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Accommodations:
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The camp consists of 12 rooms (including 3
family units), most of which have a view of the ocean. All have
en-suite bathrooms, open-feel indoor shower and overhead fans.
Rocktail Beach Camp also has a central dining room, bar and lounge
with large wrap around veranda. A television set and iPod are
available in the camp's main area for guests' enjoyment, as well as
a large pool.
• 5 twin bedded rooms
• 4 double bedded rooms
• 3 Family units – consisting of 1 double bed in 1 room and 2 x ¾
beds in the 2nd room. Each family unit accommodates maximum 2 adults
and 2 children and the family shares a bathroom.
• En-suite bathrooms with an open feel indoor shower
• Fans
• The following amenities are provided: bath towels, hand towels,
pool towels, torch, laundry bag, mosquito coil, insect repellent and
bird list as well as soap, shampoo and insect repellent
• Safe in room |
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Activities:
This is not a traditional
'big game' area, but the camp is situated within a pristine coastal
forest reserve which is interspersed with rolling grasslands and
waterberry/palm savannah. This lush area abounds with a variety of
animals, birds and plant life that provide a natural counterpoint to
the bushveld. Common reedbuck frequent the marshes and grasslands
and the red duiker lives in the forest areas. Hippo are sometimes
found in freshwater lakes, while whales and dolphins are often seen
offshore. Birding is outstanding, with a number of special coastal
forest species - Green Twinspot, Green Malkoha, Grey Waxbill,
Purple-crested and Livingstone's Turacos, Red-capped Robin-chat and
the jewel-like African Emerald Cuckoo in the forests, and
Rosy-throated Longclaw in the open grasslands.
The reef systems here are amongst the most pristine in the world,
boasting healthy soft and hard corals. Large numbers of the
butterflyfish and triggerfish families are seen on every dive,
interspersed with clown triggerfish, moorish idol, bannerfish,
coachman, pencilled, powder-blue and bluebanded surgeonfish,
firegoby and scissortail. At one site we are lucky enough to have
regular sightings of the rockmover wrasse, while various eels, such
as honeycomb morays, and black-cheek, are commonly seen. Marbled
electric rays, blue-spotted and round ribbontail rays are common
representatives of this family while the occasional manta and
spotted eagle ray have also been sighted. |
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Sharks are sighted at
intervals, including great hammerheads, tiger sharks, blacktip reef
sharks and the enormous whale shark. Large numbers of pregnant
spotted ragged-tooth sharks (also known as grey nurse sharks) appear
in the area from late November until March and Rocktail Bay Lodge
assists the Natal Sharks Board in monitoring and understanding what
drives the arrival of this species in the area. The site most often
frequented by these sharks is only in 10m of water and as such can
be enjoyed by both divers and snorkellers.
The advent of winter heralds the arrival of whales in the seas off
Rocktail. Both humpback and southern right whales are recorded, with
humpbacks the more commonly seen species. Finally, green and
loggerhead turtles are regularly seen, while leatherback and
hawksbill turtles are occasionally encountered. October to March has
loggerhead and leatherback turtles come ashore at night to lay their
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Rates:
Please contact us for a suggested
itinerary and quote
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