3. THEUNISSEN'S DAM
(25.6 kms from Eshowe Town Hall)
Permission is required from Craig Theunissen (035-3371504)

Leave Eshowe on the R66 and head towards the N2. Go past the Gingindlovu turn off on the right and travel a further one kilometer. Turn left at the first signboard "High Rain Farm, Craig and Sue Theunissen, Residence Only". Cross a cattle grid and travel one kilometer until you reach a small dam on the left. Look for African Yellow and Thick-billed Weavers, Red Bishop, and Dabchick. Turn sharp left and proceed for half a kilometer. You will have reached the top end of Theunissen's dam. Great Painted Snipe is the `special' to look for now, but you might also see Black-crowned Night Heron, Goliath Heron, Black Crake, African Jacana, Dabchick, all the White Egrets, Geese, Swallows, Martins and Duck. In summer you could also spot Waders, Terns and Black-backed Cisticolas. At the far end of the dam there is a breeding colony of White-breasted Cormorants. Near the spillway, Water Dikkop, African Fish Eagle, Waders and Crowned Crane may be seen. 85 species have been recorded here.