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Rocktail Bay, South Africa (UNESCO site)
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Rocktail Bay is located in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at the northern end of the World Heritage Site iSimangaliso Wetland Park. The bay combines miles and miles of pristine and undeveloped coastline with pristine forests with wetlands and marine ecology. The string of lakes, marshes, coral reefs and secluded beaches, make this north-eastern corner of South Africa a sub-tropical paradise.
The warm sea attracts a huge diversity of marine life including leatherback and loggerhead turtles that lay their eggs in the soft sand during summer. Ragged-tooth sharks congregate off rocky reefs and bottlenose dolphins leap joyously in the wave break. Whale sharks are known to investigate boats and humpback whales migrate here in winter.
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