Places to visit in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
13 places to visit in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Sibudu Cave, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your KwaZulu-Natal volume.
3 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 1 Famous place to visit · 9 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal (3)
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Sibudu Cave
A rock shelter in a sandstone cliff above the Tongati River in KwaZulu-Natal, where layers of occupation stretch back about 77,000 years. Excavations found grass bedding, bone tools and early arrowheads, and the shelter is also a bat roost.
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iSimangaliso Wetland Park
A long strip of coast, lakes, wetlands and dune forest on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, around Lake St Lucia. It holds hippos, crocodiles, turtles that nest on its beaches and the tallest vegetated dunes in the world, and was listed by UNESCO in 1999.
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uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
A World Heritage mountain park along the border with Lesotho, with basalt cliffs, deep valleys and high peaks. Its caves and rock shelters hold some of the largest collections of San rock paintings in Africa, painted over thousands of years.
Famous places to visit in KwaZulu-Natal (1)
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Tugela Falls
A multi stage waterfall dropping about 948 metres from the Amphitheatre cliff in the Royal Natal National Park, among the tallest in the world. It is best seen from the valley below, or from the top of the escarpment after a long hike from Sentinel Peak car park.
Hidden gems in KwaZulu-Natal (9)
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Durban Botanic Gardens
A 15 hectare garden in subtropical Durban, and the city's oldest public institution. It is the oldest surviving botanical garden in Africa, and is known for its collection of cycads and an orchid house.
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Giant's Castle
A mountain in the central Drakensberg of KwaZulu-Natal, with a grassy plateau set among deep valleys. The shape of its peaks and escarpment resembles a sleeping giant, and the reserve around it holds many San rock paintings.
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Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park
One of the oldest game reserves in Africa, proclaimed in 1895 in the hills of northern KwaZulu-Natal. It is famous for its work saving the white rhinoceros from extinction, and also holds elephants, lions, buffalo and leopards.
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Howick Falls
A waterfall about 95 metres high, dropping on the Umgeni River beside the town of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. The Zulu name KwaNogqaza means Place of the Tall One, and a viewing point looks across the gorge.
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Isandlwana
A sphinx shaped hill and battlefield in KwaZulu-Natal, where a Zulu army destroyed a British column on 22 January 1879 in the first major battle of the Anglo Zulu War. White cairns on the slope mark where soldiers fell, and a small museum stands nearby.
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Mafadi
The highest point in South Africa at 3,450 metres, a rounded peak on the border with Lesotho in the Drakensberg. It has no marked tourist path, and reaching it takes a multi day hike through the wilderness area of the Giant's Castle region.
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Royal Natal National Park
An 81 square kilometre park in KwaZulu-Natal, part of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site. Its famous Amphitheatre is a wall of rock about five kilometres wide, and the Tugela Falls drop from its rim.
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Sani Pass
A steep gravel road that climbs from KwaZulu-Natal into Lesotho over the Drakensberg, rising about 1,000 metres in 8 kilometres to nearly 2,900 metres. Only four wheel drive vehicles can use it, and at the top is a pub that claims to be the highest in Africa.
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uShaka Marine World
A 16 hectare marine theme park on Durban's beachfront, opened on 30 April 2004. It combines an aquarium built around a shipwreck set, water slides and a beach, and holds thousands of fish and sea animals.
Collecting in KwaZulu-Natal
What are the best places to visit in KwaZulu-Natal?
LOQAH lists 13 places in KwaZulu-Natal. The best known include Sibudu Cave, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park, Tugela Falls and Durban Botanic Gardens. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in KwaZulu-Natal?
13, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in KwaZulu-Natal?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in KwaZulu-Natal before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose KwaZulu-Natal and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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