Strangler fig walk about in St. Lucia KZN

 The Strangler Fig walk about is a short walking tour about   2 hours, and is a guided tour show casing a few Strangler Fig trees in the small village of St. Lucia Estuary within the isimangaliso wetland Park World heritage Site.

Strangler fig trees are parasitic trees that grow on the outside of other trees, wrapping them selves around the host, and quite often killing the host tree a decade or so after germinating at some strange spot on the host, where the seed was contained in bird shit. 

During this short walk you will see strangler fig trees at various stages of growth. You will see some young stranglers, some not so young strangler fig tree, and dome rather old  trees with one fella that has killed his host and taken control of the ground where he is growing.

 Today this is eye candy for the visitors to BARRACA RESTAURANT 

We will start at BARRACA then walk along McKenzie street towards Shop right.  Across the road from shopright is a nice example of a medium age  strangler fig tree, and we will see others who are younger before reaching Shop Right.

From Shopright we will walk through the park towards the St. Lucia police station. On The Way We Will pass a very strange example of a long standing rather old strangler fig tree that has not been successful at killing it's host. 

The tour will end at the St. Lucia public library across the road from the St. Lucia Police Station.  Then we will walk back to Barraca restaurant where we started the walk about.

Phone Frankie2Socks on 0630702571

Phone/whats app Siya on 063 523 3522 

Mail stranglerFig@info4u.co.za 

 

water lilly tours

 The 4u2fish campaign needs some funds.  this tourism package to take pics of water lilies opening in the morning is going to be our initial entrance into the tourism market. 

water lilies close up real tight and are insect proof at night, coz there are nasty insects that eat the heart of these delicious flowers at night. here in the iSimangaliso wetland park these flowers are not really on the menu. they have also not rally been on the menu here in Umkhanyakude like they were in the western and western cape those years back. you can still find recipes for WATER BLOM BREDDIE 

The water liliies of north east KZN and the iSimangaliso wetland Park  are actually rather large, and this page will soon be updated to contain more info as the tour guide offering these   tours speaks with us and fills us in on the deeper setails.

we hope to have these early morning photo opportunity tours up and fully functioning as income streams for the rural folks of the Kula village and Dukuduku areas. for more info seend an email to waterlilies@info4u.co.za  

these are gonna be very interesting photo opportunity tours, where spiderwebs and dewdrops in the early morning sunshine will add to the supprise photo opportunities that come along with sunrise every morning..

wanna know more about these photo opportunities ? send an email to our team 4u2fish@@info4u.co.za and we will hep ypu find the right tour guide to introduce you to the many sunrise photo opportunities here within the iSimangaliso wetland park in North East KZN South Africa.

besides water lilies, there are many other wildflowers that offer great photo opportunities. If you wanna come into the bushes and wildlands to get pics of any wildflowers, let us know by email to flowers@info4u.co.za and we will see what can be arranged for you to get really great wildflowers in front of your camera so you can get real nice pics that make other folks jealous. 

early morning (Sunrise) tours are always interesting, and this is the time that nature wakes up and shows of its true glory.. once the sun gets a little higher in the sky, it gets warm and uncomfortable here in Zululand. it is the same with your trips into the game parks to see wild life. you see a very different set of life experiences in the sunrise times, that are simply not believable, unless you have experienced them yurself.  sunris on the ebach is also a great experience. contact us at  morningtours@info4u.co.za and we will see what you would like to experience and we will see what we can do to make it happen.

Spiderwebs in the morning sun offer stunning pics that will make your trips really memorable.  the opening of water lilies will also add tou your life experiences and give you something to chat about for a week or three, then again once every so often when you want to brag about your photo skills or tings that you have personally experienced.

thanx for reading here.. enjoy take care and remember to live life to its fullest, just because you can.. Go experience life... 

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