Step ahead at Umlalazi Lagoon
A new 180 metre walkway is been installed at the Umlalazi Lagoon
AN extension to the current walkway at the Umlalazi Lagoon in Mtunzini will have happy feet upon it soon.
About 180 metres of decking has been added to extend the current walkway through the mangroves around an area known as Dunn’s pool.
The pool was dug out on the banks of the Umlalazi River to provide an area safe from crocodiles and hippo in which John Dunn’s wives could bathe. Dunn was the legendary hunter, trader and a white chief of Zululand whose activities spanned three crucial decades in the history of Zululand.
The Umlalazi Lagoon is a popular tourist attraction for water sports enthusiasts and fisherman alike.
Recreational and commercial ski-boat boat fisherman also launch their boats in the lagoon and then head out to sea via the river mouth.
The Umlalazi Nature Reserve has the rare distinction of offering two unique and unusual attractions – the Palm Nut Vulture, one of the rarest birds of prey in South Africa and the Raffia Palm which is the largest palm in the world.
