St Lucia Wetland Reserve KwaZulu-Natal, RSA
October 5-9 2006 (Thanksgiving)
No Turkey or Pumpkin pie,
but a trip down through the beautiful KwaZulu-Natal region
to South Africa's first World Heritage site at St Lucia Wetland Park.
Ghost Mountain - Supposedly shaped like an old woman lying down
General View of the Park - Lake St Lucia is 35000 hectares (135 sq miles)
One of the Highlights is the Cape Vidal Coast
The Coast - Big Waves and Huge Dunes
The coaster
On The Beach - Where's Heather?
Further down the coast is the Misson Rocks bay.
Cape Vidal also has a lot of wildlife re-introduced in recent years
The kudu is widespread here
Fine Male Kudu
The Greater St. Lucia area also embraces the HluHluwe - iMfolozi park
iMfolozi River
Female Nyala - very similar to kudu but furrier
The St Lucia River Estuary features a lot of very angry Hippos
The urban myth is that the hippo is the most dangerous animal in Africa.....
.....but only if you are a dentist
And some magnificent Birds
African Fish Eagle.