On our first full day in St Lucia (where hippo's quite regularly take a stroll through the streets of the town) we went into Isimangaliso on the sea side of the park. Whilst the park as a whole hosts the big 5 only buffalo and rhino stay on the sea side of the park. Game and bird viewing are plentiful and the scenery are phenomenal. We drove out to Cape Vidal and took a walk on the beach where we were visited by a friendly and hungry bushbuck.
Isimangaliso park is truly amazing not just for the wildlife but for the scenery as well. There is a look out point which is a short hike from a picnic point at which you can look in land see the lake and turn around and look at the sea.
On our second day we went to a Butterfly farm put together and run by a couple of the locals. Whilst they have made do with a the resources they have, the people running the farm were very knowledgeable and friendly.That afternoon we took a boat cruise up the lake. We had spectacular views of huge pods of hippos accompanied by crocodiles and various birds. This is a definite must if you come to St Lucia.
On our third day we traveled through the inland side of the Isimangaliso park which has the big 5 in it. Once again the scenery was spectacular however, it was tough going spotting animals (no reflection on the quality of game viewing at the park).
We then ventured further north to Mkuze game reserve. Despite an article in a magazine saying otherwise, the park is quite run down with a lot of the hides needing some TLC. In the 10 minutes I stood in the reception/shop of the main camp, there were three complaints of various items not working properly in the chalets. Our game viewing experience was good and we spent sometime are watering hole and we saw nyala, warthog, zebra and wildbeest in the space of about 40 minutes.
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