| 2003 Gold 1/4oz R2 St Lucia Wetland Heritage Series |
The name has recently been changed from Greater St Lucia Wetland Park to iSimangaliso Wetland Park to reflect the many areas that make up its 220 000 hectares. The park is internationally recognised and a World Heritage Site.
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park stretches along the Zululand coast from Maphelane in the south to Kosi Bay in the north. Besides Lake St Lucia - a unique, 38 000 ha expanse of lake, islands and estuary - the park incorporates an astonishing variety of habitats ranging from the Ubombo mountains to grasslands, forests, wetlands, mangroves and vegetated dunes, with magnificent beaches and coral reefs.
This diversity gives rise to a multiplicity of fauna and flora. It supports an abundance of Nile crocodile and hippo, as well as rhino both black and white, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, waterbuck, kudu, nyala, impala, duiker and reedbuck, amongst a host of other species. |
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