Year in the Wild Blog
Posts with tag Marine Protected Area
The southern end of iSimangaliso
From uMkhuze Game Reserve, I drove south to the town of St Lucia at the southern end of iSimangaliso Wetland Park. I met up with marketing manager Lindy Duffield who took me along the road through the western shores of Lake St Lucia. This lake is the largest estuarine system in South Africa, and provides an important habitat for many species, including one of the largest populations of Nile crocodile in Africa, and the largest South African populations of hippos, white pelicans and pinkbacked
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Mkhambathi’s special soul
I was sad to leave the small Mkhambathi Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape. It's truly a special place, and it's facing a fast-changing future, with threats of mining and unchecked development, especially the proposed N2 extension. On my way out of the reserve towards the Drakensberg, where I will be spending three weeks from today, I stopped by Tony Abbott in the nearby town of Port Edward. Tony is a retired
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We’ve done it! The Otter Trail in Tsitsikamma
We’ve done it!
The Otter Trail is probably South Africa’s most famous hiking trail. Named after the Cape clawless Otter which can be seen (albeit rarely), this 5-day, 4-night 42-kilometre quadricep-burner of a trail is certainly beautiful, giving hikers a chance to see some of the most pristine coastline in the country.
Only twelve people are allowed to walk any one section of the trail every day, so you’re assured of being all alone. It starts at Storms River and meanders westward along
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De Hoop Nature Reserve…whales, water and wind!
The big, beautiful, bountiful De Hoop Nature Reserve…that’s where we are now. It’s just east of Agulhas National Park, and is quite similar in landscape, but because it’s been a conservation area for longer, there’s a greater sense of wilderness.
And the locals say there’s no better place in the world to see
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