
Sundowners with the Barn Swallows
· by Bushbaby · in Getaway Blogs, Outings, Published Stories, Reviews, Wildlife
Between October and March, a gorgeous spectacle happens in KZN: thousands of barn swallows swooping and feasting at sunset. Here’s what it’s like to view their murmurations from Mount Moreland. “The swallows like to have a perpetual summer and they’re here…

A Crab’s Life at Beachwood Mangroves Reserve
· by Bushbaby · in Outings, Published Stories, This is KZN, Travel Tales, Wildlife
If there existed a place where crabs are king, the Beachwood Mangroves Reserve in Durban North is that kingdom. I’d read little titbits of mentionings of this protected wild spot in Durbs, where the mangroves and their wildlife stayed hidden….