Accommodation in Richards Bay

• Amakhulu Central Reservations
  Merle offers a very friendly and professional service to book accommodation in South Africa. She is passionate about South Africa and thinks everyone should be visiting and exploring this country. She believes it should be an affordable experience. Over the years She has researched rural retreats, farm stays, and all kinds of adventure holidays in South Africa. She specializes in KwaZulu Natal including Richards Bay and I cannot imagine a tourist being in better hands when planning a vacation.
  
• Accommodation in Richards Bay
  This website is the best I have yet come across for accommodation in South Africa. You communicate directly with the accommodation establishment and the entire booking is carried out online.
  

Richards Bay Game Reserve

The Richards Bay lagoon is famous for being the site where the longest crocodile ever recorded in South Africa was shot by hunter John Dunn in 1891. Another of the lagoon’s claim to fame is for being the starting point of Huberta the hippo’s trek. She made her way down the east coast in 1928, only to finish up on display in the Kaffrian Museum in King William’s Town. In 1935 work started to transform the lagoon into a harbour, much to the dismay of conservationists. Therefore the harbour was designed in an attempt to accommodate the needs of both industry and the natural environment. It was decided to divide the lagoon by means of a wall built across the bay. The waters to the north of the wall became the industrial harbour and the area to the south remained a sanctuary for waterfowl and wildlife. A new estuary was cut through the dunes and coastal bush to allow lagoon floodwaters to flow directly into the sea. Numbers of wildlife and birds in the reserve are ever-increasing and the rare pink-backed pelican has been seen in the area. Flamingos, cormorants and various species of waders attract birdwatchers from far and near. This area is also an important nursery ground for marine fish such as grunter, salmon, perch and yellowfin. It is a natural, living example of how both commerce and nature are able to exist side by side in harmony