New Attractions Open on the Eastern Shores
New Attractions Open on the Eastern Shores An exciting infrastructure project is currently underway across the iSimangaliso Wetland Park with some 30 facilities being constructed or refurbished, to enhance both overnight and day visitor experience. The new Mfazana bird hide overlooking the Mfazana pan and Mfabeni viewing deck (near Cape Vidal) on the Eastern Shores [...]
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is one of the jewels of South Africa’s coastline, with a unique mosaic of ecosystems – swamps, lakes, beaches, coral reefs, wetlands, woodlands, coastal forests and grasslands – supporting an astounding diversity of animal, bird and marine life. Formerly known as the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, the Park was renamed [...]
Tembe Webcam
I found this great link to a web cam at Tembe National Elephant Park, thinking I would quickly check it out, I ended up spending the next half hour lost in a different world. At 7am the pan was already teaming with life, and two huge rhino were lazily wading through the water. You must [...]
Easter in Zululand – Top Ten List
With the Easter holidays almost on us, we went in search of the top ten things to do in and around Zululand and just beyond. With so much to choose from, we were pretty hard-pressed to narrow it down, and we could have made a top 100 with ease. Ask ten people and you will [...]
Wetlands Park Getaways
With the long weekend coming up soon, its time to head out and do some exploring in Zululand and the KZN North Coast, our amazing back yard. With Lake St Lucia and the iSimangaliso Wetlands Park on our doorstep, why not visit this world heritage site with all its amazing sights and sounds. Declared a [...]
Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve – KZN South Coast Getaway
Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve: Giant earthworms, ancient gold diggings and a botanical treasure trove By Kathy Waddington Just nine kilometres from the village of Umzinto and a short drive from the seaside resort and residential area of Park Rynie, Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve is home to a rare species of giant earthworm, endangered beetles – [...]
Our Fragile Planet
Here is an article that appeared in the latest KZN Wildlife Rhino Club Newsletter that is worth reading, it certainly is thought provoking and should be foremost in our minds. Not all is doom and gloom though, and their newsletters are action packed with positive impacts along with the negative, so why not apply for [...]
Stop Butchering our Rhino!
930 million rand That is the estimated market value of the horns from 333 rhino that were butchered last year in South Africa. That is big money and a huge incentive for poachers and criminals out for a quick buck. The demand is fueled by the middle eastern primitive idea that drinking ground up keratin [...]
Sustainable Seafood
The WWF sponsored SASSI, or Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative, have published a guide to enable consumers to play an active role in protecting our heritage, the oceans. Always seen as a bottomless resource, the reality is far from this as we continue to exploit our oceans, depleting stocks in an unsustainable manner. We can [...]
Enseleni Nature Reserve
The Enseleni Nature Reserve is a 293-ha reserve established in 1948 midway between Richards Bay and Empangeni on the N2. A great spot for a day outing, follow the trails between the coastal grasslands and forest. With a rich plant life of mangroves, huge old wild fig trees and papyrus along the river bank makes [...]
