Category: Sodwana Bay
Activities – Bird Watching @ Sibaya – 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!
Activities – Turtle Tours @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay
Turtle Tours – iSimangaliso Wetland Park If you are planning a trip to Sodwana Bay during the months November through to March, be sure to find out about this exciting activity. Every year from early November mommy Leather Back and Loggerhead turtles come to lay and nest their eggs. She will will lay between 80 -100 eggs in a single nest. After that it can take up to 70 days for the babies to hatch. Meaning hatching time can start anywhere between January and March. After that the baby turtles will have to make their tedious journey back the ocean, battling ghost crabs, jackals, etc. The Wetland Park have been working to conserve and help the turtle population grow again for almost 50 years as most of us know most Turtle species are endangered, due to habitat loss and by accident been caught in fisher nets.
Activities – Horse Riding @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay
What animal lover does not love Horse Riding, especially on the beach or take a game ride? How romantic wont that be to ride on a horse along the shore side or through a magical forest. Of course this is something both partners will have to be in consensus with. Although this particular activity is not widely proclaimed like other sports such as Scuba Diving and Snorkeling there are a hand full of small businesses that do offer game and beach tours via Horse Back riding. Although we only recently found out about this activity – so have not tried it out ourselves yet. It sounds like it could be a wonderful experience. Research says that some of these businesses who offer these tours will pair you up with a horse according to what experience you have in Horse Back riding. Meaning if you never road a horse before they will most likely pair you up with a very gentle and possibly slower horse. While more experienced riders will be able to ride not such gentle horses or more experienced “Spunky” horses. We will give an update on what our experiences were like once we try this activity ourselves. Check out the iSimangaliso Wetland Park for more information. Have you tried this activity? Send us an email with the company you chose and what your experience was like, maybe add a photo or video and we might just add it to our website and you could even appear on our youtube channel. info@sodwanabayinformation.co.za
Activities – Zulu Croc (Hluhluwe) @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay
Calling all Reptile and Zulu enthusiasts. Here is a park approximately 1h16min (according to google) that will give you an unforgettable exciting educational experience about – Snakes, Crocs and other reptiles, plus whats more is you get to learn more about the native tribe of KwaZulu-Natal – the Zulu Nation. Learn more about the Zulu Nations History and what they mean and are as a tribe. Shows of crocs, snakes and Zulu dancing are offered to groups of 10 people or more. The earliest show starts at 10:00 in the morning and the last show will begin the latest 14:00 in the afternoon daily (Monday – Saturday). Whats more is that there is a great restaurant on the premises to grab a late breakfast or a great lunch after or during your tour of the park. For more information about this cool park check out their website: Zulu Croc Hluhluwe
Activities – Kite Surfing @ Sibaya – Sodwana Bay
Although we have never tried this sport before, research tells us that Sodwana Bay is very popular for Kite Surfing, it has great winds for Kite Surfing all year round and from our experience as a spectator of this beautiful reef/dune there are a lot of big waves constantly coming in. There is also a Kite Surfing festival that takes place in October and November. It is claimed that Sodwana Bay is the best Kite Surfing spot in the country (South Africa) due to the best wind conditions. So if you have never been to Sodwana Bay or have never tested out Sodwana’s great waves and winds, get down their to test it out and if you have tested out Kite Surfing in Sodwana Bay, drop us an email telling us about how your experience was and if you would recommend this spot as a good kite Surfing spot? Maybe even add a video if you have water proof camera. Your video could be featured on our Website! Click the link below to send us an email: info@sodwanabayinformation.co.za
