Kosi Bay Nature Reserve is situated on the coast and surrounds the Kosi Bay lake system.
The Kosi River Mouth is known as 'the aquarium' due to the clarity of the water and the abundance of fish species found there. The system consists of four lakes and a series of inter-connecting channels which drain via a sandy estuary into the Indian ocean. It is home to a variety of birds and wildlife including hippopotamus and crocodile.
The 11, 000 hectare Reserve is considered a tropical paradise of crystal-clear blue water and marshland, raffia, wild date and palm, mangrove swamp and sycamore fig forest that combine to provide a home for approximately 250 species of bird, among them the fish eagle and palmnut vulture, whitebacked heron and the night heron as well as purple and reed kingfisher.
Kosi Bay is a high risk malaria area and visitors are advised to take precautions.
