"Homo sapiens flood the beach on New Year's Day at Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park, where, thanks to the Natal Parks Board's good neighbor policy, admission is free for local residents. South Africa's torrid zone, northern KwaZulu-Natal teems with tropical life. Along its normally empty beaches sea turtles are making a comeback."

(Text and photograph from "A Place for Parks in the New South Africa," July 1996, National Geographic magazine)