The Balugha River Estate is a mere 10km drive to the Crossways shopping complex ,which has a Friendly Spar,fish shop , Bottle store ,spa and several restuarants and pubs. 

The newly constructed Hemingways Mall ,which incidenty is the largest shopping mall in the Eastern Cape is only a 35 km drive away.

The Hemingways mall has over 200 shops and several well known franchised restaurants as well as a casino.