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The Umhlanga Lighthouse is fully automated though its form is hand captured by local artists whose works are sold to foreigners chartering international waters with framed fragile portraits of this sturdy structure. Mistress of memorabilia and master of light since 1954, this 21m high circular concrete tower has a light range of 24 sea miles at a focal plane height of 25 meters above high sea level. It has never been attended by a lighthouse keeper with the official warden residing at the adjacent original beach cottage of the area, now the Oyster Beach Hotel.

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Landscape, Picture of the day, Travel

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One of nature’s great mysteries is why the Zebra has stripes. One theory is that the stripes help the zebra cool down. On hot days the black stripes get a lot hotter than the white area of the zebra and under the black stripes there are special layers of fat for protection. Hot air then rises off the black stripes forcing colder air down around the white areas thus cooling the zebra down. The stripes are also used as camouflage to confuse predators when zebras huddle in great numbers or mingle with herds of antelopes.

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The Robberg Nature Reserve, a national monument and marine protected area, lies on a peninsula – a scenic and inspiring finger of land on which to hike that provides access to Cape fur seals and beaches that stretch for miles. Only a few kilometres from Plettenberg Bay.

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Landscape, Picture of the day, Travel