The Isimangaliso National Park covers a huge 330 000 hectares of northern KZN up to the Mozambique border. It is Africa's largest estuary and has international importance as a wetland. The water is slightly saline and it the only place in the world where it is possible to see freshwater crocodiles, hippos and bull sharks in the same place. There is also a large area of plains being conserved for grazers.

Here is a large Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus on a sandbank. This is right below the local boat club slipway where they launch kayaks and from where one can waterski. The crew of VS were not tempted:

And just on the other side, a pod of hippos:

This lot are known as the town gang due to their habit of walking the streets at night. Cute, but never forget that they are Africa's most dangerous animal.

Vervet monkeys Cercopithecus aethiops:

Plains zebra Equus quagga:

Female kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros:

Male kudu; note the beautiful antlers:

Male waterbuck Kobus ellipsprymnus showing the diagnostic  'toilet seat' round its bottom (much more obvious from the rear):

Female waterbuck:

And lastly for the moment, a male blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus:

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