Sodwana Bay National Park

Sodwana Bay National Park is a national park in KwaZulu-Natal, about 97 km north of St Lucia. It covers 11,6 km² — number 22 by size of the 30 KwaZulu-Natal areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 1950.

National parks KwaZulu-Natal

11,6km² recorded size

1950year established

—elevation of the point

97 kmnorth of St Lucia

Facts

Type: National park
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
District: Umkhanyakude
Local municipality: Umhlabuyalingana
Size: 11,6 km² · 1 156 ha
Rank by size: 75 of 115 nationally · 22 in KwaZulu-Natal
Established: 1950
Part of: iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Coordinates: -27.5383, 32.6651
Nearest large town: St Lucia, 97 km north
Wikipedia articles: 5 languages

Sources: Wikidata Q2533154 · WDPA 555564045 · Natural Earth (province outline)

Highlighted: KwaZulu-Natal. Yellow pin: Sodwana Bay National Park.

Nearby

Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area · 746 km²9 km north-east
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve14 km south-west
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 465 km²17 km south
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve · 72 km²21 km north
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserve41 km south-west
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area · 364 km²42 km north

GBIF records within 2 km

Wildlife recorded around Sodwana Bay National Park

691 mammal and 2 350 bird occurrence records within 2 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.

Mammals

Birds

Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.