Cable car and adventure theme park for KZN According to a report in the Natal Witness KwaZulu-Natal is edging closer to having its own cable car in the mountains and adventure theme park at the coast. Tabling his budget speech for 2013/14 at the Legislature yesterday, MEC for Economic Development and Tourism Mike Mabuyakhulu announced several plans to grow tourism in the province. These included the construction of the cable car in the Drakensberg and the building of a theme park at Tinley Manor on the North Coast. Although the development of a cable car was still in the planning phase, he said it was necessary. Mnweni Valley, between the Royal Natal National Park and Cathedral Peak sections of the World Heritage Site uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, had been suggested as the site for the cable car, with the base station situated near Woodstock Dam. The concept, similar to the cable car at Table Mountain in Cape Town, aims to develop a 3 300m cable-way with an intermediate station, climbing 1 300m to the summit, which will be an elevation of 3 300m above sea level, offering views of KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho and the Free State. He said the project would extend across the tourism value chain and explore opportunities to open a tourism gateway in the border area of KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho and the Free State. Another tourist attraction announced yesterday was the development of a theme park called NUMZ Adventure Island on the North Coast. It is set to open early next year.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:16:07 +0000
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