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Mtunzini (Mm-tun-zee-nee) is a small coastal town that is situated well-nigh exactly halfway along KwaZulu-Natals coastline in South Africa approximately 140 km north of Durban. The let out is an isiZulu word meaning place in the shade. After the breakup of the Zulu Kingdom after the Anglo-Zulu War, Sir Garnet Wolseley created 13 kinglets with devil strategically located as buffer z onenesss between Port Natal and Zululand. One of these kinglets was John Dunn who utilise Mtunzini as his capital.Umlalazi Lagoon at dusk In 1948, 9 square kilometres of dune forests, lakes and lagoon at Mtunzini was proclaimed a nature reserve known as the Umlalazi Nature Reserve. This area falls beneath the protection of the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (previously known as Natal Parks Board). The Umlalazi Lagoon is a popular tourist magnet for watersports enthusiasts and fisherman alike. Recreational and commercial ski-boat boat fisherman also launch their boats in the lagoon and they therefore head fo r the IndianOcean via the mouth of the Umlalazi River. Mtunzini is a bird watchers paradise and is renowned as one of the few places where one of South Africas rarest birds of prey, the laurel-nut Vulture, is found. These birds feed on the fruit of the Rafla Palm which produces its fruit once every twenty geezerhood before dying. Visitors can enjoy a walk through the lush vegetation at the Rafla Palm Monument, which features a raised boardwalk that meanders through to the magnificent palms.Mtunzini Beach Mtunzini boasts, among other attractions, pristine beaches, a 9 holler golf course at the Mtunzini Country Club, AA-Event and Guest House, numerous Bed-and-Breakfast establishments as well as a range of camping, caravanning and other self-contained holiday accommodations. Be warned, the beach is NOT protected by shark nets due to Mtunzinis proximity to a shark breeding ground populated by Zambezi Sharks as well as many others.