Hippos in the high street, turtles on the beach
St. Lucia
St Lucia is the small-town gateway to iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site: 300 km of lakes, dunes, swamp forest and beaches. Its estuary holds some 800 hippos, which famously graze …
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About St. Lucia
St Lucia is the small-town gateway to iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site: 300 km of lakes, dunes, swamp forest and beaches. Its estuary holds some 800 hippos, which famously graze the town's verges after dark. Estuary cruises drift past crocodiles and fish eagles; between November and February, guided night drives watch leatherback and loggerhead turtles nest on Maputaland's beaches. Cape Vidal's snorkelling and Hluhluwe's rhinos are both an easy drive away.
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