Having returned from a Bush and Beach trip in Mozambique and South Africa on which we had a great time I thought about what was a highlight for me?

When in Kosi Bay we had 3 nights to enjoy this beautiful part of northern KZN. On our first full day we had the time to walk down to the river mouth and do some snorkelling and kayaking. Having split the group into 2 so that all could enjoy both activities for the day I decided to go snorkel first with 6 of our clients. What an experience!!  In the 2 times we snorkelled the same section of the river we had a wide variety of fish that we saw including stone fish, goat fish, mullet and some angel fish and to top it off I managed to find an octopus hiding out in a small crevasse.

Kosi Bay is part of the ISimangaliso Wetland Park which is 332 000ha which was declared South Africa's first World Heritage Site in December 1999 while still called the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. It received this prestigious status in recognition of the beauty of the landscape, its unique ecological processes and the exceptional diversity of species that the park protects. 'The wetland park must be the only place on the globe where the world’s oldest land mammal (the rhinoceros) and the world’s biggest land mammal (the elephant) share an ecosystem with the world’s oldest fish (the coelacanth) and the world’s biggest marine mammal (the whale).'South Africa's largest freshwater lake, Lake Sibaya, also forms part of the park. More than 1 200 fish species have been recorded along its bountiful reefs, including the coelacanth, rediscovered in Jesser Canyon in 2000 after it was widely believed to be extinct.