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Near Port Edward
+27 83 334 7711
Also Pony rides
Open 09h00 last ride 14h00
Weight limit 85kg
Guided beach horse rides.
Entrance by the Wild Waves Water Park.
Selsdon Park Estate
Trafalgar
083 301 2941
www.marinabeach.co.za
1.5 hour horse ride
Monday - Friday 8am & 2pm
Saturdays 8am
Sundays 8am
All levels of riders from beginners to experienced.
Booking essential & payment in advance.
-Umzumbe
Jolette
Whatsapp only 074 174 1062
MARGATE FAMILY FUN CENTRE
082 554 7755
Marine Drive in town centre.
Wide range of traditional arcade games.
Step inside their world of fun! Situated in a beautifully restored old cinema and casino complex, in the heart of magical Margate lies the Margate Family Fun Centre. They offer a wide range of traditional arcade redemption games that will keep the kids happy at heart and adults young in spirit. For some great family fun and entertainment, enjoy their pool tables, fuzzball and so much more!
LAKE ELAND & ORIBI GORGE
40min from Port Shepstone
039 687 0395
082 566 7424
info@wild5adventures.co.za
www.wild5adventures.co.za
www.lakeeland.co.za
Oribi Vulture Viewing Hide 072 893 3794
www.vulturehide.blogspot.com
Self drive game drives in nearby 2500 hectare game reserve, day visits, horse 0rides, bike trails, 4x4 trails, picnic sites, hiking, birding trails including rare vulture sightings at Oribi Vulture Viewing Hide, families (children over 8) can visit the KwaXolo Caves with San rock paintings, securely harnessed guided hiking route along mountainside with views of valley & waterfall, wild water rafting along Umzimkhulu River, 110m abseil, foefie-slide, 84m suspension bridge 100m above Oribi Gorge with views of Lehr's Waterfall & Baboon's Castle, zipline 4.5km long speeds upto 160km above treetops 14 slides longest zip line is no 6 which soars 680m & 300m secured in full body harness, worlds highest swing of its kind jumping off the edge of Lehr's Waterfall dropping 55 storeys strapped in a full-body harness, paintball, childrens playground, on-site restaurant & tea garden.
RIVERBEND CROCODILE FARM
near Southbroom
039 316 6204 info@crocodilecrazy.co.za
Most successful for breeding in the country. Visitors can see, learn about & watch feeding of the 200 Nile crocodiles. On-site Crocodile Café which even serves crocodile on menu.
BUTTERFLY VALLEY FARM
Ramsgate
+27 73 422 5357 butterflyvalley@ymail.com
www.butterflyfarm.co.za
Centre has indigenous butterflies with on-site butterfly breeding, bearded dragons & Australian spiny leaf insects.
HELICOPTER FLIPS
Airtrack
0798903988
aviation@airtrack.co.za
Scenic coastline flights
Helicopter has weight restrictions for safety.
MICROLIGHTING FLIGHTS
World of Wings
15 min, 30 min or one hour
BIKING /4 x 4/ HIKING
-KwaNzimakwe Multi-Trails Mpenjati River Valley
-Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve
2 200-hectare nature reserve
-Umzumbe KwaDweShula Batsones
-Nyandezulu Cultural Experience
-KwaXolo Caves Adventures -KwaNzimakwe Cultural Experience
GEOCACHING
all ages
Log your experience online at www.geocaching.com.
High-tech worldwide treasure hunting combines GPS tracking with outdoor adventure.
Geocachers place a geocache (container) somewhere in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Containers come in all different shapes and sizes but it's usually small and can withstand the elements, hidden safely in a non-intrusive place.
MAC BANANA ESTATE
Munster
039 319 1033
038 319 1454
www.macbanana.com
waterfall, restaurant,
Mac Quads (min 16yrs old), Mac Farmyard animal farm, pony rides, Mac Chimp & Zee Rope Adventure Park, Mac Butterflies, Mac Venture Golf, Mac Paint Ball, Mac Conquer and Mac Archer.
BANANA TOUR
The Outlook Trading Post Visitors will get the chance to discover the banana pack shed where everything about bananas is explained. The local climate, history of bananas, as well as environmental farming changes.
BEAVER CREEK COFFEE FARM
Port Edward
039 311 2315 info@beavercreek.co.za
www.beavercreek.co.za
restaurant
coffee tours R60 per adult
NATURE RESERVES & PARKS
Call Exploring South Coast to book your guided tour
072 417 2856
-Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve
-Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
-Oribi Conservancy
-Indwala Nature Reserve
-Weza-Ngele Forest
-Pure Venom Snake & Reptile Park
Just inland of Shelly Beach on the old Izotsha Estate
+27 82 492 8256
info@purevenom.com
www.purevenom.com
Africa's largest reptile park. Here visitors will get the chance to view the park's incredible collection of indigenous and exotic reptiles, among them snakes, iguanas and crocodiles. The family-run business rescues injured snakes and also relocates those found in residential areas and is the biggest reptile farm in Africa It gives visitors the chance to view a wide variety of reptile species which are bred at the farm. There is also a petting zoo with farm animals and many exotic birds.
