kosi bay lake in the evening

Kosi Bay Slackpacking Trail

Kosi Bay and the Elephant Coast are among the most unique and beautiful jewels in KwaZulu-Natal’s illustrious quiver of natural attractions. One of the best ways to experience this area (as with so many areas in KwaZulu-Natal) is on foot, which is why we’re about to recommend that you do everything you can to get…

Snorkeling the Kosi Mouth Aquarium

Snorkel Aquarium Reef at Kosi Bay

Aquarium Reef at Kosi Bay is one of the most unique and exhilarating places to explore KwaZulu-Natal’s underwater world. A wide variety of marine life, tucked into a small corner of the beautiful Kosi Lakes system, is an obvious attraction. We’ve spent many hours drifting up and down this aquatic centerpiece during our Ultimate South African…

Sunset at Sodwana Bay in northern KwaZulu-Natal
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Bush Walks, 1,000 Year Old Trees and the Best Sunsets Ever in iSimangaliso

Hi everyone. We left things off last time inside the Hluhluwe/iMfolozi Game Reserve. Since then, we’ve headed back into the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and had a week characterised by extreme weather that changed just about every plan we had. Somehow though, things have a way of working themselves out. We were sad to leave the Hluhluwe/iMfolozi Game…

Mission Rocks
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Sad Goodbyes to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Welcome to our second update from the St Lucia section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Expectations exceeded If someone had asked us before we started the trip how long we thought we’d spend in this area, we would have said three days, possibly four to be generous? We were sure that that would have been…

Lake St Lucia estuary
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Exploring St Lucia and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Today we’re writing from the Cape Vidal section of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. The iSimangaliso Wetland Park iSimangaliso is a park that needs no introduction. It was proclaimed as South Africa’s very first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. It was awarded this status for its unique ecosystems, its biodiversity and sheer beauty. This is…