PITCH YOUR TENT
Dwesa Nature Reserve
Secluded campsites are rare on the wild part of the Wild Coast, in other words, from Kei Mouth north to Port Edward. The bigger towns usually have a caravan park, and backpacker places often have a spot where you can hammer in your tent pegs, but most of the more remote places to stay are self-catering.
Dwesa is the exception. The closest town is Willowvale, about 50 km away, and there's a new tar road under construction, but for now, you'll have to kick up dust.
I drive through the reserve gate on a gloomy morning and pitch my tent in the rain. A forest looms behind me and the sea crashes in front. There's no one else around, no games room, tuckshop, lapa, or power either. There are just enough facilities to prevent you from feeling like you're camping wild.
I have an old map of the reserve that indicates a few trails. The guard at the gate explains that the only route traversable in a 4x2 is the one to the Kobole River estuary, about 2 km from the campsite.
I slip and slide down a steep hill to where the road suddenly comes to a dead-end in the sand. I immediately know I'm in trouble - I try to turn around but can't. Nearby, a sign declares that crocodiles were successfully released into this river...
Finally, I get reserve manager Khayelihle Ncube on the phone and an hour later, a bakkie arrives. Two rangers leap from the back and tie a rope to my vehicle. I ask about the crocodiles. The last croc in the Mendwana River was killed in 1903, and in 1979 there was an attempt to reintroduce them.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April/May 2022 من go! - South Africa.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
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