Jul 09 2020
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A new life @ Lake Sibaya!

By Sodwana Bay

This little babies footprint is round about 10cm – 12cm long which leads us to believe the baby is about 2-3 weeks old Wow what an extraordinary year it has been!!! With the Covid -19 and all the death surrounding most of the world we are still privileged enough to find that the world around us is still teaming with new life! We would love to welcome our newest member to Sodwana Bay, Lake Sibaya ~ South Africa. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UozTyEhERqM[/embedyt] A baby Hippo we suspect was born to our favorite Hippo Pod about 2-3 weeks ago! As of yesterday we have counted 4 babies and the newest addition (that we have not yet seen) will be the 5th baby in this tiny pod! NB! These are not actual facts. All of our statistics are speculated and are not proven! Welcome Baby Hippo… Hope to see you soon! So as of what we know there are at least 6 adults and now 5 babies with brings the total amount of members to 11 Hippos, no doubt there are many more in the lake, but yet again the Lake is the largest Fresh water lake in South Africa and is claimed to have the second largest population of Hippos in South Africa, we are lucky to be able to witness this little Family grow! If you come to Sodwana for a winter holiday, be sure to visit Lake Sibaya. Winter is the best time to see Hippos and Crocodiles out on land! Please be considerate of others when doing game drives, we all get excited seeing wildlife and sometimes get over eager. When spotting Hippos and Crocs try drive much slower and stop a fair distance as to not spook the animals back into the water! This will help considerably to get that perfect natural calm photo! Good luck to our newborn, can’t wait to see you soon! Check out all the need to know about these Magnificent Mammals! – Hippos @ Sibaya Lake – Sodwana Bay ~ South Africa

Dec 12 2019
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Strong like a Bull – Dung Beetle @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

By Sodwana Bay

Fun fact, did you know that dung beetles are super heroes to the animal kingdom? Yeah, its true. It sounds gross and weird that such a little beetle that rolls poop for a living could actually be a super bug. These cuties actually help save the planet by rolling and eating other animals poop. Without them animal dung will take longer to decompose and release even more toxic gas into the atmosphere polluting the earth even faster. There are plenty of varieties of Dung Beetle Species around the globe. They can live and adapt to any environment on the planet, except on the poles believe it or not. Well I guess nothing can really survive there anyway. So don’t feel bad Mr Dung Beetle, I wouldn’t wanna live there either. Here are a few fun facts about Dung Beetles and their behavior: When the male Dung Beetle has a good ball of Dung the female will latch onto the ball while the male rolls her to a safe spot. Dung Beetle Females will lay their eggs in dung Balls and the whole family can feed off the dung for weeks to come (Depending on the size of ball and family) So in the dung Beetle world you can divide individuals into 3 categories – Rollers, tunnelers and Dwellers. Dung Beetles have a great sense of smell. Most of the Dung Beetles will rather find Herbivore dung than Carnivore Dung. The Dung Beetle Species belongs to the Scarabaeoidea Family. Dung Beetles are one of the few beetles that will actually care for their young till adulthood. Dung Beetles can push up to 50 times their weight.

Sep 27 2019
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Our new Q&A (Questions & Answers) page @ Sodwana Bay

By Sodwana Bay

Have you heard of our new Q & A page? This is a fun New page where tourists, locals and the Sodwana Bay informatiom team can all interact together. Where you can ask any question about Sodwana Bay. Such as where  to eat, sleep, best tourist attractions etc. But that’s not all you can ask, ever wonder about the biodiversity of fish and coral under the water. Take a picture add it to the comments below and if you know the answer to the question you can add your comment of the answer. Remember no question is to stupid to ask. Please do not judge questions that are asked on this site. There are always things that might seem obvious to others but to some they have not seen or heard of these objects or creatures yet.

Jun 21 2019
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Activities – Bird Watching @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay

By Sodwana Bay

With a recording of over 520 different species of birds throughout the iSimangaliso wetland park, this is truly a bird watchers paradise. uMkhuze game reserve offers 420 of the 526 types of bird species across the park. Wetland parks are renowned for their bird diversity, attracting hundreds of birds each day, uMkhuze is no different, with a wide variety of birds such as storks, flamingo and the only known pelican nesting grounds in South Africa. Check out  Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game reserve for big five animal tourist attractions!