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284  THE EAST C O AST AND INTERIOR

Exploring Durban and Zululand
MOZAMBIQUE
This region is renowned for its subtropical climate, Ndumo
Game
sandy beaches, tepid ocean currents and unspoiled game Reserve TEMBE ELEPHANT Kosi Bay
PARK
reserves. Durban, with its high-rise hotels, beach front and Nature Reserve
shopping centres, is perfectly situated for exploring a Ingwavuma Emangusi
scenic and varied coastline, and the N2 coastal highway Ermelo SWAZILAND
allows holiday-makers easy access to many attractions. Phongola
As well as tourism, this coastal belt also sustains the Pongola Golela Lake
Sibaya
vast plantations that produce most of South Africa’s ITHALA GAME Jozini Mbazwana
sugar. North of Richards Bay, three hours from Durban RESERVE Ubombo Sodwana Bay
on excellent roads, beckons a wilderness of swamps, Louwsburg Magudu
uMkhuze
forests and savannah. The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is a Grazing Burchell’s zebras in Mkuze Game Reserve
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve
paradise for bird-watchers and nature lovers. The wooded Hlobane Steilrand
hills of the nearby Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve are Nongoma PHINDA PRIVATE
home to rhinos, zebras, elephants, buffaloes and lions. GAME RESERVE
Gluckstadt ISIMANGALISO
Hluhluwe WETLAND
Hluhluwe PARK
Dam
Black Umfolozi Hlabisa
Nondweni
HLUHLUWE-IMFOLOZI St Lucia
Ulundi Lake Cape Vidal
Babanango GAME RESERVE Somkele St Lucia
Mtubatuba
Mtonjaneni
Melmoth Teza
Nkandla
GOODERSON Kwambonambi
Dlolwana DUMAZULU LODGE
Nkwalini Empangeni
Tugela
Richards Bay
KWAZULU- SHAKALAND
NATAL Eshowe Umlalazi
Nature Reserve
KwaGingindlovu Mtunzini
Greytown
Durban’s attractive beachfront development, with uShaka INDIAN
C O A S T
Marine World in the foreground Mapumulo Mandini OCEAN
Sevenoaks Umvoti Tugela
Mouth
Dalton
KwaDukuza-
Mpolweni Stanger
H
Estcourt Ndwedwe Ballito R T
Pietermaritzburg Umhlanga O
Kranskloof Rocks N
Nature Reserve
0 kilometres 50 Underberg Camperdown
0 miles 25 Mpumalanga Pinetown
Donnybrook DURBAN
Creighton Rosebank Umlazi
Kingscote
Amanzimtoti
Umkomaas
Riverside Kingsburgh
Ixopo
Swartberg Sneezewood Vernon Crookes
Umzimkulu
Key Highflats Nature Reserve Umkomaas
Motorway Cedarville Franklin EASTERN Umzinto Scottburgh T
CAPE
Major road Bisi Sezela S
St. Faiths A
Minor road Kokstad Harding O
Untarred road Stafford's Hibberdene C
Post
Brooks Nek
Scenic route Oribi Gorge Umzumbe
East London
Main railway Nature Reserve Port Shepstone
Izotsha
Minor railway Uvongo H
Margate
International border U T
Provincial border Umtamvuna Southbroom O
Nature Reserve
Port Edward S
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p389 and pp407–8
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