recess seemed a fitting aural backdrop for this museum.

His words Mahatma Gandhi, and actions like those of Mr. Nelson Mandela should ever be forgotten ! A most see !

The Phoenix settlemen that Gandhi created sits today in KwaMashu. Although the original house that Gandhi and his family occupied was destroyed in the viloence of the mid-1980's, the re-built house is now home the interprative center that documents the life of Gandhi and his family in South Africa. On the same property is the building that housed the printing presses that were used to create the "Indian Opinion" which operated from 1903 until 1915. The actual press is no longer in the building and instead the building is used at the administrative center for the site. Nearby Gandhi's house is the home in which Gandhi's son Manilol lived and assisted in the running of the newspaper, and eventually decoming it's editor. Finally on the same site is a interprative center that documents the Shembe people as well as the history of KwaMashu and the Indian people. The on site guides are helpful if available, but everything is well documented so easy to get around without a guide.