Umhlanga

uMhlanga takes its name from the reeds along the oHlanga River, north of the great bay at eThekwini. The river winds through a broad marsh before reaching a lagoon and the Indian Ocean. Coastal forest and wooded dunes stand around its mouth, while the estuary opens and closes to the sea as sand and water shift. Here the meeting of river, forest and shore makes a landscape quite unlike the dry country of the interior.