Sodwana Bay Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
bay on the northern KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa
About Sodwana Bay
Only 4x4 vehicles is allowed onto the beach, and very rarely a 2x4 vehicle. To drive past the 1-km mark on the beach one must obtain a permit, otherwise it is for free. Sodwana Bay National Park is a narrow strip of forested sand dunes along the east coast. It is frequented by anglers and divers. The bay is near the southern end of the tropical western Indo-Pacific marine ecoregion, and reef-building corals are present. The 50-km reef complex is the habitat of a wide diversity of resident and migratory species. Several submarine canyons cut into the edge of the continental shelf, which is very close to the shoreline. It was in one of these in 2000 that a resident population of coelacanths was discovered. Sailfish, king mackerel, kingfish and other pelagic species of game fish migrate south
Top Attractions in Sodwana Bay
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- ★Scuba Dive
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