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St. Lucia Wetlands Guest House

Survivors of the Portuguese vessel the 'St. Benedict' named the area 'Rio de la Medaos do Oura' (River of the dhows of Gold'.
On the day of the Feast of Saint Lucy (13th December) 1575, Manual Peresterello renamed the area 'St. Lucia'.
The areas immediately surrounding the lake were declared a game reserve in 1895 - the oldest in Africa.
In 1971, the coastal areas and the lake were listed in the Convention of Wetlands of International Importance.
In December 1999 The Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site - South Africa's first.