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Inside the walls - Fort Nongqayi, Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Fort Nongqai is a beautifully preserved 1883 red-brick colonial fort on the edge of Eshowe in KwaZulu-Natal housing the Zululand Historical Museum and offering visitors an absorbing window into Zulu royal history and the Anglo-Zulu War era.

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South Africa: St Lucia – Where Hippos Meet the Indian Ocean

St Lucia in KwaZulu-Natal is a small lakeside town on the edge of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park — South Africa's first UNESCO World Heritage Site — where hippos roam the streets after dark and whale sharks cruise the Indian Ocean just offshore.

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South Africa: iSimangaliso Wetland Park: South Africa’s Wild Coast

iSimangaliso Wetland Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal coast encompassing lakes coral reefs wetlands and coastal forest — a vast and ancient wilderness where hippos elephants turtles and whale sharks share one of Africa's most biodiverse shorelines.

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South Africa: Exploring Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu

Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park is KwaZulu-Natal's crown safari destination — Africa's oldest proclaimed game reserve and the place where determined conservation efforts rescued the white rhino from extinction, set across 96,000 hectares of breathtaking thornveld and riverine bush.