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WHAT TO DO
St Lucia, situated in a world heritage site, has numerous restaurants, shops and a craft market. Walking through the neighborhood during the day, monkeys, mongooses, red duiker and bushbuck can be observed. The really fortunate can see the lone leopard on a morning stroll or a hippo. The nearby white sand beaches is the perfect place to enjoy a day out at the seaside. St Lucia is an excellent bird watching area and on the surrounding hiking trails various species of wildlife can be observed. Fishing, hiking, mountain biking, snorkeling, game drives is some of the activities in our proud little town.
Nearby Beaches
⦿ St. Lucia Beach – 2Km
⦿ Cape Vidal Beach – 28Km
⦿ Estuary Beach – 900m
⦿ Ingwe Beach – 900m
⦿ Ndlovu Beach – 1Km
⦿ Jabula Beach – 1,4Km
Saint Lucia Estuary
→1,1Km
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Saint Lucia Crocodile Centre
→2Km
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Isimangaliso Wetland Park
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A very special slice of Africa, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park St offers ecotourists some of the most diverse wildlife and outdoor experiences imaginable. Besides Lake St Lucia – a unique, 38 000 ha expanse of lake, islands and estuary – the park incorporates an astonishing variety of habitats ranging from the Ubombo mountains to grasslands, forests, wetlands, mangroves and vegetated dunes, with magnificent beaches and coral reefs.
Cape Vidal
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Cape Vidal lies within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park World Heritage Site about 30 km north of the town of St Lucia. It is a three-hour drive from Durban. Cape Vidal offers the best of two worlds – it is situated on the exquisite Zululand coast with all its amazingly rich marine life, and it provides direct access to the Eastern Shores Nature Reserve with its populations of elephant, rhino, buffalo, crocodile, hippo and reedbuck to name but a few.
Hippo & Crocodile St Lucia Boat Cruise
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Hippo and Crocodile St Lucia Cruise aboard Advantage Cruiser, the jewel of the St Lucia Estuary, a spacious flat-bottomed boat which takes you on a journey of discovery through the St Lucia Estuary. Frolicking hippopotami, lazy Nile crocodiles and majestic fish eagles are some of the highlights of the adventure. Traversing approx. 7 kilometres of the estuarine waterway, the Advantage Cruiser will get you closer to the wildlife for the ultimate photographic opportunities. Bar & toilet facilities aboard Advantage Cruiser, our luxury double decker boat with fully licensed bar.
Whale Watching
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Whale Watching St Lucia is a magical 2 hour St Lucia tour taking you as close as 50 meters from the giants of the deep. Humpback whales are the most commonly spotted, but Minky’s, Right and Sperm whales are also seen. Whale Watching St Lucia begins with a high energy surf launch which requires decent “holding on strength”. For this reason, we accept only children 12 years or older.
Horseback Riding on the beach
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Bhangazi Horse Safaris operates horseback riding trails and safaris from St Lucia, in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park (formerly Greater St Lucia Wetland Park), situated in Zululand, Kwa- Zulu Natal, South Africa. We welcome anyone over the age of 6 and under 95kg. Each of our rides is catered to suit each individual riders skill level. A lead guide and a backup guide accompany all our horseback rides, this allows us to split our groups if we have riders wanting to trot and/or canter and others preferring to walk.
Hluhluwe/ Umfolozi Game Drives
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Find your Perfect Safari, Tour or Overnight Safari Package while in KwaZulu Natal or Cape Town South Africa Magnificent Safari Tours inspiring experiences while in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Join Us and Discover the Beauty that surrounds us. Areas of interest include: Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, Mkuze Game Reserve, Tembe & Ndumo Game Reserve Explore the Real Way.
Turtle Tours
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If ever you where wondering if their truly is something amazing and incredible then it really has to be a Turtle Tour. These magnificent creatures of the ocean that return to their area of birth to lay their eggs can only be regarded as breathtaking. This tour only takes place in the Summer months from November to end of February. The season is divided into two parts one being from November to end December is mostly when the Turtles will lay their eggs and then from January to end February one may witness the eggs hatching.
Zulu Cultural Tours
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Zululand remains a must for most first time travellers to South Africa. The culture and customs that are still practised today by the Zulu people is quite incredible. The area offers numerous day excursions to both mock traditional villages as well as real Zulu villages. Should you be visiting St Lucia, and would like to experience first hand just how the Zulu people live and continue to practise their customs, try the Zulu Cultural Tour!
Markets & Restaurants
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Activities
Tour on local culture (at additional cost)
Bike Tours (at additional cost)
Walking Tours (at additional cost)
Game Drives (at additional cost)
Beach
Snorkeling Tours (at additional cost)
Horse Riding (at additional cost)
Diving (at additional cost off site)
Cycling (off site)
Hiking (off site)
Bicycle Rentals (at additional cost)
Fishing (off site)
Golf Course (off site – 16.5km)
Extra Activities
- 4×4 Trails
- Arts & Crafts
- Bird watching
- Bowls at St Lucia
- Crocodile Watching on estuary
- Cultural Tour
- Dolphin watching
- Eastern Shores Night drives
- Estuary fishing
- Game drives and watching
- Golf at Monzi
- Hippo watching on estuary
- Horse riding
- Picnic spots
- Shore Fishing – Rock and Surf
All species of bony and cartilaginous fish (excluding great whites and ragged tooth sharks) may be caught – excluding shad and galjoen in closed seasons. Shore fishing is permitted throughout the marine reserves excluding the Sanctuary areas. - Stargazing
- Traditional Zulu music making and dancing
- Traditional Zulu Story telling
- Turtle Nesting Tours
- View highest vegetated dunes in Africa
- Visit Bats Cave at Mission rocks
- Visit Crocodile/Snake/Cycad Centre
- Visit Jolly Robino (stranded ship)
- Walking Trails
- Whale watching
- Crocodile and hippo tours
- Explore the biggest estuary in the world
- Body Boarding
- Cray Fish diving
- Deep sea fishing
- Diving
- Dolphin sights
- Snorkelling
- Spear fishing
- Surfing
- Swimming