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The Livingstone’s turaco is often easier to locate by ear than eye. Its call is a distinctive, gruff and increasingly hurried succession of kow notes—more or less like an indignant conversation conducted somewhere above your head.

If you've come to Sodwana expecting the usual suspects, prepare to be pleasantly surprised. Meet the Purple-crested Turaco: gloriously colourful, slightly prehistoric, surprisingly agile and apparently unconcerned with whether anyone has seen a bird quite like it before.

Among the trees in Sodwana Bay's living dunes is the silky bark, which is part of the quiet engineering team that helps make Sodwana's living dunes possible.

The best soundtrack in the world can be found at Sodwana Bay Lodge, where people and nature get on with the business of living.

From 1 July, whale-watching season begins at Sodwana Bay Lodge, and there's every chance you'll witness one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on Earth.