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@Thesolowandera · A beginners guide to scuba diving in Sodwana Bay Sodwana Bay is a small coastal village on the Northern Kwazulu Natal coast between St. Lucia and Kosi Bay. The coast is a protected marine biodiversity area under the Isimangaliso Wetlands Park - A world Heritage site. T he Sodwana Bay National Park, is a popular snorkelling, deep sea fishing and recreational diving destination. Known as one of the top dive sites in the world, the park is visited by an estimated 35 000 scuba divers per year. You have 50km of coral reefs, caves, overhangs and pinnacles to explore while getting acquainted with the 1200 species of marine creatures that call this home. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Katchie Nzama (@thesolowandera) With 14 dive locations, you will never experience the same dive. Some of the creatures you can encounter on a dive include sea turtles (Loggerhead and Leatherback), moray eels, parrotfish, octopus, Ragged-tooth sharks, Manta...

South Africa is a country with such rich heritage, there are definitely places that you need to add to your itinerary on your next visit to our country. I have had the privilege to visit some of the most interesting heritage sites that share a story of our trying history and even the first class society in Southern Africa. The South African Heritage Resource agency is an organisation tasked with protecting the South African Cultural heritage. Local government in the various communities are responsible for the management of the heritage sites in their communities. SAHRA is then responsible for the overall protection of our heritage sites and also the submission of heritage sites to the World Heritage Committee to be added to the tentative list which can then be added to World Heritage sites. Heritage sites also have different levels, we have the World heritage sites, National and provincial heritage sites. I get to share with you some of my favorite Heritage sites in South Afr...