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Archived entries for  Kwa Zulu Natal

Kwazulu Natal is one of South Africa’s most diverse regions with mountains, beaches, battlefields and bush. A major drawcard to this region is its subtropical climate and the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. For those looking to relax the KZN Coastline has pretty beaches and golf courses. The Drakensberg and Midlands area is home to the highest mountains in Southern Africa and there are Big Five Game Reserves such as Umfolozi Hluhluwe, Phinda and the St Lucia Wetlands so you can enjoy exclusive Kwazulu Natal Safaris. Visit the Natal section on our website.

And the sardines are off…

The Sardine Run on the coast of Kwazulu Natal

The migration of animals is one of the most humbling of phenomena to encounter. David Attenborough has been showing us that for years and we at Rhino Africa have been taking people on various trips to marvel at such wonders up close for years too. The extraordinary annual Great Migration of wildebeest and other grazing [...]

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Happy Birthday Mr President!

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Today is a special day in sunny South Africa, our President, Jacob Zuma, turns 69 today! President Zuma was born in the beautiful province of Kwazulu Natal and spent his childhood exploring the valleys and hills that make up this spectacular part of our country! Called the Kingdom of the Zulu, KZN is home to [...]

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Our Top 10 Beaches in South Africa

Best beaches in Cape Town

Our Top 10 South African Beach Breaks As we slip from the chilly clutches of winter into the ample bosom of the South African summer. And as you slip from your not-so Indian summer into the dark and despair of a Northern Hemisphere winter, we thought it might be a good time to remind you [...]

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The Horny Grazer stops in at Elements at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Durban

“I don’t suffer from insanity but enjoy every minute of it” Edgar Allan Poe It wasn’t a difficult decision to lunch at Elements on a perfect summer’s Saturday afternoon at the magnificent Beverly Hills Hotel. Durban is strangely lacking in decent beach front bars and restaurants although with the fantastic new promenade hopefully this will [...]

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Talking to the Elephant Whisperer

Thula Thula Game Reserve

  Françoise is the ebullient French owner and wife of the inspirational conservationist Anthony Lawrence . Thula Thula is one of our favourite places in South Africa and the epitome of substance over style. Françoise is the Catherine Deneuve of the African bush, bringing some Parisian panache (not to mention sublime cuisine) to the outskirts [...]

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The Horney Grazer visits Harvey’s in Durban

Harveys Restaurant

“Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember: it didn’t work for the rabbit”   ‘In the picture room or the mirror room Sir?’ ‘Well I really don’t mind, is one better than the other?’ ’ That depends whether you prefer mirrors or pictures…’ ‘ Quite. Well I certainly don’t want to spend [...]

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The Horny Grazer visits The Engine Room in Durban

The Engine Room Durban

“Don’t sweat the petty things. And don’t pet the sweaty things.” I was greeted at the Engine Room by a teeny, tiny and scolding hot towel. A curious thing in which I felt compelled to smother my face despite very recently having stepped out of a shower after a pre-prandial jog in the Durban humidity. [...]

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Escape the winter in the Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park

St Lucia Wetland Park

  This piece of paradise was recently renamed the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. It covers just under 240,000ha, with a further 84,000ha in, on or under the sea, this is a large chunk of verdant, sub-tropical splendour stretching 220km along the East Coast from St Lucia to the Mozambique border. Lake St Lucia was declared a [...]

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A Meander in the Midlands

Midlands Meander

  “I have enough money to last me the rest of my life. Unless I buy something.” Jackie Mason That was precisely how we were feeling among the financial doom and gloom. So, sick and tired of talk about the recession, we took off from Durban for a ‘gentlemen’s retreat’ in the nearby Midlands. I’d [...]

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Ubizane: Day 4 – July Educational

After leaving the superb Phinda Private Game Reserve where we had spent the past two and a half days, we had one final stop to make before continuing on to Durban and our flight back to Cape Town. Our friends at Three Cities had invited us to view two lodges situated in the small Ubizane [...]

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Phinda: Day 4 – July Educational

Another early start to our final day at Phinda Private Game Reserve saw us heading out before sunrise, cold and dark as it was, we were never-the-less excited to see what our hosts had in store for us. Masters at the art of serving up a scrumptious meals in the middle of the bush, Phinda [...]

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Phinda: Day 3 – July Educational

Surprised that our guides, Daryl and Lucky, hadn’t fled during the night we tumbled in to the open topped 4×4 vehicles before sunrise for an early morning game drive. Grateful for the warm blankets in the mist and brisk morning cold we came across a procession of white rhino, spotted a lesser banded snake eagle [...]

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