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| '''Mtunzini''' (Um-tin-zee-knee) is a small coastal town that is situated almost exactly halfway along ]'s coastline in ] approximately 140 km north of ]. The name is an ] meaning ''place in the shade.'' | |||
| After the breakup of the ] kingdom after the ], Sir Garnet Wolseley created 13 'kinglets' - with two strategically located as buffer zones between ] and ]. One of these kinglets was ] who used Mtunzini as his capital. | |||
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| In 1948, 9 square kilometres of dune forests, lakes and lagoon at Mtunzini was proclaimed a nature reserve known as the ]. This area falls under the protection of the ] (previously known as Natal Parks Board). | |||
| The Umlalazi Lagoon is a popular tourist attraction for watersports enthusiasts and fisherman alike. Recreational and commercial ski-boat boat fisherman also launch their boats in the lagoon and they then head for the ] via the mouth of the Umlalazi River. | |||
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| Mtunzini is a bird watchers paradise and is renowned as one of the few places where South Africa's rarest bird of prey, the ], is found. These birds feed on the fruit of the ] which produces its fruit once every twenty years before dying. Visitors can enjoy a walk through the lush vegetation at the Rafia Palm Monument, which features a raised boardwalk that meanders through to the magnificent palms. | |||
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| Mtunzini boasts, among other attractions, pristeen beaches, a 9 hole golf course at the Mtunzini Country Club, the Tradewinds Hotel, numerous Bed-and-Breakfast establishments as well as a range of camping, caravanning and other self contained holiday accommodations. Be warned, the beach is NOT protected by shark nets due to Mtunzini's proximity to a shark breeding ground populated by ] as well as many others. This fact notwithstanding, the waves at Mtunzini are described by surfers as being some of the better ones to surf on the North Coast. | |||
| In 2002 Mtunzini became a landing point for the ] state of the art ] ], linking ] to the West with Saint Paul (]), Baie Jacotet (]), Cochin (]) and ] (]). | |||
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