-Oribi Nature Reserve
-Umdoni Nature Reserve
-TC Robertson Nature Reserve
-80m Nyandezulu Falls -"Table mountain" hike just 14km drive inland from Shelly Beach
-Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
-Bendigo
Red Desert near Port Edward (worlds smallest desert)
083 631 9331 www.reddesertnaturereserve.co.za
-Frederika Nature Reserve -Skyline Nature Reserve -Uvongo River Nature Reserve
-Umkobi Estuary from Marina Beach side
-Umbobavango Nature Reserve
-'Empisini' Nature Reserve
BIRDING
Along the 120km KwaZulu-Natal South Coast
almost 500 bird species, 64 of which are near-endemic or endemic, with 67 classified as red data species, Magpie Mannikin, African Broadbill and Knysna Woodpecker, hundreds of local bird species and rare vulture sightings are at Oribi Barry Porter Memorial Vulture Viewing Hide
+27 72 893 3794
www.vulturehide.blogspot.com (200 Cape Vultures)
Saturday scheduled tours
other days on request
-BirdLife Trogons Bird Club Covers Scottburgh to Port Edward area and members from all over are welcome to join
Barrie Willis (chairman)
039 312 1311
email willisbury@telkomsa.net
-Sapphire Coast Birding
a satellite group of birders & members of Birdlife Port Natal
email blpn.members@gmail.com Facebook - Sapphire Coast Birding
GOLF
-Umkomaas Golf Club
18 hole course
KidzGolf programme
weekly competitions Wednesdays & Saturdays
-Selborne Golf Estate
Pennington
18 hole par 72 course
voted one of the top 100 courses in southern Africa 80ha eco-estate
9 hole for a quick round with duplicate tees for a full 18 hole game
-Port Shepstone Country Club
alongside Umzimkhulu River
-Margate Country Club
18 hole golf course
19th hole bar
-San Lameer Golf Course
championship 18 hole
-Wild Coast Sun Country Club
just outside of Port Edward 18 hole par 70
-Scottburgh Golf Club
18-hole
-Umdoni Park Golf Club
18 holes
-Harding Country Club
9 hole course with do
uble tee boxes
-Southbroom Golf Club
-Port Edward Country Club
HINTERLAND EXPERIENCES
-KwaXolo Caves
Ages over 8
Bookings necessary Makhosazane Mashal
076 185 3447 or
Shaun Nkosiyazi Makhaya
074 8873 742
Facebook page - KwaXolo Caves Adventures
Heritage site just inland of Margate, San communities open-rock shelters rock painting, hike is 1 1/2 hour using a via ferrata system ( climbing route with steel cables affixed to rocks) visitors are led by a local tour guide along the mountain precipice through to the KwaXolo Caves
Picnic sites available at the site
-KwaNzimakwe Experience
between Mpenjati Nature Reserve and Ezinqoleni
WowZulu KwaNzimakwe cultural experience includes traditional community theatre, contemporary dance & games, crafters weaving, cattle kraal, organic garden, interaction with a traditional sangoma & Shembe Church visit with lunch and a traditional dinner with dance & music
-Nyandezulu Experience
9km inland of Shelly Beach at Izotsha-Paddock
Visitors start the experience at Mfihlo Guest House where they embark on a 5 hour guided drive or walk across the Ntanta Mountain & 80-high Nyandezulu Waterfall
There is a picnic in the shade of a wild fig tree & interaction with the sangoma (traditional healer) with an enlivened visit to the KwaTata Trading Centre & local Dafeleni bottle store, the experience finishes off with a scenic route past the Shembe Church atop the Mdlungwana Mountain before lunch on the riverbank
ART & CULTURE
-Port Shepstone Maritime Museum
Athlone Drive
039 682 1507
Early years of Port Shepstone when the harbour played an integral part in the development of Southern Natal & East Griqualand, shipwreck display & map of shipwreck sites
-Botha House
-East Coast Classic Car Museum
Oliver Broome's 50 classic car collection started 1968, cars which cover the period 1950 - 1990 range from a 1950 VW Beetle, versions of the iconic VW split window kombi, 1956 Ford Ranchwagon, 1961 Cadillac, Ford Sierra Cotsworth right up to the 1980's with a selection of BMW's including a rare 333i, Alpina, classic race car 1966 SA Championship winning Ford Mustang (ex Basil Van Rooyen) & Opel Superboss driven by Mike Biggs to win the SA championship in 1991/2
-Pistols Saloon Cowboy Museum
Old Main Road, Ramsgate
Museum is next door to the bar, with lots of cowboy memorabilia & information about Indians & Most Wanted criminals of that era including Billy the Kid & Frank & Jesse James
-Hazels World of Miniatures
083 447 9261
by appointment only
hazel@gmail.com
Scenes depicting stories & entire towns all handmade
-Margate Art Museum
1000 Dan Pienaar Square, Margate
039 312 8392
Opened in 1994 local & international artists
The museum also hosts a comprehensive educational programme which includes workshops, talks & guided tours
-Munster Motor Museum
7 days a week
10h00 - 16h004pm
039 319 2364
Cars dating back as far as 1923 the museum has a strong focus on local history with some interesting facts concerning the wreck of the Nightingale which lies on Munster beach. One of the artifacts on display is the huge crankshaft of the Nightingale donated to Rod Kinsey by Monty Sawyer who bought the salvage rights to the wreck back in 1933 & library with motoring books & magazines
RELAX & REVITALISE
-Bo-Yoga
+27 83 226 4579
boyoga.ramsgate@gmail.com
-Wild Coast Sun
just outside Port Edward
A family-friendly resort offers nature hikes, scuba diving, deep sea fishing, 18 hole golf course, casinos, restaurants, 4x4, horse riding, go carts, water park, segways & children's fun arcade games hall.
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