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EMOYENI TRAIL
Four rustic campsites offer breathtaking views of Lake St Lucia and Lake Bhangazi. There are cold water bucket showers and long drop toilets at all the camps, as well as a table and benches. Water is drawn from rainwater tanks and must be used sparingly. Tents need to be taken as there is no shelter at the campsites.

One should arrive at Mission Rocks before 12h00, in order to arrive at the campsite before nightfall. 

Day I: 7 km, from Mission Rocks, where you park your car, to the first campsite, Jock's Mess. The trail winds through dune forest, skirting wetlands and forest patches, to reach the shores of the lake. It follows the lake edge to the first overnight camp at Catalina Bay.

Day 2: 18 km, this part of the trail heads in a north-westerly direction, through forest patches, crossing the swamp forest of the Nkazama stream. 

The trail continues close to the lakeshore, meandering through wetlands, forest and grassland, to the second overnight camp, Jumangoma.

Day 3: 11 km, the trail continues east through forest and grassland to enter the fringes of the Tewati Wilderness area where you walk through uMdoni parkland and past the edge of the eDunyini stream and swamp forest. The third overnight camp is located near the shore of Bhangazi lake.

Day 4: 16 km, the path skirts the southern side of Lake Bhangazi, down the eastern edge of the Mfabeni swamp and then up the forested dunes south of Cape Vidal, to Banel's Folly overnight camp.

Day 5: 11 km, the trail heads out of the dune forest and onto the beach and rocky shoreline. You turn off the beach at Mission Rocks and return to the car park. from which you started.