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Kwazulu Natal Safaris
Kwazulu Natal Safari offer diversity of habitats as well as the Big Five !
Kwazulu Natal is a popular place to go on safari. Kwazulu Natal safari areas are known for their biological and ecological diversity. In many of the reserves you will find a unique mix of forest,woodland, savanna, rivers, grasslands, coastal dunes and grasslands. Several of the reserves have restored the bushveld back to its natural state having been overgrazed and over farmed. Traditional Zulu communities live in close proximity and the area serves as an example of progressive and forward thinking ecotourism.
Hluhluwe Umfolozi is a national park and home to the big five, and was most successful in increasing the number of White and Black Rhino and many of Africa’s originate from this area. Established in 1991 Phinda Private Game Reserve is home to some of the most luxurious safari lodges in the area – Phinda Rock Lodge and Phinda Vlei Lodge are the most impressive, whilst Phinda Mountain Lodge is built on a hill and has notable view. Phinda Forest Lodge is a modern lodge where walls have become windows and your suite affords you panoramic views of the Sand Forest. Lake St Lucia was recently declared a World Heritage Site and Makatana Bay Lodge and Hluhluwe River Lodge make great places from which to explore the area.
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- The diversity of the area makes from great bird watching
- Walk into a Rhino on foot !
- The Wilderness trails in Hluhluwe Umfolozi allow you to get close to nature
- Canoeing on Lake St Lucia
- Visit Ilala Weavers a community project which supplies some of the best basket and bead work in Africa
- Learn to pronounce Hhuhluwe ( Shloo Shloo –ee ! )
- Enjoy the adventures at Sodwana Bay
- See loggerhead and leatherback turtles as they lay their eggs on the beach
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Getting to KwaZulu Natal
Durban Airport is serviced by daily flights from all over South Africa. Richard Bay Airport is slightly closer to the Game Reserves and the lodges organise road transfers. A great self drive destination.
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KwaZulu Natal Facts
Once the hunting ground of the Zulu Kings ,the Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve is home to the Big Five as well as being famous for its white and black rhino protection program.
“The St Lucia Wetland Park must be the only place on the globe where the world oldest land mammal (The Rhino) with the world’s biggest terrestrial mammal (The Elephant) share an ecosystem with the world’s oldest fish (The Coelacanth) and the world’s biggest marine mammal (The Whale)” - Former President Nelson Mandela
10th August 2001
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