27 April 2026
In 2010 Neil's Dad gave him a book about all the lighthouses of South Africa.
We decided visiting every lighthouse would be an interesting focus for our local travels and Hanlie and Andrew decided to take on this challenge with us.
Of course, we have travelled our coastline extensively over many years, so we didn't expect too many surprises. Well...
The most northerly lighthouse on our East Coast is Jesser Point at Sodwana Bay, so we did a day trip there from Kosi Bay. We hadn't been to Soddies since our scuba diving trips in the 90s. There's a tar road in now and a big car park but the beach where the dive boats launch into the breaking surf is just the same.
We walked along the beach to Jesser Point but there's no access to the lighthouse from the beach.
I convinced the security guard at the campsite to let us in. It's sad to see the KZN Ezemvelo parks in such a bad state. All the holiday chalets are derelict and the campsites overgrown. We found the pedestrian gate unlocked and scrambled up the last 500m to the lighthouse.
Success!
So now we are really committed to this quest...
We stopped in the picnic area for jaffles but the wind was crazy and the sea was too rough for a real swim.
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