St. Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Cape Vidal *

[Lisbeth]

The whole village is concentrated in McKenzie street. Shops, Restaurants and a few Guesthouses, B&Bs and a hotel. The rest of the Guest Houses B&Bs and private houses are in the roads behind.

It is nice place, peaceful ( apart from 31st December, when hell broke loose) and pleasant. No decent haidresser though and they don't know how to iron a shirt, but those are minor problems, when you are on holiday. On the other hand, there was a good super market and an excellent "Ocean Basket" Restaurant.

The first thing you notice in the main street is a market with local handicraft and fruit under beautiful flowering trees.





To be continued..

[Lisbeth]

I loved that part of South Africa. Cape Vidal is gorgeous. We went on a night drive to see the turtles, unfortunately no luck, but we did see two leopards

[Lisbeth]

There are all those beautiful trees that I love so much all over the place.

Papaia









Our bungalow



The swimmingpool full of swedes :roll:



We went on a visit to a zulu village.

Our guide, a very nice intelligent and knowlegable young lady. We learnt a lot about the AIDS problem, the school system (there was a lovely new school), the too few visits of a doctor etc.





There was a mix of all kind of "houses" from shacks to small houses with two cars parked outside (it was on a holiday) and all the in betweens. Some well kept with small gardens other a dirty mess. A kind of mini world in all its differences.

We saw the hut of the Sangoma and were told how difficult it is to make it understood to the inhabitants how much is only superstition.

A group of boys danced for us





Another spectator



Afterwards a well deserved meal at "Fishy Pete's"



A must is a tour on the lagoon/lake

The reeds at the pier











Goliath heron



A fish eagle taken from too far away







Sunset on the lake



To be continued.....

[Lisbeth]

We made a long queue to get into the park. It was during the end of the year holidays and with a limited number admitted and being in the morning, everybody wanted to get in and nobody came out. It took hours :roll:

A few pics from the Wetlands Park and Cape Vidal.

























Trumpeter hornbill








and that was it.............

[Valandrich]

We spent a very pleasant 3 days in St Lucia in January, on our way home from Kruger.
We visited Cape Vidal for the day, and thoroughly enjoyed it.