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Best Dive Spots

Aliwal Shoal and Sodwana Bay are the country's two real dive destinations — sharks and turtles, reef and pelagics. Both demand a trip, not a detour.

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One of the world's great shark-dive sites — ragged-tooth sharks in winter, and a reef shoal 4km off Umkomaas.

The country's coral reef dive destination — warm Indian Ocean reefs inside the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

The pelagic shark dive off the South Coast — Zambezi, tiger, and hammerhead sharks on an offshore pinnacles.

A wild beach inside iSimangaliso where you can snorkel, whale-watch from the dunes, and spot game on the drive in.

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