Regional Circuit · South Africa

Elephant Coast Safari Circuit

A northbound KwaZulu-Natal progression from Durban to St Lucia and iSimangaliso, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi, Sodwana Bay, Tembe Elephant Park, Manguzi, and the Kosi Bay lake system.

4 Home Bases 1 Journey 4 Places

The Circuit

See how the Home Bases connect, then choose a Journey for the practical route and stops.

Home Bases

Move through the Circuit in this order, or begin from the starting point that fits your journey.

Gateway · Stop 1

Durban

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

An Indian Ocean port city and KwaZulu-Natal transport gateway, linking King Shaka International Airport with the north-coast road corridor.

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Regional hub · Stop 2

St Lucia

St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

An estuary-side town at the southern edge of iSimangaliso Wetland Park, with access to Lake St Lucia and the Eastern Shores.

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Local base · Stop 3

Sodwana Bay

Sodwana Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A small coastal settlement within the northern iSimangaliso landscape, used to explore its coral reefs, dunes, and marine habitats.

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Gateway · Stop 4

Manguzi

Manguzi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A far-northern KwaZulu-Natal town that provides the practical gateway between Tembe Elephant Park and the Kosi Bay lake system.

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Journeys

The practical roads through the Circuit, with primary “Road to” Journeys shown first.

Journey

Travel north from Durban into the Elephant Coast, moving from St Lucia's estuary and iSimangaliso wetlands to Hluhluwe-iMfolozi's rhino country, Sodwana Bay's coral coast, Tembe's sand forest, and the linked lakes of Kosi Bay.

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Places

The discoveries reached from the Home Bases along this Circuit.

St Lucia Home Base

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park

A large hilly reserve of river valleys, woodland, grassland, Big Five wildlife, and globally important white-rhino conservation history.

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St Lucia Home Base

iSimangaliso Wetland Park

A long protected landscape of estuaries, lakes, wetlands, dunes, coastal forest, savanna, reefs, and ocean along northern KwaZulu-Natal.

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Manguzi Home Base

Kosi Bay

A linked system of four lakes, channels, estuary, raffia palms, mangroves, dunes, and coastal forest near the Mozambique border.

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Manguzi Home Base

Tembe Elephant Park

A Mozambique-border reserve protecting sand forest, woodland, wetlands, and elephants within the northern Maputaland landscape.

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