Where to see the Black Mangrove in South Africa

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Black Mangrove at stays in or beside iSimangaliso Wetland Park and uMlalazi Nature Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Black Mangrove is most recorded in KwaZulu-Natal (88% of records), Eastern Cape (12% of records), based on 357 iNaturalist observations. 2 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Black Mangrove on site or nearby.

The Black Mangrove is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. iSimangaliso Wetland Park: year-round, dry season May-Sep; uMlalazi Nature Reserve: year-round, warm Oct-Apr. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

Bruguiera gymnorhiza, the large-leafed orange mangrove or oriental mangrove,) is a mangrove tree that grows usually to 7-20m high, but sometimes up to 35m, that belongs to the family Rhizophoraceae. It is found on the seaward side of mangrove swamps, often in the company of Rhizophora. It grows from the Western Pacific across Indian Ocean coasts to Cape Province, South Africa.