St. Lucia Wetland Park
The St. Lucia Wetland Park is a 260 000-hectare (1 000 square mile) reserve of rivers, lakes, swamps, open savannah, and sand dunes. The park is bordered by the Indian Ocean and includes a long stretch of the shoreline and coral reefs. The reserve is known for its huge population of hippo and many crocodiles along with rhino, elephant, buffalo and many antelope species.
In 1999 the St. Lucia Wetland Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site – one of four in South Africa:
Robben Island (1999), The Cradle Of Humankind - The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs (1999) and the UKhahlamba/Drakensberg Park (2000)
South of the park lies the Valley of a Thousand Hills and inland lie the Anglo-Boer war Battlefields of Eshowe, Elandslaagte and Dundee amongst others. In the last years of the 19th century, British imperialism and Afrikaner nationalism met in a conflict that culminated in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. British imperialists were convinced that the leaders of Afrikaner nationalism posed a threat to imperial interest in South Africa, while the advocates of Afrikaner nationalism feared that British imperialists were intent on destroying Afrikaner independence. On both sides, the conviction grew that there was not enough room for the two ideologies to coexist in South Africa, and each developed a suspicion of the other so deep that it bedevilled any possible diplomatic solution.
Areas northwest of Durban towards Pietermaritzburg, as far as Harrismith, escaped much of the bloody conflict that shaped the early history of Zululand and the northern region of the province. However, it did see its share of battles in the 1820s when the newly forged Zulu nation, under Shaka, expelled several tribes from this region westwards into and over the Drakensberg. Monuments at Bloukrans and Weenen are reminders that the battles between the early Voortrekkers and Zulu were not confined to the east, uMgungundlovu and the heart of ancient Zululand. The struggle for land knows no east or west, only mountains, rivers, and valleys.
When the guns finally fell silent and the assegais and spears were stored away, the well-watered and fertile valleys of the midlands began to be cultivated. Today this region is prime cattle and dairy country and the landscape one of blue-green meadows bounded by huge timber and wattle plantations.
In 1999 the St. Lucia Wetland Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site – one of four in South Africa:
Robben Island (1999), The Cradle Of Humankind - The Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai and Environs (1999) and the UKhahlamba/Drakensberg Park (2000)
South of the park lies the Valley of a Thousand Hills and inland lie the Anglo-Boer war Battlefields of Eshowe, Elandslaagte and Dundee amongst others. In the last years of the 19th century, British imperialism and Afrikaner nationalism met in a conflict that culminated in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. British imperialists were convinced that the leaders of Afrikaner nationalism posed a threat to imperial interest in South Africa, while the advocates of Afrikaner nationalism feared that British imperialists were intent on destroying Afrikaner independence. On both sides, the conviction grew that there was not enough room for the two ideologies to coexist in South Africa, and each developed a suspicion of the other so deep that it bedevilled any possible diplomatic solution.
Areas northwest of Durban towards Pietermaritzburg, as far as Harrismith, escaped much of the bloody conflict that shaped the early history of Zululand and the northern region of the province. However, it did see its share of battles in the 1820s when the newly forged Zulu nation, under Shaka, expelled several tribes from this region westwards into and over the Drakensberg. Monuments at Bloukrans and Weenen are reminders that the battles between the early Voortrekkers and Zulu were not confined to the east, uMgungundlovu and the heart of ancient Zululand. The struggle for land knows no east or west, only mountains, rivers, and valleys.
When the guns finally fell silent and the assegais and spears were stored away, the well-watered and fertile valleys of the midlands began to be cultivated. Today this region is prime cattle and dairy country and the landscape one of blue-green meadows bounded by huge timber and wattle plantations.
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