Stopping to view the plentiful game and unusual birds (the lesser black winged plover was a good sighting), and taking all the optional loop roads we reached the long stretch of quiet beach at Cape Vidal in the late morning. The tide was out and the reef exposed - we had taken the snorkel but it was far too windy to venture near the reef. I still have memories of being bashed against the jagged ancient coral on our Mozambique Beach Hike back in 2008.
The view from the top of the ancient sand dunes at Mission Rocks was stunning. Looking east was the turquoise of the Indian Ocean and we could see many whales blowing. Looking west across the area known as the Eastern Shores to Lake St Lucia we could see black rhino, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest. A large flock of Spoonbills flew over and settled on the shores of the lake.
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| What a View! |
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| Maybe this one is better? |
We could see an eagle hunting below us and hear the cries of the fish eagle. On the drive we had seen many busbuck, red duiker, reedbuck, waterbuck, a long crested eagle and an Afican Harrier Hawk. On the drive back past Banghazi Bush Camp we saw a couple of black rhino.
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| Black Rhino |
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