We’re fresh back from a terrific holiday in two very special wild places in northern Kwazulu-Natal. Our first destination was the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, and specifically the Eastern Shores of Lake St. Lucia, where we spent one night at Manzini Chalets in the holiday town of St. Lucia, and four nights in a log cabin at Cape Vidal.
Manzini Chalets #9, St. Lucia Town, July 2017
Cape Vidal Chalet 9, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, July 2017
I can’t think of a better way to start off the report back on our trip than with a few landscape photos that illustrates why iSimangaliso is a land of “miracles and wonders”, and one of our favourite destinations!
Where Lake St. Lucia meets the Indian Ocean
The beach at Cape Vidal
The beach at Cape Vidal
The beach at Cape Vidal
The beach at Cape Vidal
Sunrise over the Eastern Shores
Sunrise over the Eastern Shores
Sunrise over the Eastern Shores
Sunrise over the Eastern Shores
Mziki viewsite
Catalina Bay
Sunset over Catalina Bay
The Red Dunes at eSibomvini
Lake Bhangazi
Lake Bhangazi
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Mission Rocks – iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Follow the links for more of our posts about St. Lucia town, Cape Vidal and Mission Rocks.
Stunning! (Read – you lucky people!!) 😉
We know 😉
Beautiful place!
It really is – one of our favourite destinations!
Oe,dis mooi!
Uit en uit een van ons land se spesiaalste bestemmings, Dina!
Ek moet daar uitkom!!Ons was al by Phinda wat ook in daardie omgewing is en dis ook besonders.
Jy sal nie spyt wees nie, Dina – iSimangaliso is n voortreflike natuur bestemming!
Dis beslis op my lysie,Dries!
What a beautiful area! Thanks for sharing all the wonderful photos!
It is our pleasure, Ilex – we love showing off our country’s beautiful wild places!
Hi guys, welcome back. Stunning photos. I’ve been to Cape Vidal many years ago but never to iSimangaliso Wetland Park. It looks like heaven!
Thanks Kim! Compared to us you live “just around the corner” from iSimangaliso, and you will certainly not be disappointed if you do visit. The Park has made great strides with the eradication and rehabilitation of the exotic plantations, and you will not see any signs of it on the road between Cape Vidal and St. Lucia for instance. Just beautiful natural vegetation teeming with an incredible diversity of wildlife!
Sounds wonderful!
so pragtig daar!
Ai absoluut, Aletta!
Verlang ek nou na dié area.
Dis n baie spesiale deel van ons mooi land ne!?
truly spectactular
Glad to know you agree, Julie!
🙂