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The Rocktail Beach Camp is situated
in the northern reaches of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park
in an area of northern KwaZulu-Natal that is locally known as
Maputaland. Here, between Kosi Bay and Sodwana Bay lies an area
that is wild, without any development and Rocktail Bay lies
in the centre. This whole region has been declared a World Heritage
Site.
Situated offshore from Rocktail Bay is the Maputaland Marine
Reserve, which offers additional sanctuary for wildlife, engendering
extraordinary diving and snorkeling with exciting encounters
with huge shoals of fish, dolphins and whales. The lodge is
situated meters inland from the warm Indian Ocean and some of
the most incredible beaches in all of South Africa. At Wilderness
Safaris, we pride ourselves in hosting our guests in some of
the most remote and pristine locations on Earth. Rocktail
Beach Camp is one of these locations, since around the lodge there
are some 30km of undisturbed Indian Ocean coastline, which is
rich in marine life. Outside Magazine in the USA voted Rocktail
Bay's beach as one of the best in the world! Here the waves
meet endless and diverse beaches where it is possible to walk
for hours without meeting another soul or seeing a building.
Even the Lodge is tucked away just inland amongst the trees
and out of sight. There are no power lines or telephones lines
here. This solitude is a rare feature found in few places on
our planet, and the value of this experience is what we offer
at Rocktail Beach Camp. The lodge is built away from the coastal
breeze, just inland from the beach and within the forest canopy
of vegetated dunes that occur along Maputaland's coastline.
Rocktail Bay itself was named after a trawler that sank off
the Bay many years ago.
Accommodation
at Rocktail
Beach Camp
Rocktail Beach Camp Accommodation is in 11 "tree-house"
chalets. Each room has its own balcony, an en-suite bathroom
with flush loos and hot and cold running water and an additional
outdoor shower in the forest. The main area of the lodge has
an inviting lounge, pub and pool. Wholesome home-cooked meals
are enjoyed either in the main dining room, at the poolside
or outdoors under a huge Natal mahogany tree. Rocktail Beach
Camp
is not a conventional deluxe "Bali"-style hotel on the beach
with telephones and TVs; rather it is a comfortable lodge that
is ideal for people who want to truly relax and unwind on one
of the best coastlines anywhere in the world.
Attractions and Activities at
Rocktail Beach Camp
At Manzengwenya, 11km south of the camp,
we have our own fully accredited dive-centre with a diving
operation that is unrivalled anywhere in South Africa. We
offer boating excursions out to sea around low tide to enjoy
scuba and snorkeling on the pristine coral reefs offshore.
(Please take special note that dive certification and pre-booking
is compulsory for scuba activities.) The reefs here are
very special and have hardly ever been dived, in fact, we
are continually finding new reefs! Snorkellers often dive
with dolphins, whale sharks and even whales! One of the
highlights in our summer months is diving with pregnant
ragged-tooth sharks when they migrate up north to our area
and rest in the caves in our reefs.
Other lodge activities include fly-fishing, snorkeling,
swimming, horse riding and drives to Black Rock, the nearby
hippo pools and to the surrounding community in open 4x4
Land Rovers. Birding in the forest turns up many of the
KwaZulu-Natal birding specials and one can spend time at
our bird hide in the forest and enjoy great birding - especially
in our winter months when birds like Flufftails often come
to the water.
During the summer months Rocktail Beach Camp is integrally
involved in the ongoing loggerhead and leatherback turtle
research that has been going on since the 1960s . Guests
are able to accompany the resident turtle expert on research
drives at low tide at night helping to monitor the turtles’
nesting numbers and their behavior.
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