Oribi Gorge
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Oribi Gorge is situated along the spectacular forest-cloaked ravine of the Mzimkulwana river just west of Port Shepstone which itself is 120km south of Durban. Oribi Gorge is the eastern gorge of two gorges that cuts through the Oribi Flats (flat sugarcane farmlands), southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The western gorge was formed by the Mzimkulu river. At the base of the cliffs of both gorges there are rocks over 1000 million years old while the cliffs themselves are formed from sandstone deposited about 365 million years ago. Below the gorges is a large Lime surface mine.
Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve
Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve is situated in the Oribi Gorge, which is approximately 27 km long, 4km wide (widest point) and 400m deep. In 1950 it was proclaimed a protected state forest.
Trivial facts
- The road through Oribi Gorge was build by Italian prisoners of war (Second World War)
External links
- Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (previously known as Natal Parks Board) (http://www.kznwildlife.com/)