The trees' leaves are used for woven rooftops, baskets and mats and the sap is used for liquor.

The nature reserve itself surrounds the Mpenjati River lagoon and extends some 500 metres out to sea in order to protect the unique fossil found in the area.

[2] The village boasts a beach with its own natural tidal pool and nearby estuary.

[3] Palm Beach has been and continues to be rated as one of the best wind sport wave riding venues in the world although it is not exploited much by kitesurfers.

It is in fact the combination of an outer reef, a rocky outcrop in the form of a point and a river system that feeds sand into the equation that makes this place unique.