KZN couple goes missing on hike, rescued a day later
An elderly couple is recovering from their ordeal after getting lost inside a nature reserve in Port Edward.
The pair - in their 60s - had gone hiking in the Umtamvuna Nature Reserve.
They were reported missing yesterday.
Med-Evac spokesperson, Rudi Prinsloo says teams began searching for them at around 6pm yesterday.
"It was about 15kms of hiking down the Umtamvuna Gorge."
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"On the return, the second team was deployed and then they got back around 2am. We suspended the search and we regrouped at 6am this morning.
"We sent a team down around9am and by 10.30 am they were found, severely dehydrated and tired. We hike them up to the closest field and a helicopter flew down to pick them up."
