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Port Edward
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Port Edward
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SOUTH AFRICA
GUIDES
AFRICA
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 Port Edward is at the southernmost tip on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. There is good direct access to the area's beaches, which are protected by shark netting. Lifeguards are always on duty during school holiday periods. Port Edward beaches offer excellent opportunities for surfing, waterskiing, jet-skiing, and rather decent fishing, both off the rocks or deep sea for those seeking a bigger catch. For scuba divers there is the wreck of the Nightingale, which met its untimely end on the rocks of Munster on Glenmore Beach in 1933. Parts of the wreck can still be seen on the rocks today, and is easily accessible at low tide. The stretch of coastline flanking Port Edward also sets the scene for ideal dolphin and whale watching throughout the year, especially during the months of June and July which sees the arrival of "The Greatest Shoal on Earth" - the annual sardine run.
Another main attraction in Port Edward is the Red Desert, which resembles Mars with its unusual red sands. The Red Desert is said to be the world's smallest desert, consisting of patches of grassland, forest, wetland and eroded red sands. Early, Middle and Late Stone Age artifacts have been discovered on both the Upper and Lower Red Desert, and various archeological studies have been conducted there.
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