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Diversity of wildlife there is amazing!

Really up to the people to keep this area like this, too many wanting to do open cast mining close to this region @psyceratopsb thanks for visiting.

My absolute favourite Knysna Loerie, love seeing them in flight! Lovely post of a very special place @joanstewart!

So many things to see and do in the area @lizelle hands down a place to explore.

Although I have worked in the area on the electrical feed towers I have never been to this Wetland park Lady Joan. Maybe one day.
A great post here and glad that you guys are getting some rain.
Blessings!

The coastline up there has some lovely hidden gems, this is my choice for ease of getting to other parks as well.

Sadly they are starting to destroy the region with open cast mining on the road to iMfolozi/Hluhluwe, on-going petitions against the greed of some, placing rural people into filth and decay Stephen.

I have grown to absolutely hate mining and its accompanying greed Lady Joan.
Connections that get mining licences, with kick backs of course.
The Australians and other countries that rape the earth here to get at the minerals don't give a fig about the mess that they leave behind.
And of course the South Africans are the same, as once the mining is finished the waste is left to contaminate our rivers our dams and the air. Not even to mention the health of the people in the mining areas.
Take a drive avoiding the potholes made by mining trucks in places like Ermelo, Bethal and other areas and you will see what damages awaits the iMFOLZI/Hluhluwe areas.
So sad and a government that does not care about its people or its country.

Disgusting in many areas going up North Coast, government not heeding warnings from anyone! Many areas fighting this scurge throughout the country, another wait and see what happens, keep fighting....

Yep! We sign ever petition that we get Lady Joan.
But I am afraid that money talks and the feelings of the people will have very little effect.
In fact the leaders of the resistance could be killed as happened in another case.
Blessings!

Great photos! I loved the one with the weird shaped tree... but I kept thinking, hippos in the village?!?!?! It would freak me out to see one in the street... let alone waking up to it!

Very rare that hippo come up in daylight, they come out at night to chomp so we drive, also leopard country.

The tree is fascinating how it has grown over the path, lot of _monkey ropes _in between from taller trees, tree highway @bengy, thanks for visiting.

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you need to be aware hippo do come out on occasion, especially at night to enjoy village life.

I wonder what happens if hippo decides to wait up until the morning? I have never really seen hippos up close and personal(i do not consider seeing one in zoos as an encounter).

Hippo are really dangerous, safer to treat them with great respect as with most animals. The area boasts the largest population of hippo in South Africa, people are made aware on arrival with incidents over the years happening when this does happen.

https://africageographic.com/blog/st-lucia-a-unique-town-where-hippos-roam-the-streets/


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These pictures are wonderful, @joanstewart. I would love to visit that wetland sometime!

This small area only gives one an idea on how very much is in this region @jayna, thanks for visiting.

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