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Tours North Coast
Introduction.
Sugar Coast
Dolphin Coast
Harold Johnson Nature Reserve.
Tongaat

Introduction.

This is a scenic stretch of coastline

 


Sugar Coast

This section of coast stretches from Umhlanga Rocks northwards to Zimbali and inland to Mount Edgecombe, Verulam and Hanbanathi. The coastal hills are dominated by vast fields of sugar cane the origins which can be traced back to 1847, when the first plantings took place.

 


Dolphin Coast

This scenic stretch of coast extending from Ballito northwards to Zinkwazi Beach, is names after the many bottlenose dolphins to be seen offshore. With its fine sandy beaches and popular resorts, the Dolphin Coast has for many years been a favoured holiday destination.

 


Harold Johnson Nature Reserve.

This small provincial nature resort covers 104 ha of coastal bush and grassland on the southern bank of the Tugela River. It has an interesting variety of epiphic orchids and ferns, whilst mammals to be seen include impala, bushbuck, blue,common and red duiker, bushpig, zebra and a variety of smaller mammals.

Of historic interest is a remnant of the Ultimatum Tree, an old sygamore fig under which the British Delivered an ultimatum to the clan leaders of the Zulu king, Cetshwayo, on the 11th December 1878.


Tongaat

is synonymous with the South African sugar industry. A few kilometres north of the town, at Compensation, an atractive memorial garden marks the site where the first sugar mill in South Africa was erected.

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