Elephant Coast
Elephant Coast, also known as Maputaland, is the area of the Umkhanyakude District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include ISimangaliso Wetland Park and Hluhluwe.
ISimangaliso Wetland Park
Photo: Rialfver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park, previously known as Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park, is one of the most diverse regions in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
Hluhluwe
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Hluhluwe is a small town on the Elephant Coast in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is situated between iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, on the banks of the Hluhluwe River.
St Lucia
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The town of St Lucia is on the southern tip of iSimangaliso Wetland Park. Many visitors use St Lucia as their hub because of its close proximity to many attractions in the area.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay Nature Reserve.
Sodwana Bay
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Sodwana Bay is in the KwaZulu Natal Province of South Africa. It is renowned for its popular diving and beautiful reefs. Sodwana is in the Maputaland Marine Protected Area and is the only recreational scuba diving area along the iSimangaliso Wetlands Park coastline.
Kosi Bay Nature Reserve
Photo: Richard Jenkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kosi Bay Nature Reserve is on the Elephant Coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
Mkuze Game Reserve
Photo: Derek Keats, CC BY 2.0.
uMkhuze Game Reserve is a 40,000-hectare game reserve in northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was proclaimed a protected area on 15 February 1912.
Cape Vidal
Cape Vidal is in the northern part of the Eastern Shores area in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park of South Africa and is renowned for its sport fishing and snorkelling.
Elephant Coast
- Type: district municipality with 689,000 residents
- Description: district municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Umkhanyakude District Municipality”
- Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-28.3761° or 28° 22′ 34″ southLongitude of center
32.4147° or 32° 24′ 53″ eastPopulation
689,000Wikidata ID
Q1654018
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Elephant Coast” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Umkhanyakude-distriksmunisipaliteit”
- Armenian: “Ումխանյակուդե”
- Cebuano: “UMkhanyakude District Municipality”
- Chinese: “Umkhanyakude Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Chinese: “乌姆卡尼亚库德区自治市”
- Chinese: “大象海岸”
- Chinese: “烏姆克哈恩亞庫德區自治市”
- Chinese: “烏姆卡尼亞庫德區自治市”
- Dutch: “Umkhanyakude”
- French: “Umkhanyakude”
- German: “Elephant Coast”
- German: “UMkhanyakude”
- Indonesian: “Distrik uMkhanyakude”
- Italian: “Costa degli Elefanti”
- Italian: “Municipalità distrettuale di Umkhanyakude”
- Japanese: “ウムカニャクデ郡”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Umkhanyakude Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Novial: “Umkanyakude”
- Pedi: “Mmasepala Setereke tša Umkhanyakude”
- Polish: “Umkhanyakude”
- Russian: “Умкханьякуде”
- Zulu: “UMasipala wesiFunda UMkhanyakude”
- Zulu: “Umkhanyakude”
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