Greetings to all who read here.
Earlier today, Sunday 12 March 2023 I was fortunate enough to experience a truly awesome boat trip on the St Lucia estuary with friends and visitors to the area.
The captain of the boat, Shaun, who is a long time friend of mine acted as the your guide on this truly awesome birding excursion.
We departed from #SunSetJety St six bells sharp, and traveled South to the St. Lucia Estuary Mouth, then further South past Mapelane, along the Umzunduze river which is a tributary of the Umfilozi river.
The Reeds along the river which are an ecological problem had a supprizing number of birds, and we all took many pics. Some more than others. I am not really a super keen birder, so I spent most of the time chatting to the other folks on board FANAS as we slowly powered along the estuary, past the mouth area, up steam leaving Mapelane Sand dune far behind us.
Mapelane is a rather talk vegitayed sand dune which is a local historical land mark that gets its name from Zulu History. Loosely translated from Zulu to English Mapelane means "Journeys end" or the end destination of a travel quest.
Mapelane is also marketed as the second tallest vegitated sand dune in Africa.
My Friend Petrus Viviers did a live YouTube video of this very beautiful and informative birding excursion.
We saw many different birds including the #AfricanSkimmers and giant heron . Really awesome trip thanx to trip. https://www.facebook.com/FannasHippoCrocTours/
