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Cape Vidal Campsite

iSimangaliso Wetland Park (Eastern Shores) · near St Lucia · KwaZulu-Natal National park camp

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A wide sandy beach backed by a vegetated dune at Cape Vidal
The beach beside the camping area at Cape Vidal, iSimangaliso Wetland Park: the area around Cape Vidal Campsite, not the site itself. Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Credits

Cape Vidal is on the Eastern Shores of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a short drive from St Lucia, where coastal forest meets the beach. About 50 campsites sit in the dune forest near the sea, with electric plug points, hot and cold showers and baths. Loop roads between St Lucia and Cape Vidal wind through forest, grassland and freshwater pans, and elephant, rhino and hippo occur on the Eastern Shores. Mission Rocks, about 16 km to the south, has tidal rock pools but is unsafe for swimming.

Known for

  • Dune forest
  • Beach access
  • Whale watching
  • World Heritage Site

On site, per our sources

3 facts
Power points
Yes
Hot water
Yes
Ablutions
Yes

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